What the record says
On 15 June 2023, a tornado touched down near Perryton, Texas. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 6.3 miles long and up to 880 yards wide, rated EF3 on the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale. It killed 3 people and injured 100.
- EF3Enhanced Fujita rating
- 3deaths
- 100injuries
- 6.3 mipath length
- 880 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 36.41, -100.83 and the end point at 36.37, -100.73 (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 Texas
- Waco, Texas tornado11 May 1953, F5, 114 deaths, 597 injuries, 20.9 miles long
- Wichita Falls, Texas tornado10 April 1979, F4, 42 deaths, 1,740 injuries, 46.9 miles long
- Balmorhea, Texas tornado22 May 1987, F4, 30 deaths, 121 injuries, 3 miles long
- Jarrell, Texas tornado27 May 1997, F5, 27 deaths, 12 injuries, 5.1 miles long
- Lubbock, Texas tornado11 May 1970, F5, 26 deaths, 500 injuries, 8.4 miles long
- Silverton, Texas tornado15 May 1957, F4, 21 deaths, 80 injuries, 17 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 2023
- Mayersville, Mississippi tornado24 March 2023, EF4, 17 deaths, 165 injuries, 59.2 miles long
- Hornsby, Tennessee tornado31 March 2023, EF3, 9 deaths, 23 injuries, 86 miles long
- Autaugaville, Alabama tornado12 January 2023, EF3, 7 deaths, 16 injuries, 82.3 miles long
- Ste. Marie, Illinois tornado31 March 2023, EF3, 6 deaths, 16 injuries, 40.9 miles long
- Glen Allen, Missouri tornado5 April 2023, EF2, 5 deaths, 4 injuries, 20.7 miles long
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