Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Chester County, Tennessee, February 23, 1962
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length14 mi
Width300 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.38, -88.63) to the end point (35.48, -88.42), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- February 23, 1962, 3:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- Tennessee
- Counties
- Chester County, Henderson County
- Path
- 14 miles long, up to 300 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on February 23, 1962
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 1962 | F2 | Texas | 2 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 23, 1962 | F2 | Mississippi | 5.6 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 23, 1962 | F2 | Mississippi | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Feb 23, 1962 | F1 | Texas | 1 mi | 33 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 23, 1962 | F1 | Texas | 1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 23, 1962 | F1 | Louisiana | 2 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Feb 23, 1962 | F1 | Mississippi | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 2 |
| Feb 23, 1962 | F1 | Mississippi | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 4 |
| Feb 23, 1962 | F0 | Louisiana | 0.5 mi | 33 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.