User:ChessEric/Tornado outbreak of March 31 – April 2, 1959

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Tornado outbreak of March 31 – April 2, 1959
TypeTornado outbreak
DurationMarch 31 – April 2, 1959
Tornadoes
confirmed		17[1][2]
Max. rating1F4 tornado
Duration of
tornado outbreak2		3 days
Fatalities7 fatalities, 83 injuries
Damage$3.635 million (1959 USD)[3]
Areas affectedGreat Plains, Midwest, Southeast

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

Meteorological synopsis[edit]

A low-pressure system formed over Northeastern New Mexico and moved into Oklahoma.[4][5][6]

Confirmed tornadoes[edit]

Confirmed tornadoes by Fujita rating
FU F0 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 Total
0 1 7 4 4 1 0 17

May 3 event[edit]

List of confirmed tornadoes – Wednesday, May 3, 1961[nb 1][nb 2]
F# Location County / Parish State Start
coord. 		Time (UTC) Path length Max. width Summary
F2 N of Morrison Noble OK 36°18′N 97°02′W / 36.3°N 97.03°W / 36.3; -97.03 (Morrison (Mar. 31, F2)) 22:55–? 2.7 miles (4.3 km) 10 yards (9.1 m) This strong tornado caused considerable damage to two farmsteads as it moved northeastward. Losses totaled $2,500.[8]
F1 N of Pawnee Pawnee OK 36°22′N 96°50′W / 36.37°N 96.83°W / 36.37; -96.83 (Pawnee (Mar. 31, F1)) 23:00–? 0.1 miles (0.16 km) 10 yards (9.1 m) A tornado touched down and slightly damaged a farmstead. One person was slightly injured by flying debris and losses totaled $250.[9]
F3 Silver City to N of Lawrence Creek Creek OK 36°06′N 96°30′W / 36.1°N 96.5°W / 36.1; -96.5 (Silver City (Mar. 31, F3)) 23:00–? 3.8 miles (6.1 km) 100 yards (91 m) Six homes, two churches, a school, businesses, and other buildings were damaged or destroyed by this intense, multi-vortex tornado. Three people were injured from being thrown by the tornado while losses totaled $250,000.[4][10]
F0 OK
F3 Western Callisburg TX See section on this tornado
F1
F3 See section on this tornado
F4 See section on this tornado
F3

May 4 event[edit]

List of confirmed tornadoes – Thursday, May 4, 1961[nb 1][nb 2]
F# Location County / Parish State Start
coord. 		Time (UTC) Path length Max. width Summary
F1
F1
F1
F1
F1

May 5 event[edit]

List of confirmed tornadoes – Friday, May 5, 1961[nb 1][nb 2]
F# Location County / Parish State Start
coord. 		Time (UTC) Path length Max. width Summary
F2
F2 [11]
F2 [12]

Western Callisburg, Texas[edit]

Western Callisburg, Texas
F3 tornado
Max. rating1F3 tornado
Fatalities16 injuries
1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale

[13]

Enos–Southern Kingston–Woodville, Oklahoma[edit]

Enos–Southern Kingston–Woodville, Oklahoma
F3 tornado
Max. rating1F3 tornado
Fatalities10 injuries
1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale

[14]

Aquilla–Vaughan–Southern Hillsboro, Texas[edit]

Aquilla–Vaughan–Southern Hillsboro, Texas
F4 tornado
Max. rating1F4 tornado
Fatalities6 fatalities, 31 injuries
1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale

Non-tornadic impacts[edit]

[4][15]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "March 31, 1959 Tornadoes". Tornado History Project. Storm Prediction Center. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  2. ^ "April 1-2, 1959 Tornadoes". Tornado History Project. Storm Prediction Center. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Tornado Summaries". National Weather Service. National Centers for Environmental Information. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Storm Data Publication | IPS | National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)". www.ncdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Climatological Data National Summary Publication | IPS | National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)". www.ncdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  6. ^ "North America Tornado Cases 1950 to 1959". bangladeshtornadoes.org. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  7. ^ 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)
  8. ^ Oklahoma Event Report: F2 Tornado. National Weather Service (Report). National Centers for Environmental Information. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  9. ^ Oklahoma Event Report: F1 Tornado. National Weather Service (Report). National Centers for Environmental Information. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  10. ^ Oklahoma Event Report: F3 Tornado. National Weather Service (Report). National Centers for Environmental Information. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  11. ^ Florida Event Report: F2 Tornado. NCDC (Report). National Climatic Data Center. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  12. ^ "Florida F2". Tornado History Projects. Storm Predicition Center. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference Callisburg1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ Oklahoma Event Report: F3 Tornado. NCDC (Report). National Climatic Data Center. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  15. ^ "Non-tornadic impacts". National Weather Service. National Centers for Environmental Information. Retrieved 24 October 2020.

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