Tornadoes of 1963

January 11, 1963
Counties: Scott IN
F-scale:  F2
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Path width: 150 yards
Path length:
Time: 11:35pm
Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from three miles north of Scottsburg. Several homes and barns were damaged or destroyed.
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F2, Grazulis calls it an F3. SPC/NCDC begin the tornado west of Scottsburg...Grazulis starts it north of Scottsburg. SPC/NCDC stop the tornado where Grazulis starts it (Grazulis then moves it northeast for 5 miles). Storm Data says the tornado moved northeast and crossed I-65 three miles north of Scottsburg.

March 16, 1963
Counties: Washington IN
F-scale:  F2
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Path width: 100 yards
Path length: 1 mile
Time: 5:20pm
Grazulis narrative: Moved east-northeast from five miles southeast of Salem. Farm buildings on one farm, and a house on another farm, were destroyed.
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give this a path width of 800 yards, Grazulis and Storm Data give 100 yards. Storm Data says this tornado hit four and a half miles southeast of Salem near IN 60 (present-day IN 160?) and the Middle Blue River.

March 19, 1963
Counties: Dubois
F-scale:  F2
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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
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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.

April 21, 1963
Counties: Woodford
F-scale:  F2
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 3
Path width: 200 yards
Path length: 2 miles
Time: 10:50pm
Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from northeast of Versailles. Fourteen farm buildings were damaged and a tenant home was destroyed. (Storm Data says this tornado struck three and a half miles northeast of Versailles at Maplewood Farm.)
Noted discrepancies: None.

April 29, 1963
Counties: Logan
F-scale:  F2
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Time: 8:10pm
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F2, Grazulis does not list it. SPC gives a path width of 170 yards and a path length of 9 miles...NCDC gives nothing for either.
Notes:  Storm Data says that the central and northern parts of Russellville were hardest hit, including the Kaintuck Hotel.

April 29, 1963
Counties: Edmonson
F-scale:  F2
Deaths:
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Time: 8:30pm
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F2, Grazulis does not list it. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards and a path length of 1/10 of a mile...NCDC gives nothing for either.
Notes:  Storm Data says this tornado struck at Rocky Hill Crossroad.

June 8, 1963
Counties: Taylor
F-scale:  F1
Deaths:
Injuries:
Path width: 20 yards
Path length: 1/3 of a mile
Time: 1:00pm
Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards and a path length of 1/10 of a mile...NCDC gives nothing for either.   Storm Data gives a path length of 500 yards and a width of 20 yards.
Notes:  Storm Data says this tornado hit Palestine.