Heat Wave and Severe Thunderstorms this Independence Day

A prolonged, dangerous heat wave will persist through the Independence Day weekend across the Ohio Valley, Midwest, and Mid-Atlantic. Numerous temperature records are expected. Clusters of severe thunderstorms will move across parts of the Allegheny Plateau into Mid Atlantic this Independence Day, with potential for widespread damaging winds. Additional severe thunderstorms in the Great Plains. Read More >

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Tornadoes by Year for the 1960s
1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	Total
1	5	6	1	4	1	2	5	3	1	29

Tornadoes by Month for the 1960s
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
0	0	0	11	12	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	29

Tornadoes by Intensity for the 1960s
F?	F0	F1	F2	F3	F4	F5	Total
0	10	9	6	3	0	1	29

#	Date	Time (CST)	Path Length (miles)	Path Width (yards)	F-Scale	Killed	Injured	County	Path
1	05/31/1960	2345	0.3	17	F0	0	0	Knox	Near Goree
2	04/08/1961	1500	1	33	F3	0	1	Archer	Archer City
3	04/08/1961	1600	3	33	F2	0	2	Wichita	Near Kamay - Wichita Valley Airport - Sheppard AFB
4	05/07/1961	2300	0.8	17	F0	0	0	Baylor	5 S Seymour
5	05/16/1961	1900	0.2	50	F0	0	0	Wilbarger	NE of Vernon airport
6	07/21/1961	1759	0.2	517	F1	0	0	Wichita	Wichita Falls (3 SE Airport)
7	04/26/1962	2245	3	100	F3	0	13	Wichita	Sheppard AFB
8	05/20/1962	1500	1	50	F2	0	0	Wilbarger	10 S Vernon
9	06/05/1962	2000	1	50	F2	0	0	Wilbarger	east part of Vernon
10	06/05/1962	2000	0.8	50	F1	0	0	Hardeman	Between Medincine Mound and Chillicothe
11	08/02/1962	1130	1	20	F0	0	0	Knox	7 NW Munday
12	08/02/1962	2114	0.1	10	F0	0	0	Knox	5 NE Knox City
13	05/30/1963	0144	0.5	100	F0	0	0	Wichita	3 S Burkburnett
14	04/03/1964	1435	5	500	F5	7	111	Wichita	NW Wichita Falls (FM-369/ Seymour Highway)- Sheppard AFB
15	04/03/1964	1553	1.5	23	F1	0	0	Clay	Near Red River NE of Byers
16	04/23/1964	1630	1	37	F1	0	0	Baylor	6 W Dundee
17	04/24/1964	1600	1	100	F1	0	0	Wilbarger	18 S Vernon
18	05/19/1965	1547	0.8	17	F0	0	0	Wilbarger	5 E Vernon
19	04/10/1966	1700	2	27	F1	0	0	Archer	near Lake Olney
20	04/23/1966	1505	1	27	F1	0	0	Wilbarger	NW of Vernon (just outside city limits)
21	04/09/1967	1500	0.3	300	F2	0	0	Wilbarger	3 N Vernon
22	04/20/1967	1230	1	100	F0	0	0	Knox	3 N Munday
23	05/20/1967	1140	0.5	33	F0	0	0	Clay	6 SE Henrietta
24	05/30/1967	1850	10	33	F1	0	0	Wichita	9 W- 7 NNW Burkburnett
25	05/30/1967	1900	1.9	33	F2	0	0	Wichita	Burkburnett
26	05/16/1968	1435	0.1	17	F1	0	0	Clay	between Henrietta and Bellevue
27	05/16/1968	1510	2	23	F3	0	0	Wilbarger	Near Lockett
28	05/29/1968	2200	0.5	17	F0	0	0	Knox	Near Munday
29	08/22/1969	1550	0.3	67	F2	0	0	Knox	Rhineland

Records taken from the Storm Prediction Center archive data, "Storm Data", and data from the National Weather Service office in Norman. Data modified as described in NOAA Tech Memo NWS SR-209 (Speheger, D., 2001: "Corrections to the Historic Tornado Database").

Historic data, especially before 1950, are likely incomplete.

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Heat Wave and Severe Thunderstorms this Independence Day

Western North Texas Tornado Data (1960-1969)