Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F1 tornado, McCook County, South Dakota, May 24, 1965

RatingF1

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length0.1 mi

Width10 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (43.62, -97.17) to the end point (43.62, -97.17), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 24, 1965, 2:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F1
States: South Dakota
Counties: McCook County
Path: 0.1 miles long, up to 10 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 24, 1965

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width
May 24, 1965	F3	South Dakota	9 mi	20 yd
May 24, 1965	F2	Colorado	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 24, 1965	F2	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 24, 1965	F2	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 24, 1965	F2	South Dakota	7.9 mi	10 yd
May 24, 1965	F2	Nebraska	34.6 mi	10 yd
May 24, 1965	F1	Colorado	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 24, 1965	F1	Nebraska	176.4 mi	10 yd
May 24, 1965	F1	Nebraska	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 24, 1965	F1	Colorado	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 24, 1965	F1	South Dakota	15.2 mi	10 yd
May 24, 1965	F1	South Dakota	7.2 mi	50 yd
May 24, 1965	F1	Nebraska	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 24, 1965	F1	South Dakota	4.3 mi	100 yd
May 24, 1965	F1	Nebraska	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 24, 1965	F1	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 24, 1965	F1	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 24, 1965	F1	South Dakota	9.4 mi	10 yd
May 24, 1965	F1	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 24, 1965	F1	Kansas	13.5 mi	100 yd
May 24, 1965	F1	Minnesota	0.5 mi	10 yd
May 24, 1965	F1	Iowa	3 mi	750 yd
May 24, 1965	F1	Iowa	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 24, 1965	F1	Wisconsin	0.2 mi	33 yd
May 24, 1965	F0	South Carolina	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 24, 1965	F0	Kansas	0.5 mi	10 yd
May 24, 1965	F0	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 24, 1965	F0	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 24, 1965	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 24, 1965	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 24, 1965	F0	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 24, 1965	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 24, 1965	F0	Minnesota	0.5 mi	10 yd
May 24, 1965	F0	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd

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