Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F3 tornado, Woodbury County, Iowa, May 5, 1964

RatingF3

Deaths0

Injuries7

Length67 mi

Width300 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (42.52, -96.42) to the end point (43.18, -95.43), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 5, 1964, 6:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F3
States: Iowa
Counties: Woodbury County, Plymouth County, Cherokee County, O'Brien County
Path: 67 miles long, up to 300 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 7 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 5, 1964

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
May 5, 1964	F5	Nebraska	79.7 mi	880 yd	4	50
May 5, 1964	F4	Nebraska	51.2 mi	10 yd	0	11
May 5, 1964	F3	North Dakota, Minnesota	5.2 mi	440 yd	0	11
May 5, 1964	F3	Minnesota	4.3 mi	300 yd	0	0
May 5, 1964	F3	Kansas	20.4 mi	880 yd	0	0
May 5, 1964	F3	Kansas	33 mi	660 yd	0	0
May 5, 1964	F2	Kansas	10.6 mi	1,320 yd	0	0
May 5, 1964	F2	Nebraska	71.5 mi	10 yd	0	7
May 5, 1964	F2	South Dakota	4.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 5, 1964	F2	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 5, 1964	F2	Minnesota	0.1 mi	880 yd	0	13
May 5, 1964	F2	South Dakota	16 mi	880 yd	0	0
May 5, 1964	F2	Oklahoma	3.6 mi	440 yd	0	0
May 5, 1964	F2	North Dakota	47.5 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 5, 1964	F2	Oklahoma	11.6 mi	440 yd	0	0
May 5, 1964	F2	Kansas	7.6 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 5, 1964	F1	Wisconsin	0.3 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 5, 1964	F1	Nebraska	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 5, 1964	F1	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 5, 1964	F1	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 5, 1964	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 5, 1964	F1	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	1
May 5, 1964	F1	Oklahoma	1 mi	400 yd	0	0
May 5, 1964	F1	Oklahoma	3.3 mi	83 yd	0	0
May 5, 1964	F0	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 5, 1964	F0	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 5, 1964	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 5, 1964	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 5, 1964	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0

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