What the record says
On 16 May 1968, a tornado touched down near Fort Wayne, Indiana. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 50.3 miles long and up to 10 yards wide, rated F3 on the Fujita (F) scale. It killed 1 person and injured 15.
- F3Fujita rating
- 1death
- 15injuries
- 50.3 mipath length
- 10 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 40.73, -85.85 and the end point at 41.10, -85.00 (latitude, longitude).
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 1968
- Jonesboro, Arkansas tornado15 May 1968, F4, 35 deaths, 364 injuries, 20.9 miles long
- Greenwood, Arkansas tornado19 April 1968, F4, 14 deaths, 270 injuries, 2 miles long
- Hansell, Iowa tornado15 May 1968, F5, 13 deaths, 462 injuries, 62.1 miles long
- Garvin, Minnesota tornado13 June 1968, F5, 9 deaths, 150 injuries, 9.1 miles long
- New Boston, Ohio tornado23 April 1968, F5, 7 deaths, 93 injuries, 34 miles long
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