Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Knox County, Missouri, August 16, 1975
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length16 mi
Width100 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (40.05, -92.08) to the end point (39.92, -91.83), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- August 16, 1975, 7:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- Missouri
- Counties
- Knox County, Marion County
- Near the path
- Newark (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 16 miles long, up to 100 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.