Severe Thunderstorms in the Central Plains and Lower Missouri Valley; Heat Continues in the Southeast and Southwest

Severe thunderstorms capable of large hail and damaging wind gusts are forecast to impact the central Plains into the Lower Missouri Valley through this afternoon. Dangerous heat persists across the southern Plains, Southeast U.S. and Puerto Rico this week, and will return to the Southwest today. Read More >

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March 21, 1962
Counties: Fayette
F-scale: F1
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Path width:
Path length: 1/3 of a mile
Time: 9:00am
Grazulis narrative: At Blueberry Hill, two barns were "blown up and flattened" by a tornado that touched down south of Lexington.
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F1, Grazulis calls it an F2. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Grazulis nothing. Grazulis lists it at 10:00am.

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Severe Thunderstorms in the Central Plains and Lower Missouri Valley; Heat Continues in the Southeast and Southwest

Tornadoes of March 21, 1962