What the record says
On 6 March 1961, a tornado touched down near Kokomo, Indiana. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 2 miles long and up to 300 yards wide, rated F3 on the Fujita (F) scale. It killed 1 person and injured 3.
- F3Fujita rating
- 1death
- 3injuries
- 2 mipath length
- 300 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because 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 40.47, -86.13. 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 Indiana
- Elkhart, Indiana tornado11 April 1965, F4, 36 deaths, 321 injuries, 37 miles long
- Hardinsburg, Kentucky tornado3 April 1974, F5, 31 deaths, 270 injuries, 32 miles long
- Goshen, Indiana tornado11 April 1965, F4, 31 deaths, 252 injuries, 21.2 miles long
- Crawfordsville, Indiana tornado11 April 1965, F4, 28 deaths, 123 injuries, 45.7 miles long
- Kokomo, Indiana tornado11 April 1965, F4, 25 deaths, 835 injuries, 48 miles long
- Evansville, Indiana tornado6 November 2005, F3, 24 deaths, 238 injuries, 41.3 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 1961
- Talihina, Oklahoma tornado5 May 1961, F4, 16 deaths, 58 injuries, 26.4 miles long
- Tiki Island, Texas tornado12 September 1961, F4, 8 deaths, 200 injuries, 1 mile long
- Jonesboro, Louisiana tornado12 September 1961, F3, 5 deaths, 37 injuries, 2 miles long
- Pindall, Arkansas tornado7 May 1961, F3, 3 deaths, 9 injuries, 14.2 miles long
- Appleby, Texas tornado27 March 1961, F3, 2 deaths, 4 injuries, 13.8 miles long
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