User:ChessEric/Tornado outbreak sequence of September 26–29, 1959
| Type | Tornado outbreak sequence |
|---|---|
| Duration | September 26–29, 1959 |
| Tornadoes confirmed | 36[1] |
| Max. rating1 | F4 tornado |
| Duration of tornado outbreak2 | 4 days |
| Fatalities | 2 fatalities, 47 injuries |
| Damage | $3.4005 million (1959 USD) |
| Areas affected | Great Plains, Midwest |
Part of the tornadoes and tornado outbreaks of 1959 1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale 2Time from first tornado to last tornado | |
A tornado outbreak sequence occurred during September 26-29, 1959. This included two F4 tornadoes: the first one was in Missouri while the other moved through Oklahoma and Kansas.
Confirmed tornadoes[edit]
| FU | F0 | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 36 |
September 26 event[edit]
| F# | Location | County / Parish | State | Start coord. |
Time (UTC) | Path length | Max. width | Summary | Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | NW of Avenue City | Andrew | MO | 0.2 miles (0.32 km) | 10 yards (9.1 m) | Three people were injured. | |||
| F1 | MO | 1.9 miles (3.1 km) | 50 yards (46 m) | ||||||
| F1 | MO | 0.2 miles (0.32 km) | 10 yards (9.1 m) | ||||||
| F2 | MO | 5.4 miles (8.7 km) | 50 yards (46 m) | ||||||
| F0 | MO | ||||||||
| F2 | IL | ||||||||
| F4 | Grovespring | MO | |||||||
| F1 | IL | ||||||||
| F2 | Monmouth | IL | 1 death | ||||||
| F2 | IL | ||||||||
| F2 | IL | ||||||||
| F1 | IL | ||||||||
| F2 | IL | ||||||||
| F1 | IL | ||||||||
| F2 | IL | ||||||||
| F2 | Northern Plano | ID | This was the first of only 10 F2 tornadoes ever recorded in Idaho. | ||||||
| F1 | Palestine to Buffalo Grove to Lake Forest | IL | A total of 14 people were injured. | ||||||
| F3 | Athelstan, AR to Luxora, AR to Ashport, TN | AR, TN | 667 yards (610 m) | See section on this tornado – A total of 21 people were injured. | |||||
| F2 | Greendale | WI | Three people were injured. | ||||||
| F1 | S of Rochester to Sylvania to Sturtevant to Northwestern Elmwood Park | WI | Two people were injured. | ||||||
| F1 | IL | ||||||||
| F1 | IL | ||||||||
| F1 | IN |
September 27 event[edit]
| F# | Location | County / Parish | State | Start coord. |
Time (UTC) | Path length | Max. width | Summary | Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F2 | KS | ||||||||
| F4 | Rogers, OK to Western Chetopa, KS | Craig (OK) | OK, KS | 440 yards (400 m) | 1 death – See section on this tornado – One person was injured. | [3] | |||
| F1 | MO | ||||||||
| F2 | MO | ||||||||
| F1 | Polk | MO | One person was injured. | ||||||
| F2 | Bardolph to Southeastern Bushnell | IL | One person was injured. | ||||||
| F0 | MO |
September 28 event[edit]
| F# | Location | County / Parish | State | Start coord. |
Time (UTC) | Path length | Max. width | Summary | Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | Rich Mountain | MO | One person was injured. | ||||||
| F1 | MO | ||||||||
| F0 | TX | ||||||||
| F2 | IN | ||||||||
| F2 | IN |
September 29 event[edit]
| F# | Location | County / Parish | State | Start coord. |
Time (UTC) | Path length | Max. width | Summary | Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F0 | SE of Midfield | Matagorda | TX |
Athelstan–Luxora, Arkansas/Ashport, Tennessee[edit]
| F3 tornado | |
|---|---|
| Max. rating1 | F3 tornado |
| Fatalities | 21 injuries |
| 1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale | |
Rogers, Oklahoma/Western Chetopa, Kansas[edit]
| F4 tornado | |
|---|---|
| Max. rating1 | F4 tornado |
| Fatalities | 1 fatality, 1 injury |
| 1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale | |
This violent tornado moved slowly to the north-northeast through mostly open country from just south of Hollow to across the state line into Kansas, southwest of Chetopa.. However, one motel was destroyed in Oklahoma. Five farms were torn apart in southeast of Oswego, KS and where F4 damage was documented at 3 of the farms. Hail up to 1.25” in diameter fell over an area 7 miles long and 3 miles wide north of Welch to the Kansas border. Unfortunately, 1 person was killed and another was injured in Kansas as the tornado moved through Labette and Cherokee counties.[3]
Non-tornadic events[edit]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Initial Tornado Summaries (exclude North Carolina)". National Weather Service. National Centers for Environmental Information. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ 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) - ^ a b US Department of Commerce, NOAA. "Violent Tornadoes (F4/F5/EF-4/EF-5) in Oklahoma (1950-Present)". www.weather.gov. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ^ "Non-Tornadic Impacts". National Weather Service. National Centers for Environmental Information. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
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