What the record says
On 22 January 1957, a tornado touched down near Haughton, Louisiana. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 1.7 miles long and up to 167 yards wide, rated F3 on the Fujita (F) scale. It killed 3 people and injured 9.
- F3Fujita rating
- 3deaths
- 9injuries
- 1.7 mipath length
- 167 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it killed three or more people and it was rated 3 and killed at least one person.
This page gives the official record's figures. Numbers of deaths and injuries are sometimes revised after a survey, and they cannot convey what the day was like for the people who lived through it.
Counties it crossed
The start point was at 32.60, -93.50. The record has no end point for this tornado, so it is drawn as a dot.
How to read this path
The Storm Prediction Center records most tornadoes as a straight line from the point where they touched down to the point where they lifted. The real path usually curved and was not the same width all the way along. The width given is the widest part. Older records are less precise, and the record starts in 1950.
Source: the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database, public domain.
Other notable tornadoes in Louisiana
- Delhi, Louisiana tornado21 February 1971, F5, 47 deaths, 510 injuries, 109.2 miles long
- Vicksburg, Mississippi tornado5 December 1953, F5, 38 deaths, 270 injuries, 9 miles long
- Lockport, Louisiana tornado3 October 1964, F4, 22 deaths, 165 injuries, 1.5 miles long
- Logansport, Louisiana tornado12 February 1950, F4, 18 deaths, 77 injuries, 82.6 miles long
- Tallulah, Louisiana tornado24 April 2010, EF4, 10 deaths, 146 injuries, 149 miles long
- New Llano, Louisiana tornado3 December 1953, F4, 9 deaths, 50 injuries, 85.5 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 1957
- Overland Park, Kansas tornado20 May 1957, F5, 44 deaths, 207 injuries, 69.4 miles long
- Silverton, Texas tornado15 May 1957, F4, 21 deaths, 80 injuries, 17 miles long
- Carbondale, Illinois tornado18 December 1957, F4, 11 deaths, 200 injuries, 28.3 miles long
- Fargo, North Dakota tornado20 June 1957, F5, 10 deaths, 103 injuries, 52.4 miles long
- Gans, Oklahoma tornado22 January 1957, F4, 10 deaths, 20 injuries, 0.1 miles long
All tornadoes of 1957 · Louisiana tornado history · All notable tornadoes