Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F0 tornado, Potter County, South Dakota, May 8, 1965

RatingF0

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length0.1 mi

Width10 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (45.10, -100.10) to the end point (45.10, -100.10), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 8, 1965, 7:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F0
States: South Dakota
Counties: Potter County
Path: 0.1 miles long, up to 10 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 8, 1965

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
May 8, 1965	F5	South Dakota	30.1 mi	1,760 yd	0	1
May 8, 1965	F4	Nebraska	78.9 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 8, 1965	F4	Nebraska	125.7 mi	10 yd	4	53
May 8, 1965	F3	Nebraska	10.2 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 8, 1965	F3	Nebraska	40.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 8, 1965	F3	Nebraska	44.8 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 8, 1965	F3	South Dakota	1.5 mi	20 yd	0	0
May 8, 1965	F2	Colorado	1 mi	17 yd	0	0
May 8, 1965	F2	Nebraska	44.9 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 8, 1965	F2	South Dakota	0.1 mi	20 yd	0	0
May 8, 1965	F2	Nebraska	4.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 8, 1965	F2	Nebraska	9 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 8, 1965	F2	Nebraska	24 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 8, 1965	F2	South Dakota	3.3 mi	243 yd	0	0
May 8, 1965	F2	South Dakota	4.5 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 8, 1965	F2	South Dakota	4.3 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 8, 1965	F2	Arkansas	5.1 mi	100 yd	0	8
May 8, 1965	F1	Wisconsin	2 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 8, 1965	F1	Kansas	1.5 mi	300 yd	0	0
May 8, 1965	F1	South Carolina	0.8 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 8, 1965	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 8, 1965	F1	Nebraska	89.8 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 8, 1965	F1	Nebraska	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 8, 1965	F1	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 8, 1965	F1	Nebraska	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 8, 1965	F1	Nebraska	7.2 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 8, 1965	F1	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 8, 1965	F1	Nebraska	41.5 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 8, 1965	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 8, 1965	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 8, 1965	F0	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	2
May 8, 1965	F0	Nebraska	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 8, 1965	F0	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 8, 1965	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 8, 1965	F0	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 8, 1965	F0	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 8, 1965	F0	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0

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