Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F3 tornado, Hopkins County, Kentucky, May 7, 1961

RatingF3

Deaths0

Injuries3

Length58 mi

Width880 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (37.33, -87.52) to the end point (37.40, -86.47), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 7, 1961, 9:25 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F3
States: Kentucky
Counties: Hopkins County, Muhlenberg County, Ohio County, Grayson County
Path: 58 miles long, up to 880 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 3 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 7, 1961

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
May 7, 1961	F4	Kansas, Missouri	26.2 mi	50 yd	0	12
May 7, 1961	F3	Arkansas	14.2 mi	1,760 yd	3	9
May 7, 1961	F3	Arkansas, Missouri	43.8 mi	333 yd	0	10
May 7, 1961	F3	Texas	3.6 mi	133 yd	0	0
May 7, 1961	F3	Oklahoma	8.9 mi	400 yd	0	1
May 7, 1961	F2	Kansas	5.7 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 7, 1961	F2	Arkansas	10.8 mi	333 yd	0	0
May 7, 1961	F2	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 7, 1961	F2	Kentucky	22.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 7, 1961	F2	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 7, 1961	F2	Missouri	7.3 mi	50 yd	0	2
May 7, 1961	F2	Missouri	9.6 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 7, 1961	F2	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 7, 1961	F2	Oklahoma	4.9 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 7, 1961	F2	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 7, 1961	F1	Missouri	5.6 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 7, 1961	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 7, 1961	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 7, 1961	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 7, 1961	F0	Texas	0.8 mi	17 yd	0	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.