Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F5 tornado, Wright County, Iowa, October 14, 1966

RatingF5

Deaths6

Injuries172

Length9.7 mi

Width1,000 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (42.80, -93.65) to the end point (42.92, -93.53), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: October 14, 1966, 1:55 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F5
States: Iowa
Counties: Wright County
Path: 9.7 miles long, up to 1,000 yards wide
Casualties: 6 deaths, 172 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on October 14, 1966

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
Oct 14, 1966	F3	Iowa	29.5 mi	200 yd	0
Oct 14, 1966	F3	Missouri	2.7 mi	150 yd	26
Oct 14, 1966	F2	Iowa	1.5 mi	100 yd	0
Oct 14, 1966	F2	Minnesota	2.7 mi	10 yd	1
Oct 14, 1966	F2	Iowa	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
Oct 14, 1966	F2	Iowa	5 mi	10 yd	0
Oct 14, 1966	F2	Missouri	14.9 mi	50 yd	0
Oct 14, 1966	F2	Missouri	7.6 mi	50 yd	0
Oct 14, 1966	F2	Missouri	4.9 mi	50 yd	0
Oct 14, 1966	F2	Iowa	13.5 mi	50 yd	0
Oct 14, 1966	F2	Missouri	2.3 mi	50 yd	0
Oct 14, 1966	F2	Missouri	5.2 mi	33 yd	0
Oct 14, 1966	F2	Iowa	2.7 mi	100 yd	0
Oct 14, 1966	F2	Missouri	13.7 mi	150 yd	6
Oct 14, 1966	F2	Illinois	1 mi	100 yd	20
Oct 14, 1966	F1	Iowa	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
Oct 14, 1966	F1	Missouri	3 mi	220 yd	0
Oct 14, 1966	F1	Iowa	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
Oct 14, 1966	F1	Iowa	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
Oct 14, 1966	F1	Missouri	3.3 mi	50 yd	0
Oct 14, 1966	F0	Iowa	0.1 mi	10 yd	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

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