Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Maricopa County, Arizona, September 8, 1961
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries2
Length11.8 mi
Width10 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (33.40, -112.00) to the end point (33.57, -111.95), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- September 8, 1961, 2:30 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- Arizona
- Counties
- Maricopa County
- Near the path
- Phoenix, Paradise Valley (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 11.8 miles long, up to 10 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 2 injuries
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.