The December 3, 1953 tornado
F4Vernon, Rapides, Grant and LaSalle counties, Louisiana
An F4 tornado on a 85.5-mile path that killed 9 and injured 50. It was one of 3 tornadoes recorded in the U.S. that day, 2 of them rated F3/EF3 or stronger.
Watch how it happenedF4 tornado · December 3, 1953
How it happened
Follow the tornado’s path, minute by minute.
The tornado
- Rating
- F4
- Fujita scale
- Path length
- 85.5 mi
- Width up to 300 yards
- Killed
- 9
- Along the whole path
- Injured
- 50
- Along the whole path
- Date and time
- Thursday, December 3, 1953
- 1:00 AM CST
Counties on its path
Storm Prediction Center severe weather database. Path drawn as a straight line from the recorded start to end point.