YearFinal SPC data

1954

550 tornadoes in 1954, with 0 hail and 0 wind reports, from the NOAA SPC severe weather database.

Tornado recordHail + windDaily reportsStorm Events narrativesEF ScaleMax path width

Tornado deaths

Hail reports

Wind reports

F0 89 F1 226 F2 189 F3 39 F4 7

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Storm days

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Running count

1954 against the years around it and the 1991 to 2020 average

19541991 to 2020 average1950 to 1959 (other years)

550 tornadoes in 1954, 55% below the 1991 to 2020 average of 1,231.

Counts by storm day (12Z to 12Z). Reporting changed a great deal over the decades, so years far from 1991 to 2020 are not a like-for-like comparison with the average.

Busiest tornado days

#	Day	Tornadoes	F/EF4+	Deaths	Strongest	States
1	03/24/54	28	1	2	F4	AR, KS, MO, OK, TX
2	04/30/54	26	1	1	F4	AR, FL, IA, LA, MO, MS, OK, TX
3	05/01/54	21	2	3	F4	KS, MO, OK, TX
4	05/31/54	20	0	0	F2	IL, IN, KS, MI, MO
5	03/18/54	14	0	0	F2	KS
6	12/05/54	14	0	2	F3	AL, GA
7	04/29/54	13	0	0	F2	KS, OK, TX
8	05/02/54	13	0	0	F3	AR, KY, OH, OK, TX
9	06/01/54	11	0	2	F3	IN, KY, PA, TX
10	06/10/54	10	0	0	F2	FL, KS, NE, PA, SD
11	04/05/54	9	1	0	F4	IA, IN, KS, MO
12	05/27/54	9	0	0	F2	IA, IL, IN, MS, MT, SD
13	04/26/54	8	0	0	F2	IA, KS, OK, WI
14	04/28/54	8	0	0	F2	AR, ID, LA, MS, TN, TX
15	06/14/54	8	0	0	F1	IN, KS, MN, MO, OK, TX

Busiest severe weather days

tornado, hail and wind reports together

#	Day	All reports	Tornadoes	Largest hail	Top gust
1	03/24/54	28	28	–	–
2	04/30/54	26	26	–	–
3	05/01/54	21	21	–	–
4	05/31/54	20	20	–	–
5	03/18/54	14	14	–	–
6	12/05/54	14	14	–	–
7	04/29/54	13	13	–	–
8	05/02/54	13	13	–	–
9	06/01/54	11	11	–	–
10	06/10/54	10	10	–	–
11	04/05/54	9	9	–	–
12	05/27/54	9	9	–	–
13	04/26/54	8	8	–	–
14	04/28/54	8	8	–	–
15	06/14/54	8	8	–	–

F4/EF4 and stronger

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
03/25/54	F4	Mountain Grove to Houston, Missouri	MO	12.1 mi	100 yd	2	0
04/05/54	F4	Tarkio, MO to Shenandoah, IA	MO, IA	6.3 mi	900 yd	0	2
04/30/54	F4	Palo to Prairie du Chien, Iowa	IA	80.4 mi	200 yd	0	0
05/01/54	F4	Crowell, TX to Snyder, OK	TX, OK	68.6 mi	440 yd	0	2
05/01/54	F4	Midwest City to Stroud, Oklahoma	OK	59.2 mi	10 yd	0	65
05/30/54	F4	Newman Grove to Woodland Park, Nebraska	NE	29.9 mi	400 yd	6	23
06/09/54	F4	Lake City to Rockwell City, Iowa	IA	9.9 mi	440 yd	1	0

Deadliest tornadoes

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
05/30/54	F4	Newman Grove to Woodland Park, Nebraska	NE	29.9 mi	400 yd	6	23
03/13/54	F3	Butler to Macon, Georgia	GA	49.5 mi	300 yd	5	75
05/01/54	F3	Grandfield to Walters, Oklahoma	OK	12.3 mi	10 yd	3	3
03/13/54	F3	Phenix City, Alabama	AL, GA	7.0 mi	1,480 yd	2	20
03/25/54	F4	Mountain Grove to Houston, Missouri	MO	12.1 mi	100 yd	2	0
09/18/54	F3	Fort Pierce, Florida	FL	0.1 mi	10 yd	2	2
10/11/54	F3	Trafalgar to Franklin, Indiana	IN	4.7 mi	100 yd	2	0
02/16/54	F3	Tyronza, Arkansas	AR	2.0 mi	880 yd	1	4
02/19/54	F2	Morganza, Louisiana	LA	0.5 mi	100 yd	1	4
03/13/54	F1	Reynolds to Warner Robins, Georgia	GA	34.4 mi	300 yd	1	5
04/07/54	F3	Forrest to Manteno, Illinois	IL	42.6 mi	400 yd	1	13
04/30/54	F2	Many, Louisiana	LA	16.7 mi	100 yd	1	6
06/01/54	F3	Paducah, Texas	TX	13.4 mi	267 yd	1	14
06/01/54	F3	Iowa Park to Wichita Falls, Texas	TX	5.9 mi	50 yd	1	4
06/02/54	F2	Cooper, Texas	TX	5.9 mi	1,000 yd	1	8

Storm days. A day here runs from 12Z to 12Z (6 a.m. CST to 6 a.m. CST the next morning), the way SPC counts storm days, so an overnight tornado counts with the afternoon and evening before it.
Reporting changed over time. Tornado counts rose from the 1990s on as Doppler radar, spotter networks and cameras caught more weak tornadoes. Counts from different decades are not directly comparable, especially for the weakest ratings.
F and EF ratings. The Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale replaced the Fujita (F) Scale on 02/01/07. Both estimate wind speed from damage, but they use different damage indicators, so each rating is shown with its own scale.
Ratings before the mid 1970s. The F Scale came into use in the early 1970s. Tornadoes from 1950 until then were rated afterward from newspaper accounts, photos and records, which tends to make those ratings less certain.

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