Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F3 tornado, Benton County, Missouri, April 16, 1960
RatingF3
Deaths0
Injuries4
Length27 mi
Width300 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (40.30, -94.43) to the end point (40.42, -93.93), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- April 16, 1960, 3:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F3
- States
- Missouri
- Counties
- Benton County, Harrison County
- Path
- 27 miles long, up to 300 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 4 injuries
Other tornadoes on April 16, 1960
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 1960 | F3 | Iowa | 29.8 mi | 800 yd | 1 | 5 |
| 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.