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Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall in the Southern Plains; Heat Continues in the West

Strong to severe thunderstorms may bring areas of excessive rainfall and flooding over parts of the southern Plains today through Friday. Hot to dangerously hot temperatures are forecast across portions of the Pacific Northwest and southern Great Basin today. Gusty winds, dry, and hot conditions will bring critical fire weather to parts of central Washington state today. Read More >

April 21, 1963
Counties:  Woodford
F-scale:  F2
Deaths:  0
Injuries:  3
Path width:  200 yards
Path length:  2 miles
Time:  10:50pm
Grazulis narrative:  Moved northeast from northeast of Versailles.  Fourteen farm buildings were damaged and a tenant home was destroyed.  (Storm Data says this tornado struck three and a half miles northeast of Versailles at Maplewood Farm.)
Noted discrepancies:  None.