Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Jackson County, Indiana, April 19, 1963

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length14.5 mi

Width1,300 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (38.85, -85.90) to the end point (38.82, -85.63), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: April 19, 1963, 4:30 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Indiana
Counties: Jackson County, Jennings County
Path: 14.5 miles long, up to 1,300 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 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	Illinois, Indiana	14.8 mi	250 yd	22
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	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.