Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Muscogee County, Georgia, May 16, 1966
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries11
Length3.3 mi
Width400 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (32.47, -85.00) to the end point (32.48, -84.95), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 16, 1966, 5:20 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- Georgia
- Counties
- Muscogee County
- Path
- 3.3 miles long, up to 400 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 11 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 16, 1966
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 1966 | F2 | Georgia | 1 mi | 400 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 16, 1966 | F2 | Georgia | 0.9 mi | 400 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 16, 1966 | F1 | Tennessee | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 16, 1966 | F0 | Oklahoma | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 16, 1966 | F0 | Kansas | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 16, 1966 | F0 | Oklahoma | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.