The tornado outbreak of November 26, 1965
14 tornadoesIndiana, Kentucky, Arkansas and 2 more states
14 tornadoes touched down across 5 states between 6:17 PM and 11:45 PM CST, 6 of them rated F3 or stronger, and 1 people were killed.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · November 26, 1965
How the day unfolded
Every tornado recorded that day, at its logged touchdown time and along its path, with the counties it crossed.
The day in numbers
- Tornadoes
- 14
- on Friday, November 26, 1965
- F3 or stronger
- 6
- None rated F4 or F5
- Killed
- 1
- Along all the paths
- Injured
- 25
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 50
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 6:17 PM to 11:45 PM
- Touchdowns, Central Standard Time
Hour by hour
Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Standard Time.
Every tornado
In order of touchdown.
| 6:17 PM | F1 | Ford County IL | 0 |
| 7:10 PM | F2 | Richland County IL | 0 |
| 7:30 PM | F3 | Greene County AR | 0 |
| 8:00 PM | F2 | Boone County IN | 0 |
| 8:00 PM | F3 | Boone County, Hamilton County IN | 0 |
| 8:30 PM | F1 | Clay County AR | 0 |
| 8:46 PM | F3 | St. Joseph County IN | 0 |
| 9:00 PM | F3 | Hancock County IN | 0 |
| 9:00 PM | F3 | Delaware County IN | 0 |
| 9:20 PM | F3 | Decatur County IN | 0 |
| 10:10 PM | F1 | Mercer County OH | 0 |
| 11:00 PM | F2 | Metcalfe County KY | 1 |
| 11:05 PM | F2 | Anderson County KY | 0 |
| 11:45 PM | F1 | Lewis County KY | 0 |
By state
Tornadoes in 1965 · On this date in other years · The biggest outbreak days
Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025. A day is SPC’s calendar date in Central Standard Time; an outbreak day here has 40 or more tornadoes, or 6 or more rated F3/EF3 or stronger.