User:ChessEric/Tornado outbreak of May 12–17, 1957

Tornado outbreak of May 12–17, 1957
TypeTornado outbreak sequence
DurationMay 12–17, 1957
Tornadoes
confirmed
50
Max. rating1F4 tornado
Duration of
tornado outbreak2
6 days
Fatalities23 fatalities, 105 injuries
Areas affectedGreat Plains, Mississippi Valley, Ohio Valley, Southeastern United States

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

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Confirmed tornadoes

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Confirmed tornadoes by Fujita rating
FU F0 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 Total
0 13 22 10 4 1 0 50

May 3 event

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List of confirmed tornadoes – Wednesday, May 3, 1961[nb 1][nb 2]
F# Location County / Parish State Start
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Time (UTC) Path length Max. width Summary Refs.

May 4 event

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List of confirmed tornadoes – Thursday, May 4, 1961[nb 1][nb 2]
F# Location County / Parish State Start
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Time (UTC) Path length Max. width Summary Refs.

May 5 event

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List of confirmed tornadoes – Friday, May 5, 1961[nb 1][nb 2]
F# Location County / Parish State Start
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Time (UTC) Path length Max. width Summary Refs.

May 6 event

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List of confirmed tornadoes – Saturday, May 6, 1961[nb 1][nb 2]
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May 7 event

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List of confirmed tornadoes – Sunday, May 7, 1961[nb 1][nb 2]
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Time (UTC) Path length Max. width Summary Refs.

May 8 event

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List of confirmed tornadoes – Monday, May 8, 1961[nb 1][nb 2]
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Time (UTC) Path length Max. width Summary Refs.

Category:Tornadoes of 1957

  1. ^ "Climatological Data National Summary Publication | IPS | National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)". www.ncdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 19 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)


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