Strong Storms and Heavy Rainfall Threats; Dangerous Heat for Southern Plains into the Southwest

Thunderstorms, some severe, will impact areas of the Plains into the Midwest today. Rainfall can be locally heavy as well from these storms with isolated instances of flash flooding. Monsoonal flow will enhance rainfall across the Four Corners into the central Rockies today. Meanwhile, summer heat continues for the southern Plains, Southwest into southern California. Read More >

March 4, 1964
Counties: Logan
F-scale: F3
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 5
Path width: 880 yards
Path length: 7 miles
Time: 2:25pm
Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from two miles west of Adairville to Schochoh. A home was unroofed and tenant homes and barns were destroyed. Livestock was killed and cars and farm machinery were destroyed.
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC gave this an F3, Grazulis gives an F2. SPC and NCDC give a path length of 7 miles, Grazulis and Storm Data give 8 miles. SPC, Storm Data, and NCDC give a path width of 880 yards, Grazulis gives 800 yards. The touchdown lat/lon listed by NCDC and SPC is in Hickman County, and the liftoff lat/lon is in Graves County (far western Kentucky). Grazulis takes the tornado from two miles west of Adairville to Schochoh, which agrees with Storm Data.

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Strong Storms and Heavy Rainfall Threats; Dangerous Heat for Southern Plains into the Southwest

Tornadoes of March 4, 1964