Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F2 tornado, Cocke County, Tennessee, March 11, 1963
RatingF2
Deaths1
Injuries1
Length6.2 mi
Width200 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (36.00, -83.12) to the end point (36.03, -83.02), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- March 11, 1963, 9:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F2
- States
- Tennessee
- Counties
- Cocke County
- Path
- 6.2 miles long, up to 200 yards wide
- Casualties
- 1 deaths, 1 injuries
Other tornadoes on March 11, 1963
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 1963 | F4 | Alabama | 28 mi | 880 yd | 2 | 6 |
| Mar 11, 1963 | F4 | Mississippi | 45.2 mi | 440 yd | 2 | 7 |
| Mar 11, 1963 | F3 | Texas | 2 mi | 33 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 11, 1963 | F2 | Alabama | 0.1 mi | 440 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 11, 1963 | F2 | Tennessee | 10.3 mi | 300 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Mar 11, 1963 | F2 | Tennessee | 2 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 11, 1963 | F2 | Tennessee | 29.1 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 5 |
| Mar 11, 1963 | F2 | Alabama | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 11, 1963 | F2 | Alabama | 47.2 mi | 10 yd | 1 | 3 |
| Mar 11, 1963 | F2 | Tennessee | 5.2 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 11, 1963 | F2 | Tennessee | 14.7 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 6 |
| Mar 11, 1963 | F2 | Mississippi | 2 mi | 23 yd | 0 | 5 |
| Mar 11, 1963 | F2 | Alabama | 32.2 mi | 333 yd | 0 | 4 |
| Mar 11, 1963 | F1 | Alabama | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.