Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F1 tornado, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, April 30, 1962

RatingF1

Deaths0

Injuries1

Length20.9 mi

Width133 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (32.92, -91.55) to the end point (32.67, -91.35), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: April 30, 1962, 9:15 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F1
States: Louisiana
Counties: Morehouse Parish, West Carroll Parish, East Carroll Parish
Path: 20.9 miles long, up to 133 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 1 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on April 30, 1962

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
Apr 30, 1962	F3	Indiana	36.5 mi	10 yd	49
Apr 30, 1962	F3	Indiana	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
Apr 30, 1962	F2	Indiana	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
Apr 30, 1962	F2	Indiana	0.1 mi	10 yd	5
Apr 30, 1962	F2	Michigan	0.8 mi	50 yd	0
Apr 30, 1962	F2	Michigan	0.1 mi	33 yd	0
Apr 30, 1962	F2	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
Apr 30, 1962	F2	Arkansas	2 mi	417 yd	2
Apr 30, 1962	F2	Indiana	26.2 mi	10 yd	0
Apr 30, 1962	F1	Illinois	5.2 mi	100 yd	0
Apr 30, 1962	F1	Indiana	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
Apr 30, 1962	F1	Michigan	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
Apr 30, 1962	F1	Michigan	0.2 mi	33 yd	0
Apr 30, 1962	F1	Louisiana	1 mi	33 yd	0
Apr 30, 1962	F0	Indiana	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
Apr 30, 1962	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0

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