Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F3 tornado, Grundy County, Iowa, April 16, 1960
RatingF3
Deaths1
Injuries5
Length29.8 mi
Width800 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (42.33, -92.58) to the end point (42.50, -92.00), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- April 16, 1960, 2:30 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F3
- States
- Iowa
- Counties
- Grundy County, Black Hawk County, Buchanan County
- Path
- 29.8 miles long, up to 800 yards wide
- Casualties
- 1 deaths, 5 injuries
Other tornadoes on April 16, 1960
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 1960 | F3 | Missouri | 27 mi | 300 yd | 0 | 4 |
| Apr 16, 1960 | F3 | Kansas | 9.2 mi | 77 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1960 | F2 | Iowa | 9.5 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1960 | F2 | Missouri | 29.6 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1960 | F2 | Kansas | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Apr 16, 1960 | F2 | Kansas | 9.3 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Apr 16, 1960 | F2 | Oklahoma | 0.1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1960 | F2 | Oklahoma | 3.8 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 2 |
| Apr 16, 1960 | F1 | Illinois | 2.7 mi | 60 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1960 | F1 | Indiana | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1960 | F1 | Indiana | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1960 | F1 | Oklahoma | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1960 | F1 | Kansas | 0.3 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1960 | F1 | Iowa | 15.8 mi | 500 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1960 | F1 | Kansas | 1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1960 | F1 | Illinois | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1960 | F1 | Oklahoma | 1 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1960 | F1 | Indiana | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1960 | F1 | Michigan | 1.5 mi | 300 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1960 | F0 | Ohio | 0.8 mi | 77 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.