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Tornado outbreak sequence of May 30 – June 3, 1954
TypeTornado outbreak sequence
DurationMay 30 – June 3, 1954
Tornadoes
confirmed
39
Max. rating1F4 tornado
Duration of
tornado outbreak2
5 days
Fatalities9 fatalities, 65 injuries
Damage$11.406 million (1954 USD)[1]
Areas affectedGreat Plains, Mississippi Valley, Southeastern United States

1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale
2Time from first tornado to last tornado

An expansive tornado outbreak sequence affected a large portion of the Central and Southeastern United States. The worst tornado of the outbreak large, violent F4 tornado in Nebraska that killed six and injured 23. The outbreak sequence killed nine, injured 65, and caused $11.406 million in damage.

Confirmed tornadoes

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Confirmed tornadoes by Fujita rating
FU F0 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 Total
0 3 14 18 3 1 0 39

May 30 event

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List of confirmed tornadoes – Sunday, May 30, 1954[nb 1][nb 2]
F# Location County / Parish State Start
coord.
Time (UTC) Path length Max. width Summary
F1 St. Cloud Stearns MN 45°38′N 94°13′W / 45.63°N 94.22°W / 45.63; -94.22 (Crowell (May 1, F4)) 17:45–? 0.1 miles (0.16 km) 33 yards (30 m) A total of eight barns and outbuildings were destroyed. Tornado researcher Thomas P. Grazulis placed the tornado in Todd County near Long Prairie and classified it as an F2. The Climatological Data National Summary places the tornado in both counties with a non-continuous damage path. In Stearns County a building was unroofed and knocked over a smokestack. Losses totaled $25,000.[3][4]
F4 ESE of Newman Grove to Kalamazoo to Warnerville to E of Norfolk Platte, Madison, Stanton, Wayne NE 33°59′N 99°43′W / 33.98°N 99.72°W / 33.98; -99.72 (Crowell (May 1, F4)) 20:00–? 29.9 miles (48.1 km) 400 yards (370 m) 6 deaths – A large, violent tornado damaged 30 farms with the worst damage occurring southeast of Norfolk. There, three farms were completely leveled and most of the fatalities occurred here, with some of the bodies being thrown into trees. A school and a church were also destroyed. A total of 23 people were injured, and losses totaled $7.5 million.

May 31 event

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List of confirmed tornadoes – Monday, May 31, 1954[nb 1][nb 2]
F# Location County / Parish State Start
coord.
Time (UTC) Path length Max. width Summary
F1 IN
F2 MO
F0 KS
F2 Onarga IL Two people were injured.
F2 KS
F2 KS
F2 MI
F1 IN One person was injured.
F2 MI
F2 KS
F1 MO
F1 MI
F2 IN
F0 MI
F1 MI

June 1 event

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List of confirmed tornadoes – Tuesday, June 1, 1954[nb 1][nb 2]
F# Location County / Parish State Start
coord.
Time (UTC) Path length Max. width Summary
F2 IN
F2 IN
F1 IN
F2 IN
F1 IN
F1 IN One person was injured.
F2 KY
F2 PA Three people were injured.
F0 PA
F2 PA
F2 PA
F2 TX
F3 Paducah to E of Chalk Cottle TX 1 death – A total of 14 people were injured.
F2 TX
F3 Iowa Park to Northern Pleasant Valley TX 1 death – Four people were injured.
F3 Downtown Burkburnett TX Three people were injured.

June 2 event

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List of confirmed tornadoes – Wednesday, June 2, 1954[nb 1][nb 2]
F# Location County / Parish State Start
coord.
Time (UTC) Path length Max. width Summary
F1 MO
F2 Enloe TX 1 death – Eight people were injured.
F1 TX
F1 TX
F1 AR One person was injured.

June 3 event

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List of confirmed tornadoes – Thursday, June 3, 1954[nb 1][nb 2]
F# Location County / Parish State Start
coord.
Time (UTC) Path length Max. width Summary
F2 MS Three people were injured.
F1 GA Two people were injured.

Non-tornadic impacts

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May 30

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May 31

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June 1

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June 2

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June 3

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See Also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e All dates are based on the local time zone where the tornado touched down; however, all times are in Coordinated Universal Time and dates are split at midnight CST/CDT for consistency.
  2. ^ a b c d e Prior to 1994, only the average widths of tornado paths were officially listed.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "All Tornado Summaries". National Weather Service. National Center for Environmental Information. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  2. ^ Brooks, Harold E. (April 2004). "On the Relationship of Tornado Path Length and Width to Intensity". Weather and Forecasting. 19 (2). Boston: American Meteorological Society: 310. doi:10.1175/1520-0434(2004)019<0310:OTROTP>2.0.CO;2. Retrieved 11 September 2019.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)
  3. ^ "Climatological Data National Summary Publication | IPS | National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)". www.ncdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  4. ^ Grazulis, Thomas P. (July 1993). Significant Tornadoes 1680–1991: A Chronology and Analysis of Events. St. Johnsbury, Vermont: The Tornado Project of Environmental Films. p. 980. ISBN 1-879362-03-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)

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