Severe Weather and Heavy Rain from the Ohio Valley to the Mid-Atlantic; Heat Persists in the South-Central U.S.

Widespread strong thunderstorms with damaging winds and locally heavy rain are expected across portions of the Ohio Valley into southern Mid-Atlantic and Carolinas. Rounds of strong thunderstorms are expected to develop across the northern and central Plains. Sweltering heat remains most persistent across the South-Central Plains and Lower/Middle Mississippi Valley through next week. Read More >

January 11, 1963
Counties: Scott IN
F-scale: F2
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Path width: 150 yards
Path length:
Time: 11:35pm
Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from three miles north of Scottsburg. Several homes and barns were damaged or destroyed.
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F2, Grazulis calls it an F3. SPC/NCDC begin the tornado west of Scottsburg...Grazulis starts it north of Scottsburg. SPC/NCDC stop the tornado where Grazulis starts it (Grazulis then moves it northeast for 5 miles). Storm Data says the tornado moved northeast and crossed I-65 three miles north of Scottsburg.

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Severe Weather and Heavy Rain from the Ohio Valley to the Mid-Atlantic; Heat Persists in the South-Central U.S.

Tornadoes of January 11, 1963