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The 1957 Dallas tornado with multiple vortices observed at the time as it approached the city. Tornado activity continued into Oklahoma. A large, 600 yard wide F2 tornado killed one and injured two in rural Murray County. A violent F4 tornado then hit Lake Texoma State Park east of Kingston and south of Cumberland, killing
From May 19–22, 1957, a tornado outbreak took place across the US Central Plains.A total of 59 tornadoes were reported from Colorado to the Mississippi Valley. [note 1] [note 2] The most destructive tornado of the severe weather event—likely part of a long-lived family—was rated at F5, the highest level, and is often called the Ruskin Heights tornado, after the site of its worst damage ...
In the evening hours of May 20, 1957, a large, long-tracked and deadly tornado moved through portions of eastern Kansas and western Missouri, killing forty-four people and injuring over five hundred. The tornado is the deadliest to strike the Kansas City metropolitan area , and was the deadliest worldwide in 1957.
May 20 1957 United States Kansas: Cloud County, Republic County, Washington County: 0 May 1957 Central Plains tornado outbreak sequence – [14] Wedge tornado produced "near-F5" damage on several farms and was observed with multiple satellite tornadoes. Several different tornadoes may have produced the damage, perhaps a tornado family. NWS: May ...
June 20–23, 1957 tornado outbreak sequence: June 20–23, 1957: Great Plains, Midwest: 23: ≥11 fatalities, 105 injuries: This outbreak sequence produced what may have been one of the most intense F5 tornadoes in US history that killed 10 people in Fargo, North Dakota. An additional fatality occurred in South Dakota from an F2 tornado. (7 ...
The week of May 20–26, 1957, was the most prolific in terms of tornado activity recorded to date. [18] On May 20–21, an upper-level trough traversed the Central United States. As it did so, a significant tornado outbreak took place over portions of Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, and Oklahoma.
An F4 tornado was observed which crossed over land and water. [8] [18] ESSL, FMI, NWS [c] December 26: 1940: Cuba: Mayabeque Province: Bejucal: 20 (100+ injuries) The F4 tornado collapsed numerous houses and other structures. The tornado had an estimated width of 400 metres (440 yd) and an estimated windspeed of 350 kilometres per hour (220 mph ...
On June 20, 1957, a violent and deadly F5 tornado commonly known as the Fargo tornado, struck the north side of Fargo, North Dakota [1] as well as the area north of Moorhead, Minnesota. It was part of a family of five devastating tornadoes produced by one supercell over the course of 3.5 hours, although they are listed as one continuous tornado.