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Tornado outbreak sequence of May 30 – June 3, 1954
Type	Tornado outbreak sequence
Duration	May 30 – June 3, 1954
Tornadoes; confirmed	39
Max. rating1	F4 tornado
Duration of; tornado outbreak2	5 days
Fatalities	9 fatalities, 65 injuries
Damage	$11.406 million (1954 USD)
Areas affected	Great Plains, Mississippi Valley, Southeastern United States
	Part of the tornado outbreaks of 1954; 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

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

May 30 event

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

List of confirmed tornadoes – Monday, May 31, 1954^{[nb 1]}^{[nb 2]}
F#	Location	State	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

List of confirmed tornadoes – Tuesday, June 1, 1954^{[nb 1]}^{[nb 2]}
F#	Location	County / Parish	State	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

List of confirmed tornadoes – Wednesday, June 2, 1954^{[nb 1]}^{[nb 2]}
F#	Location	State	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

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

May 30

May 31

June 1

June 2

June 3

Notes

^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Prior to 1994, only the average widths of tornado paths were officially listed.^[2]

References

^ "All Tornado Summaries". National Weather Service. National Center for Environmental Information. Retrieved 18 August 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)
^ "Climatological Data National Summary Publication | IPS | National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)". www.ncdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
^ 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)

Category:Tornadoes of 1954 Category:F4 tornadoes Category:Tornadoes in Minnesota Category:Tornadoes in Nebraska Category:Tornadoes in Michigan Category:Tornadoes in Texas Category:Tornadoes in Indiana Category:Tornadoes in Pennsylvania Category:Tornadoes in Kentucky Category:Tornadoes in Arkansas Category:Tornadoes in Mississippi Category:Tornadoes in Michigan Category:Tornadoes in Georgia (U.S. state)

[Date/Time-2] 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.

[Width-4] Prior to 1994, only the average widths of tornado paths were officially listed.^[2]

[1] "All Tornado Summaries". National Weather Service. National Center for Environmental Information. Retrieved 18 August 2020.

[Brooks-3] 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)

[CDNS-5] "Climatological Data National Summary Publication | IPS | National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)". www.ncdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 19 August 2020.

[Grazulis2-6] 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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