Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Wabash County, Illinois, April 19, 1963

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries22

Length14.8 mi

Width250 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (38.55, -87.73) to the end point (38.62, -87.48), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: April 19, 1963, 2:50 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Illinois, Indiana
Counties: Wabash County, Lawrence County, Knox County
Path: 14.8 miles long, up to 250 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 22 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on April 19, 1963

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
Apr 19, 1963	F3	Indiana	85.3 mi	1,400 yd	0
Apr 19, 1963	F2	Ohio	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
Apr 19, 1963	F2	Ohio	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
Apr 19, 1963	F2	Ohio	15.3 mi	10 yd	0
Apr 19, 1963	F2	Indiana	14.5 mi	1,300 yd	0
Apr 19, 1963	F2	Illinois	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
Apr 19, 1963	F2	Ohio	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
Apr 19, 1963	F1	Kentucky	0.1 mi	100 yd	0
Apr 19, 1963	F1	Ohio	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
Apr 19, 1963	F1	Ohio	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
Apr 19, 1963	F1	Kentucky	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
Apr 19, 1963	F1	Ohio	0.1 mi	10 yd	1
Apr 19, 1963	F1	Ohio	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
Apr 19, 1963	F1	Ohio	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
Apr 19, 1963	F1	Indiana	11.9 mi	100 yd	0
Apr 19, 1963	F0	Ohio	0.1 mi	10 yd	0

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