List of F4 tornadoes (1960–1969)

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This is a list of tornadoes which have been officially or unofficially labeled as F4 in the 1960s. The Fujita scale attempts to estimate the intensity of a tornado by classifying the damage caused to natural features and man-made structures in the tornado's path.

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A famous photo of an F4 tornado in the 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak. 1965 Elkhart Double Tornado-Palm Sunday.jpg
A famous photo of an F4 tornado in the 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak.

Tornadoes are among the most violent known meteorological phenomena. Each year, more than 2,000 tornadoes are recorded worldwide, with the vast majority occurring in North America and Europe. [1] [2] To assess the intensity of these events, meteorologist Ted Fujita devised a method to estimate maximum wind speeds within tornadic storms based on the damage caused; this became known as the Fujita scale. The scale ranks tornadoes from F0 to F5, with F0 being the least intense and F5 being the most intense. F4 tornadoes were estimated to have had maximum winds between 207 mph (333 km/h) and 260 mph (420 km/h). [3] [nb 1]

Most of Europe also uses the TORRO tornado intensity scale (or T-Scale), which ranks tornado intensity between T0 and T11; F4 tornadoes are approximately equivalent to T8 to T9 on the T-Scale.

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Tornadoes officially rated F4
DayYearCountrySubdivisionLocationFatalitiesNotesRated by
May 41960United States Oklahoma Pottawatomie County, Seminole County 0 May 1960 tornado outbreak sequence – [4] [5] NWS
May 41960United States Oklahoma Soper 0 (3 Injuries) May 1960 tornado outbreak sequence – [4] [5] NWS
May 51960United States Oklahoma Wilburton, McCurtain, Keota, Sallisaw 16 (106 Injuries) May 1960 tornado outbreak sequence – [4] [5] NWS
May 51960United States Oklahoma Roland 5 (13 Injuries) May 1960 tornado outbreak sequence – [4] [5] NWS
May 191960United States Kansas Wabaunsee, St. Marys,0 (12 Injuries) [4] NWS
May 191960United States Kansas Ozawkie 1 (92 Injuries) [4] NWS
May 201960 Poland Subcarpathia Niechobrz 3 ESSL
April 251961United States Indiana, Ohio Boston (IN), Eaton (OH) 0 (7 Injuries) Tornado outbreak sequence of 23–30 April 1961 – [4] NWS
May 51961United States Oklahoma Howe 16 (58 Injuries) Tornado outbreak sequence of 3–9 May 1961 – [4] [5] NWS
May 71961United States Kansas, Missouri Kansas City (KS), Waldron (MO), Weatherby Lake (MO), Kansas City (MO), Liberty (MO) 0 (12 Injuries) Tornado outbreak sequence of 3–9 May 1961 – [4] [5] NWS
May 301961United States Nebraska Anselmo, Sargent, Ord 0 [4] [5] NWS
June 291961United States Montana Glendive 0 (1 Injury)This is the only officially rated F4/EF4 tornado ever recorded in Montana. [4] NWS
September 11961United States Iowa Bristow, Plainfield 0 (7 Injuries) [4] NWS
September 121961United States Texas Galveston 8 (200 Injuries) Hurricane Carla tornado outbreak – One of only two F4 tornadoes of ever produced by a tropical cyclone. 200 buildings suffered severe damage, including 60–75 that were destroyed, with several homes leveled, although hurricane-force winds may have weakened the structures beforehand. [4] NWS
May 251962United States Oklahoma Dill City 0 (9 Injuries) Tornado outbreak sequence of May 14 – June 1, 1962 – [4] [5] [6] NWS
May 261962United States Oklahoma Cotton County 0 (1 Injury) Tornado outbreak sequence of May 14 – June 1, 1962 – [4] [5] [7] NWS
May 261962United States Texas Haskell 0 (1 Injury) Tornado outbreak sequence of May 14 – June 1, 1962 – [4] [8] NWS
May 291962United States Nebraska Holt County, Boyd County 0 Tornado outbreak sequence of May 14 – June 1, 1962 – The F4 rating of this tornado is questionable as Storm Data lists the event as numerous funnel clouds observed in multiple counties with three brief tornado touchdowns over open country that caused no damage. The tornado was not rated as significant (F2+) by Grazulis. [4] [9] NWS
August 61962United States Kansas Holton 0 (3 Injuries) [4] NWS
September 161962United States Minnesota Rochester 0 (34 Injuries) [4] NWS
March 51963United States Alabama Bessemer, Homewood, Mountain Brook 0 (35 Injuries) [4] NWS
March 111963United States Alabama Garden City 2 (6 Injuries) [4] NWS
March 111963United States Mississippi French Camp 2 (7 Injuries) [4] NWS
April 171963United States Illinois, Indiana Bourbonnais (IL), Bradley (IL), Medaryville (IN) 1 (70 Injuries) [4] NWS
April 291963United States Mississippi Shannon 3 (20 Injuries) [4] NWS
January 241964United States Alabama Harpersville 10 (6 Injuries) [4] NWS
March 41964United States Kentucky Calloway County, Marshall County 3 (24 Injuries) [4] NWS
April 121964United States Kansas Greeley 3 (9 Injuries) [4] NWS
April 121964United States Iowa Page County 1 (28 Injuries) [4] NWS
May 51964United States Nebraska Primrose, Petersburg, Raeville 0 (11 Injuries) [4] NWS
May 81964United States Michigan New Baltimore 11 (224 Injuries) [4] NWS
June 221964United States Iowa Fremont County, Page County 0 [4] NWS
August 221964United States Wisconsin Port Washington 0 (30 Injuries) [4] NWS
August 291964United States Iowa Kossuth County 0 (2 Injuries) [4] NWS
October 31964United States Louisiana Larose 22 (165 Injuries) Hurricane Hilda tornado outbreak – One of only two F4 tornadoes of ever produced by a tropical cyclone. [4] NWS
March 161965United States Oklahoma, Kansas Grant County (OK), Kay County (OK), Sumner County (KS), Cowley County (KS) 0 (7 Injuries) [4] [5] NWS
April 101965United States Arkansas Conway 6 (200 Injuries) 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak – [4] NWS
April 111965United States Iowa, Wisconsin Lowden, Epworth 1 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak – [4] NWS
April 111965United States Wisconsin Grant County 0 (3 Injuries) 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak – [4] NWS
April 111965United States Illinois Lakewood, Crystal Lake, Prairie Grove, Island Lake 6 (75 Injuries) 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak – [4] NWS
April 111965United States Michigan Walker, Rockford 5 (142 Injuries) 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak – [4] NWS
April 111965United States Indiana Wakarusa, Goshen, Dunlap 31 (252 Injuries) 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak – [4] NWS
April 111965United States Indiana Elkhart County, LaGrange County 5 (41 Injuries) 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak – [4] NWS
April 111965United States Indiana, Michigan Orland (IN), Hillsdale (MI), Tecumseh (MI) 23 (294 Injuries) 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak – [4] NWS
April 111965United States Indiana Tippeacanoe County, Clinton County 0 (44 Injuries) 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak – [4] NWS
April 111965United States Indiana Elkhart, Dunlap 36 (321 Injuries) 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak – [4] NWS
April 111965United States Indiana Russiaville, Kokomo, Greentown, Swayzee, Marion 25 (835 Injuries) 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak – [4] NWS
April 111965United States Michigan Hillsdale, Tecumseh 21 (293 Injuries) 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak – [4] NWS
April 111965United States Indiana Montgomery County, Boone County, Hamilton County 28 (123 Injuries) 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak – [4] NWS
April 111965United States Indiana, Ohio Berne (IN) 4 (125 Injuries) 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak – [4] NWS
April 111965United States Michigan Clinton County, Shiawassee County 1 (8 Injuries) 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak – [4] NWS
April 111965United States Ohio Cairo 13 (104 Injuries) 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak – [4] NWS
April 111965United States Ohio, Michigan Toledo (OH) 18 (236 Injuries) 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak – [4] NWS
April 111965United States Ohio Fort Loramie 3 (50 Injuries) 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak – [4] NWS
April 111965United States Ohio Grafton, Strongsville 18 (200 Injuries) 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak – [4] NWS
May 51965United States Iowa Callender 0 Early May 1965 tornado outbreak – [4] NWS
May 51965United States Iowa Osage 0 (11 Injuries) Early May 1965 tornado outbreak – [4] NWS
May 61965United States Minnesota St. Bonifacius, Minnetrista 3 (175 Injuries) Early May 1965 tornado outbreak – [4] NWS
May 61965United States Minnesota Chanhassen, Deephaven 0 Early May 1965 tornado outbreak – [4] NWS
May 61965United States Minnesota Minneapolis, Columbia Heights, Fridley, Spring Lake Park, Blaine 3 (175 Injuries) Early May 1965 tornado outbreak – [4] NWS
May 61965United States Minnesota Golden Valley, Robbinsdale, Minneapolis, Columbia Heights, Fridley, Mounds View, Shoreview, Blaine, Lexington, Circle Pines, Lino Lakes 6 (158 Injuries) Early May 1965 tornado outbreak – [4] NWS
May 81965United States Nebraska Greeley Center 0 Early May 1965 tornado outbreak – [4] NWS
May 81965United States Nebraska Primrose, Wausa 4 (53 Injuries) Early May 1965 tornado outbreak – [4] NWS
June 21965United States Texas Hale Center 4 (76 Injuries) [4] NWS
June 71965United States South Dakota Turner County 1 [4] NWS
July 41965Italy Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy3 (80 Injuries) ESSL
August 261965United States Iowa Black Hawk County, Benton County 1 (17 Injuries) [4] NWS
April 41966United StatesFlorida Largo, Clearwater, Tampa, Temple Terrace, Lakeland, Cocoa 11 (530 Injuries) Tornado outbreak of 4–5 April 1966 – [4] NWS
April 271966United States Oklahoma Johnston County, Atoka County 0 (2 Injuries) [4] [5] NWS
June 81966United States Kansas Lansing 1 (2 Injuries) Tornado outbreak sequence of June 1966 – [4] NWS
June 111966United States Minnesota Jenkins, Crosslake 0 Tornado outbreak sequence of June 1966 – [4] NWS
January 241967United States Missouri, Iowa Schuyler County (MO), Scotland County (MO), Davis County (IA) 0 (2 Injuries) 1967 St. Louis tornado outbreak – [4] NWS
January 241967United States Missouri Chesterfield, Maryland Heights, Bridgeton, St. Ann, Berkeley, Ferguson 3 (216 Injuries) 1967 St. Louis tornado outbreak – [4] NWS
March 61967United States Alabama Dora, Sumiton, Warrior 2 (25 Injuries) [4] NWS
April 211967United States Missouri Bucklin, Atlanta 0 (2 Injuries) 1967 Oak Lawn tornado outbreak – [4] NWS
April 211967United States Illinois Belvidere, Woodstock 24 (450 Injuries) 1967 Belvidere tornado – [4] NWS
April 211967United States Illinois Algonquin, Barrington Hills, Fox River Grove, Lake Barrington, North Barrington, Lake Zurich 1 (100 Injuries) 1967 Oak Lawn tornado outbreak – [4] NWS
April 211967United States Illinois Palos Park, Palos Heights, Worth, Alsip, Oak Lawn, Chicago33 (500 Injuries) 1967 Oak Lawn tornado outbreak – [4] NWS
April 211967United States Michigan Westphalia 0 (8 Injuries) 1967 Oak Lawn tornado outbreak – [4] NWS
April 301967United States Iowa Worth County, Mitchell County 0 Tornado outbreak of April 30 – May 2, 1967 – [4] NWS
April 301967United States Iowa, Minnesota Worth County (IA), Freeborn County (MN) 0 (1 Injury) Tornado outbreak of April 30 – May 2, 1967 – [4] NWS
April 301967United States Minnesota Albert Lea, Owatonna 5 (35 Injuries) Tornado outbreak of April 30 – May 2, 1967 – [4] NWS
April 301967United States Minnesota New Richland, Waseca 6 (22 Injuries) Tornado outbreak of April 30 – May 2, 1967 – [4] NWS
June 81967United States Iowa Fort Dodge 0 [4] NWS
June 101967United States Oklahoma Roger Mills County, Custer County 4 (1 Injury) [4] [5] NWS
June 101967United States Oklahoma Blaine County 0 [4] [5] NWS
June 241967France Hauts-de-France 2 (50 Injuries) ESSL
December 21967United States Mississippi Scott County 2 (10 Injuries) [4] NWS
December 211967United States Missouri Potosi 3 (52 Injuries) [4] NWS
April 31968United States Arkansas Star City 5 (16 Injuries) [4] NWS
April 31968United States Kentucky Murray, Kentucky 2 (30 Injuries) [4] NWS
April 191968United States Arkansas Greenwood 14 (270 Injuries) [4] NWS
April 231968United States Kentucky, Ohio Falmouth (KY), Dover (KY), Ripley (OH), Lucasville (OH) 6 (364 Injuries) Tornado outbreak of 21–24 April 1968 – [4] NWS
April 231968United States Ohio Clermont County, Brown County, Clinton County 1 (33 Injuries) Tornado outbreak of 21–24 April 1968 – [4] NWS
May 151968United States Arkansas Oil Trough 7 (24 Injuries) Tornado outbreak of May 1968 – [4] NWS
May 151968United States Arkansas Jonesboro, Manila 35 (364 Injuries) Tornado outbreak of May 1968 – [4] NWS
July 101968Germany Baden-Württemberg Marxzell, Karlsbad, Keltern, Birkenfeld, Pforzheim, Wurmberg, Wiernsheim, Mönsheim 2 (300 Injuries) ESSL
August 191968United States Wisconsin Coleman, Peshtigo 2 (3 Injuries) [4] NWS
January 231969United States Mississippi Hazlehurst 32 (241 Injuries) 1969 Hazlehurst, Mississippi tornadoes – [4] NWS
April 181969United States Alabama Greenville 2 (14 Injuries) [4] NWS
June 221969United States Missouri Crawford County, Washington County 2 (22 Injuries) [4] NWS
June 221969United States Missouri St. Francois 4 (14 Injuries) [4] NWS
June 231969United States Kansas Sedgwick County 0 (6 Injuries) [4] NWS
July 71969United States South Dakota Harding County 0 [4] NWS
August 61969United States Minnesota Fifty Lakes, Hill City 12 (70 Injuries) Tornado outbreak of 6 August 1969 – [4] NWS
August 181969 Ukraine Cherkasy Oblast, Kyiv Oblast Kivshovata

See also

Notes

    1. ↑ The winds estimated by the Fujita Scale are estimated values and have not been verified scientifically. [3]

    References

    1. ↑ "U.S. Tornado Climatology". National Climatic Data Center . National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. May 20, 2013. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
    2. ↑ Paul Rincon (July 11, 2003). "UK, Holland top twister league". British Broadcasting Company . Retrieved June 25, 2013.
    3. 1 2 "Fujita Tornado Damage Scale". Storm Prediction Center . National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 2006. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
    4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 Grazulis, T. P. (1990). Significant Tornadoes: A chronology of events. Tornado Project. ISBN   9781879362024 . Retrieved April 19, 2022.
    5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 US Department of Commerce, NOAA. "Violent Tornadoes (F4/F5/EF-4/EF-5) in Oklahoma (1950-Present)". www.weather.gov. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
    6. ↑ "Oklahoma Event Report: F4 Tornado". National Weather Service. National Center for Environmental Information. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
    7. ↑ Oklahoma Event Report: F4 Tornado. National Weather Service (Report). National Centers for Environmental Information. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
    8. ↑ Texas Event Report: F4 Tornado. National Weather Service (Report). National Centers for Environmental Information. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
    9. ↑ Nebraska Event Report: F4 Tornado. National Weather Service (Report). National Centers for Environmental Information. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
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