October 4, 1959

The storm day of October 4, 1959 in the SPC record: 6 tornadoes, 0 hail reports and 7 wind reports.

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Tornadoes

6 tornadoes

Start	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Injuries
7:00 a.m. CDT	F3	Mesquite to Farmersville, Texas	TX	27.6 mi	67 yd	5
8:25 a.m. CDT	F2	Bonham to Bokchito, Oklahoma	OK	4.3 mi	200 yd	2
2:50 p.m. CDT	F1	St. Paul, Kansas	KS	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
8:40 p.m. CDT	F0	Columbia, Missouri	MO	0.2 mi	10 yd	0
8:40 p.m. CDT	F0	Sturgeon, Missouri	MO	0.2 mi	17 yd	0
8:40 p.m. CDT	F0	Paris, Missouri	MO	0.2 mi	10 yd	0

largest first

No hail reports this day.

strongest first

Time	Gust	mph	Type	Place
8:00 a.m. CDT	–	–	Not given	Dallas County, TX
4:00 p.m. EST	–	–	Not given	Marion County, IN
8:40 p.m. CDT	–	–	Not given	Boone County, MO
8:45 p.m. CDT	–	–	Not given	Boone County, MO
9:10 p.m. CDT	–	–	Not given	Audrain County, MO
9:10 p.m. CDT	–	–	Not given	Boone County, MO
10:00 p.m. CDT	–	–	Not given	Marion County, MO

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.
Reported size. Hail size is the size reported, often estimated by comparison with common objects. Few stones are measured.
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.

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