Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F2 tornado, Knox County, Tennessee, April 15, 1965
RatingF2
Deaths0
Injuries6
Length7.4 mi
Width200 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.87, -84.08) to the end point (35.95, -84.00), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- April 15, 1965, 5:30 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F2
- States
- Tennessee
- Counties
- Knox County
- Path
- 7.4 miles long, up to 200 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 6 injuries
Other tornadoes on April 15, 1965
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 1965 | F3 | Tennessee | 6.5 mi | 200 yd | 1 | 0 |
| Apr 15, 1965 | F3 | Tennessee | 10.4 mi | 600 yd | 0 | 50 |
| Apr 15, 1965 | F3 | Alabama | 9.6 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 2 |
| Apr 15, 1965 | F2 | Texas | 6.9 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 15, 1965 | F2 | Tennessee | 5.9 mi | 327 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 15, 1965 | F2 | Georgia | 11.5 mi | 33 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.