Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F3 tornado, Wilson County, Tennessee, April 27, 1971
RatingF3
Deaths0
Injuries3
Length15 mi
Width200 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.98, -86.23) to the end point (36.02, -85.97), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- April 27, 1971, 8:31 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F3
- States
- Tennessee
- Counties
- Wilson County, DeKalb County
- Path
- 15 miles long, up to 200 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 3 injuries
Other tornadoes on April 27, 1971
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 1971 | F4 | Kentucky | 14.1 mi | 100 yd | 6 | 58 |
| Apr 27, 1971 | F4 | Kentucky | 13 mi | 100 yd | 2 | 72 |
| Apr 27, 1971 | F3 | Illinois | 4.5 mi | 200 yd | 1 | 20 |
| Apr 27, 1971 | F3 | Kentucky | 26.6 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 27, 1971 | F3 | Kentucky | 27.4 mi | 150 yd | 1 | 0 |
| Apr 27, 1971 | F1 | Missouri | 1.8 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 27, 1971 | F1 | Indiana | 1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 27, 1971 | F1 | Arkansas | 5.6 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 27, 1971 | F1 | Kentucky | 36.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 27, 1971 | F1 | Indiana | 1.5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 2 |
| Apr 27, 1971 | F1 | Tennessee | 21 mi | 73 yd | 0 | 3 |
| Apr 27, 1971 | F1 | Kentucky | 0.1 mi | 33 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 27, 1971 | F1 | Kentucky | 0.1 mi | 17 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.