Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Montgomery County, North Carolina, February 21, 1954
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length16.6 mi
Width27 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.20, -80.00) to the end point (35.30, -79.73), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- February 21, 1954, 9:50 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- North Carolina
- Counties
- Montgomery County
- Near the path
- Mount Gilead, Candor (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 16.6 miles long, up to 27 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.