Heavy Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorm Threats for the Plains and Southeast

A frontal boundary extending from the western High Plains to the Southeast will focus additional showers and thunderstorms this weekend. Some of these storms may become severe, alongside frequent lightning, and isolated instances of flash flooding. Meanwhile dry conditions will continue for the Great Basin where fire weather concerns linger. For the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, seasonable weather. Read More >

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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Heavy Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorm Threats for the Plains and Southeast

Tornadoes of March 21, 1962