List of F4 tornadoes (1960–1969)

This is a list of tornadoes which have been officially or unofficially labeled as F4 in the 1960s. The Fujita scale attempts to estimate the intensity of a tornado by classifying the damage caused to natural features and man-made structures in the tornado's path.

Tornadoes are among the most violent known meteorological phenomena. Each year, more than 2,000 tornadoes are recorded worldwide, with the vast majority occurring in North America and Europe. To assess the intensity of these events, meteorologist Ted Fujita devised a method to estimate maximum wind speeds within tornadic storms based on the damage caused; this became known as the Fujita scale. The scale ranks tornadoes from F0 to F5, with F0 being the least intense and F5 being the most intense. F4 tornadoes were estimated to have had maximum winds between and .

Most of Europe also uses the TORRO tornado intensity scale (or T-Scale), which ranks tornado intensity between T0 and T11; F4 tornadoes are approximately equivalent to T8 to T9 on the T-Scale.

List + Tornadoes officially rated F4 Day Year Country Subdivision Location Fatalities Notes Rated byMay 41960United StatesOklahomaPottawatomie County, Seminole County0May 1960 tornado outbreak sequence –NWSMay 41960United StatesOklahomaSoper0 (3 Injuries)May 1960 tornado outbreak sequence –NWSMay 51960United StatesOklahomaWilburton, McCurtain, Keota, Sallisaw16 (106 Injuries)May 1960 tornado outbreak sequence –NWSMay 51960United StatesOklahomaRoland5 (13 Injuries)May 1960 tornado outbreak sequence –NWSMay 191960United StatesKansasWabaunsee, St. Marys,0 (12 Injuries)NWSMay 191960United StatesKansasOzawkie1 (92 Injuries)NWSMay 201960PolandSubcarpathiaNiechobrz3ESSLApril 251961United StatesIndiana, OhioBoston (IN), Eaton (OH)0 (7 Injuries)Tornado outbreak sequence of April 23–30, 1961 –NWSMay 51961United StatesOklahomaHowe16 (58 Injuries)Tornado outbreak sequence of May 3–9, 1961 –NWSMay 71961United StatesKansas, MissouriKansas City (KS), Waldron (MO), Weatherby Lake (MO), Kansas City (MO), Liberty (MO)0 (12 Injuries)Tornado outbreak sequence of May 3–9, 1961 –NWSMay 301961United StatesNebraskaAnselmo, Sargent, Ord0NWSJune 291961United StatesMontanaGlendive0 (1 Injury)This is the only officially rated F4/EF4 tornado ever recorded in Montana.NWSSeptember 11961United StatesIowaBristow, Plainfield0 (7 Injuries)NWSSeptember 121961United StatesTexasGalveston8 (200 Injuries)Hurricane Carla tornado outbreak – One of only two F4 tornadoes of ever produced by a tropical cyclone. 200 buildings suffered severe damage, including 60–75 that were destroyed, with several homes leveled, although hurricane-force winds may have weakened the structures beforehand.NWSMay 251962United StatesOklahomaDill City0 (9 Injuries)Tornado outbreak sequence of May 14 – June 1, 1962 –NWSMay 261962United StatesOklahomaCotton County0 (1 Injury)Tornado outbreak sequence of May 14 – June 1, 1962 –NWSMay 261962United StatesTexasHaskell0 (1 Injury)Tornado outbreak sequence of May 14 – June 1, 1962 –NWSMay 291962United StatesNebraskaHolt County, Boyd County0Tornado outbreak sequence of May 14 – June 1, 1962 – The F4 rating of this tornado is questionable as Storm Data lists the event as numerous funnel clouds observed in multiple counties with three brief tornado touchdowns over open country that caused no damage. The tornado was not rated as significant (F2+) by Grazulis.NWSAugust 61962United StatesKansasHolton0 (3 Injuries)NWSSeptember 161962United StatesMinnesotaRochester0 (34 Injuries)NWSMarch 51963United StatesAlabamaBessemer, Homewood, Mountain Brook0 (35 Injuries)NWSMarch 111963United StatesAlabamaGood Hope, Phelan, Berlin, Fairview2 (6 Injuries)NWSMarch 111963United StatesMississippiFrench Camp2 (7 Injuries)NWSApril 171963United StatesIllinois, IndianaBourbonnais (IL), Bradley (IL), Medaryville (IN)1 (70 Injuries)NWSApril 291963United StatesMississippiShannon3 (20 Injuries)NWSJanuary 241964United StatesAlabamaHarpersville10 (6 Injuries)NWSMarch 41964United StatesKentuckyCalloway County, Marshall County3 (24 Injuries)NWSApril 121964United StatesKansasGreeley3 (9 Injuries)NWSApril 121964United StatesIowaPage County1 (28 Injuries)NWSMay 51964United StatesNebraskaPrimrose, Petersburg, Raeville0 (11 Injuries)NWSMay 81964United StatesMichiganNew Baltimore11 (224 Injuries)NWSJune 221964United StatesIowaFremont County, Page County0NWSAugust 221964United StatesWisconsinPort Washington0 (30 Injuries)NWSAugust 291964United StatesIowaKossuth County0 (2 Injuries)NWSOctober 31964United StatesLouisianaLarose22 (165 Injuries)Hurricane Hilda tornado outbreak – One of only two F4 tornadoes of ever produced by a tropical cyclone.NWSMarch 161965United StatesOklahoma, KansasGrant County (OK), Kay County (OK), Sumner County (KS), Cowley County (KS)0 (7 Injuries)NWSApril 101965United StatesArkansasConway6 (200 Injuries)1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak –NWSApril 111965United StatesIowa, WisconsinLowden, Epworth11965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak –NWSApril 111965United StatesWisconsinGrant County0 (3 Injuries)1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak –NWSApril 111965United StatesIllinoisLakewood, Crystal Lake, Prairie Grove, Island Lake6 (75 Injuries)1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak –NWSApril 111965United StatesMichiganWalker, Rockford5 (142 Injuries)1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak –NWSApril 111965United StatesIndianaWakarusa, Goshen, Dunlap31 (252 Injuries)1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak –NWSApril 111965United StatesIndianaElkhart County, LaGrange County5 (41 Injuries)1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak –NWSApril 111965United StatesIndiana, MichiganOrland (IN), Hillsdale (MI), Tecumseh (MI)23 (294 Injuries)1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak –NWSApril 111965United StatesIndianaTippeacanoe County, Clinton County0 (44 Injuries)1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak –NWSApril 111965United StatesIndianaElkhart, Dunlap36 (321 Injuries)1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak –NWSApril 111965United StatesIndianaRussiaville, Kokomo, Greentown, Swayzee, Marion25 (835 Injuries)1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak –NWSApril 111965United StatesMichiganHillsdale, Tecumseh21 (293 Injuries)1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak –NWSApril 111965United StatesIndianaMontgomery County, Boone County, Hamilton County28 (123 Injuries)1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak –NWSApril 111965United StatesIndiana, OhioBerne (IN)4 (125 Injuries)1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak –NWSApril 111965United StatesMichiganClinton County, Shiawassee County1 (8 Injuries)1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak –NWSApril 111965United StatesOhioCairo13 (104 Injuries)1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak –NWSApril 111965United StatesOhio, MichiganToledo (OH)18 (236 Injuries)1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak –NWSApril 111965United StatesOhioFort Loramie3 (50 Injuries)1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak –NWSApril 111965United StatesOhioGrafton, Strongsville18 (200 Injuries)1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak –NWSMay 51965United StatesIowaCallender0Early May 1965 tornado outbreak –NWSMay 51965United StatesIowaOsage0 (11 Injuries)Early May 1965 tornado outbreak –NWSMay 61965United StatesMinnesotaSt. Bonifacius, Minnetrista3 (175 Injuries)Early May 1965 tornado outbreak –NWSMay 61965United StatesMinnesotaChanhassen, Deephaven 0Early May 1965 tornado outbreak –NWSMay 61965United StatesMinnesotaMinneapolis, Columbia Heights, Fridley, Spring Lake Park, Blaine3 (175 Injuries)Early May 1965 tornado outbreak –NWSMay 61965United StatesMinnesotaGolden Valley, Robbinsdale, Minneapolis, Columbia Heights, Fridley, Mounds View, Shoreview, Blaine, Lexington, Circle Pines, Lino Lakes6 (158 Injuries)Early May 1965 tornado outbreak –NWSMay 81965United StatesNebraskaGreeley Center0Early May 1965 tornado outbreak –NWSMay 81965United StatesNebraskaPrimrose, Wausa4 (53 Injuries)Early May 1965 tornado outbreak –NWSJune 21965United StatesTexasHale Center4 (76 Injuries)NWSJune 71965United StatesSouth DakotaTurner County1NWSJuly 41965ItalyEmilia-Romagna, Lombardy3 (80 Injuries)ESSLAugust 261965United StatesIowaBlack Hawk County, Benton County1 (17 Injuries)NWSApril 41966United StatesFloridaLargo, Clearwater, Tampa, Temple Terrace, Lakeland, Cocoa11 (530 Injuries)Tornado outbreak of April 4–5, 1966 –NWSApril 271966United StatesOklahomaJohnston County, Atoka County0 (2 Injuries)NWSJune 81966United StatesKansasLansing1 (2 Injuries)Tornado outbreak sequence of June 1966 –NWSJune 111966United StatesMinnesotaJenkins, Crosslake0Tornado outbreak sequence of June 1966 –NWSJanuary 241967United StatesMissouri, IowaSchuyler County (MO), Scotland County (MO), Davis County (IA)0 (2 Injuries)1967 St. Louis tornado outbreak –NWSJanuary 241967United StatesMissouriChesterfield, Maryland Heights, Bridgeton, St. Ann, Berkeley, Ferguson3 (216 Injuries)1967 St. Louis tornado outbreak –NWSMarch 61967United StatesAlabamaDora, Sumiton, Warrior2 (25 Injuries)NWSApril 211967United StatesMissouriBucklin, Atlanta0 (2 Injuries)1967 Oak Lawn tornado outbreak –NWSApril 211967United StatesIllinoisBelvidere, Woodstock24 (450 Injuries)1967 Belvidere tornado –NWSApril 211967United StatesIllinoisAlgonquin, Barrington Hills, Fox River Grove, Lake Barrington, North Barrington, Lake Zurich1 (100 Injuries)1967 Oak Lawn tornado outbreak –NWSApril 211967United StatesIllinoisPalos Park, Palos Heights, Worth, Alsip, Oak Lawn, Chicago33 (500 Injuries)1967 Oak Lawn tornado outbreak –NWSApril 211967United StatesMichiganWestphalia0 (8 Injuries)1967 Oak Lawn tornado outbreak –NWSApril 301967United StatesIowaWorth County, Mitchell County0Tornado outbreak of April 30 – May 2, 1967 –NWSApril 301967United StatesIowa, MinnesotaWorth County (IA), Freeborn County (MN)0 (1 Injury)Tornado outbreak of April 30 – May 2, 1967 –NWSApril 301967United StatesMinnesotaAlbert Lea, Owatonna5 (35 Injuries)Tornado outbreak of April 30 – May 2, 1967 –NWSApril 301967United StatesMinnesotaNew Richland, Waseca6 (22 Injuries)Tornado outbreak of April 30 – May 2, 1967 –NWSJune 81967United StatesIowaFort Dodge0NWSJune 101967United StatesOklahomaRoger Mills County, Custer County4 (1 Injury)NWSJune 101967United StatesOklahomaBlaine County0NWSJune 241967FranceHauts-de-France2 (50 Injuries)ESSLDecember 21967United StatesMississippiScott County2 (10 Injuries)NWSDecember 211967United StatesMissouriPotosi3 (52 Injuries)NWSApril 31968United StatesArkansasStar City5 (16 Injuries)NWSApril 31968United StatesKentuckyMurray, Kentucky2 (30 Injuries)NWSApril 191968United StatesArkansasGreenwood14 (270 Injuries)NWSApril 231968United StatesKentucky, OhioFalmouth (KY), Dover (KY), Ripley (OH), Lucasville (OH)6 (364 Injuries)Tornado outbreak of April 21-24, 1968 –NWSApril 231968United StatesOhioClermont County, Brown County, Clinton County1 (33 Injuries)Tornado outbreak of April 21-24, 1968 –NWSMay 151968United StatesArkansasOil Trough7 (24 Injuries)Tornado outbreak of May 1968 –NWSMay 151968United StatesArkansasJonesboro, Manila35 (364 Injuries)Tornado outbreak of May 1968 –NWSJuly 101968GermanyBaden-WürttembergMarxzell, Karlsbad, Keltern, Birkenfeld, Pforzheim, Wurmberg, Wiernsheim, Mönsheim2 (300 Injuries)ESSLAugust 191968United StatesWisconsinColeman, Peshtigo2 (3 Injuries)NWSJanuary 231969United StatesMississippiHazlehurst32 (241 Injuries)1969 Hazlehurst, Mississippi tornadoes –NWSApril 181969United StatesAlabamaGreenville2 (14 Injuries)NWSJune 221969United StatesMissouriCrawford County, Washington County2 (22 Injuries)NWSJune 221969United StatesMissouriSt. Francois4 (14 Injuries)NWSJune 231969United StatesKansasSedgwick County0 (6 Injuries)NWSJuly 71969United StatesSouth DakotaHarding County0NWSAugust 61969United StatesMinnesotaFifty Lakes, Hill City12 (70 Injuries)Tornado outbreak of August 6, 1969 –NWSAugust 181969UkraineCherkasy Oblast, Kyiv OblastKivshovata

See also Tornado intensity and damage List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks List of F5 and EF5 tornadoes List of F4 and EF4 tornadoes List of F4 and EF4 tornadoes (1950–1959) List of F4 and EF4 tornadoes (2000–2009)