Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F3 tornado, Shelby County, Tennessee, April 3, 1968
RatingF3
Deaths4
Injuries32
Length28.8 mi
Width1,760 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.33, -89.92) to the end point (35.65, -89.58), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- April 3, 1968, 9:45 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F3
- States
- Tennessee
- Counties
- Shelby County, Tipton County
- Path
- 28.8 miles long, up to 1,760 yards wide
- Casualties
- 4 deaths, 32 injuries
Other tornadoes on April 3, 1968
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 1968 | F4 | Arkansas | 33.7 mi | 400 yd | 5 | 16 |
| Apr 3, 1968 | F4 | Kentucky | 50.6 mi | 100 yd | 2 | 30 |
| Apr 3, 1968 | F3 | Arkansas | 3.6 mi | 100 yd | 1 | 6 |
| Apr 3, 1968 | F2 | Oklahoma | 15.9 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 3, 1968 | F2 | Oklahoma | 4.7 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Apr 3, 1968 | F2 | Iowa | 0.5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 3, 1968 | F2 | Missouri | 11.9 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 3, 1968 | F2 | Iowa | 5.2 mi | 150 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 3, 1968 | F2 | Illinois | 19.8 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 3, 1968 | F2 | Missouri | 12.8 mi | 500 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 3, 1968 | F2 | Mississippi | 15.2 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 4 |
| Apr 3, 1968 | F2 | Arkansas | 0.5 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 3, 1968 | F2 | Missouri | 2.5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 3, 1968 | F2 | Arkansas | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Apr 3, 1968 | F2 | Arkansas | 14.9 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 15 |
| Apr 3, 1968 | F1 | Iowa | 0.5 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 3, 1968 | F1 | Missouri | 7.6 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 3, 1968 | F1 | Illinois | 8.3 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 3, 1968 | F1 | Illinois | 0.5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 3, 1968 | F1 | Tennessee | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 3, 1968 | F0 | Arkansas | 0.3 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.