Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F4 tornado, Clermont County, Ohio, April 23, 1968
RatingF4
Deaths1
Injuries33
Length24.1 mi
Width300 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (39.10, -84.27) to the end point (39.28, -83.87), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- April 23, 1968, 12:56 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F4
- States
- Ohio
- Counties
- Clermont County, Brown County, Clinton County
- Path
- 24.1 miles long, up to 300 yards wide
- Casualties
- 1 deaths, 33 injuries
Other tornadoes on April 23, 1968
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 1968 | F5 | Ohio | 34 mi | 400 yd | 7 | 93 |
| Apr 23, 1968 | F4 | Kentucky, Ohio | 78.7 mi | 550 yd | 6 | 364 |
| Apr 23, 1968 | F3 | Michigan | 60.9 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 11 |
| Apr 23, 1968 | F3 | Kentucky | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 5 |
| Apr 23, 1968 | F2 | Kentucky | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 23, 1968 | F2 | Ohio | 4.9 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Apr 23, 1968 | F2 | Louisiana | 1 mi | 67 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 23, 1968 | F2 | Kentucky | 3.3 mi | 60 yd | 0 | 3 |
| Apr 23, 1968 | F1 | Michigan | 9.3 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Apr 23, 1968 | F1 | Ohio | 0.1 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 23, 1968 | F1 | Ohio | 8.2 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 23, 1968 | F1 | Tennessee | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Apr 23, 1968 | F0 | Michigan | 0.1 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 1 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.