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Tornado outbreak sequence of September 26–29, 1959
TypeTornado outbreak sequence
DurationSeptember 26–29, 1959
Tornadoes
confirmed
36[1]
Max. rating1F4 tornado
Duration of
tornado outbreak2
4 days
Fatalities2 fatalities, 47 injuries
Damage$3.4005 million (1959 USD)
Areas affectedGreat Plains, Midwest

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

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Confirmed tornadoes by Fujita rating
FU F0 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 Total
0 4 16 12 1 2 0 36

September 26 event

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List of confirmed tornadoes – Saturday, September 26, 1959[nb 1][nb 2]
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

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List of confirmed tornadoes – Sunday, September 27, 1959[nb 1][nb 2]
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

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List of confirmed tornadoes – Monday, September 28, 1959[nb 1][nb 2]
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

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List of confirmed tornadoes – Tuesday, September 29, 1959[nb 1][nb 2]
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

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Athelstan–Luxora, Arkansas/Ashport, Tennessee
F3 tornado
Max. rating1F3 tornado
Fatalities21 injuries
1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale

Rogers, Oklahoma/Western Chetopa, Kansas

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Rogers, Oklahoma/Western Chetopa, Kansas
F4 tornado
Max. rating1F4 tornado
Fatalities1 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

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See also

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Notes

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

References

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  1. ^ "Initial Tornado Summaries (exclude North Carolina)". National Weather Service. National Centers for Environmental Information. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Non-Tornadic Impacts". National Weather Service. National Centers for Environmental Information. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

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