San Justo Tornado
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The San Justo Tornado was a tornado which struck San Justo, a town in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, on January 10, 1973. 54 people were reported dead and 350 were reported injured. It cut a 300 yard Swath through the town. 500+ Homes were destroyed or damaged. Some homes were said to vanished with little or no trace. This could make this Tornado to be an F5 on the Fujita Scale.
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The town of San Justo which was hit by a tornado in 1973 is in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, and not the much smaller suburb of San Justo in the province of Buenos Aires [1]
For more information about the town of San Justo, Santa Fe, and the tornado, please see the following: [2] [3]