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 >

March 19, 1963
Counties: Dubois
F-scale: F2
Deaths:
Injuries:
Path width:
Path length:
Time: 2:00pm
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F2, but Grazulis does not list it. SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile and a path width of 10 yards...NCDC gives nothing for either.

March 19, 1963
Counties: Washington IN
F-scale: F1
Deaths: 2
Injuries: 0
Path width:
Path length:
Time: 3:00pm
Grazulis narrative: Hit at Becks Mill. Two women were killed when their shelter collapsed onto them. The old fruit cellar behind the house may have been weakened by rain water and the sudden pressure change. Their home had only broken windows. One of the women had been injured in a tornado on April 3, 1956.
Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile and a path width of 10 yards...NCDC gives nothing for either.

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

Tornadoes of March 19, 1963