What the record says
On 1 May 1954, a tornado touched down near Devol, Oklahoma. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 12.3 miles long and up to 10 yards wide, rated F3 on the Fujita (F) scale. It killed 3 people and injured 3.
- F3Fujita rating
- 3deaths
- 3injuries
- 12.3 mipath length
- 10 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it killed three or more people and it was rated 3 and killed at least one person.
This page gives the official record's figures. Numbers of deaths and injuries are sometimes revised after a survey, and they cannot convey what the day was like for the people who lived through it.
Counties it crossed
The start point was at 34.23, -98.62 and the end point at 34.35, -98.47 (latitude, longitude).
How to read this path
The Storm Prediction Center records most tornadoes as a straight line from the point where they touched down to the point where they lifted. The real path usually curved and was not the same width all the way along. The width given is the widest part. Older records are less precise, and the record starts in 1950.
Source: the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database, public domain.
Other notable tornadoes in Oklahoma
- Newkirk, Oklahoma tornado25 May 1955, F5, 80 deaths, 273 injuries, 56.4 miles long
- Wichita Falls, Texas tornado10 April 1979, F4, 42 deaths, 1,740 injuries, 46.9 miles long
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma tornado3 May 1999, F5, 36 deaths, 583 injuries, 37 miles long
- Moore, Oklahoma tornado20 May 2013, EF5, 24 deaths, 212 injuries, 13.9 miles long
- Welch, Oklahoma tornado10 May 2008, EF4, 21 deaths, 350 injuries, 75.5 miles long
- Tonkawa, Oklahoma tornado25 May 1955, F5, 20 deaths, 280 injuries, 28.4 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 1954
- Norfolk, Nebraska tornado30 May 1954, F4, 6 deaths, 23 injuries, 29.9 miles long
- Macon-Bibb County, Georgia tornado13 March 1954, F3, 5 deaths, 75 injuries, 49.5 miles long
- Plato, Missouri tornado25 March 1954, F4, 2 deaths, 12.1 miles long
- Phenix City, Alabama tornado13 March 1954, F3, 2 deaths, 20 injuries, 7 miles long
- Franklin, Indiana tornado11 October 1954, F3, 2 deaths, 4.7 miles long
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