Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F3 tornado, Dyer County, Tennessee, March 21, 1952

RatingF3

Deaths10

Injuries30

Length18.1 mi

Width1,000 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.95, -89.43) to the end point (36.13, -89.20), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: March 21, 1952, 8:30 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F3
States: Tennessee
Counties: Dyer County
Path: 18.1 miles long, up to 1,000 yards wide
Casualties: 10 deaths, 30 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on March 21, 1952

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Mar 21, 1952	F4	Arkansas	13 mi	833 yd	7	9
Mar 21, 1952	F4	Arkansas	14.6 mi	1,760 yd	50	325
Mar 21, 1952	F4	Arkansas	7.6 mi	10 yd	2	6
Mar 21, 1952	F4	Arkansas	13.1 mi	880 yd	29	180
Mar 21, 1952	F4	Tennessee	4.7 mi	200 yd	2	10
Mar 21, 1952	F4	Arkansas	0.1 mi	880 yd	4	5
Mar 21, 1952	F4	Missouri	6.5 mi	880 yd	17	100
Mar 21, 1952	F4	Tennessee	2 mi	200 yd	4	5
Mar 21, 1952	F4	Mississippi, Tennessee	29.6 mi	427 yd	16	74
Mar 21, 1952	F4	Tennessee	46.8 mi	177 yd	38	157
Mar 21, 1952	F3	Arkansas	17.7 mi	440 yd	0	0
Mar 21, 1952	F3	Arkansas	16.2 mi	10 yd	9	9
Mar 21, 1952	F3	Arkansas	17.6 mi	600 yd	0	0
Mar 21, 1952	F3	Arkansas	28.5 mi	440 yd	0	6
Mar 21, 1952	F3	Arkansas	51.8 mi	880 yd	3	96
Mar 21, 1952	F3	Arkansas	9.4 mi	200 yd	1	5
Mar 21, 1952	F3	Arkansas	39.7 mi	880 yd	1	57
Mar 21, 1952	F3	Tennessee	0.1 mi	100 yd	0	3
Mar 21, 1952	F3	Tennessee	5.1 mi	177 yd	0	19
Mar 21, 1952	F2	Arkansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	6
Mar 21, 1952	F2	Arkansas	13.3 mi	417 yd	5	15
Mar 21, 1952	F2	Tennessee	0.1 mi	150 yd	2	2
Mar 21, 1952	F2	Tennessee	0.1 mi	150 yd	1	8
Mar 21, 1952	F2	Tennessee	0.3 mi	500 yd	0	0
Mar 21, 1952	F0	Arkansas	0.1 mi	417 yd	1	5
Mar 21, 1952	F0	Mississippi	0.1 mi	20 yd	0	1

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Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.