Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F4 tornado, Gibson County, Tennessee, May 7, 1971
RatingF4
Deaths3
Injuries137
Length50.9 mi
Width100 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (36.07, -88.78) to the end point (35.88, -87.90), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 7, 1971, 5:45 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F4
- States
- Tennessee
- Counties
- Gibson County, Carroll County, Benton County, Humphreys County
- Near the path
- Huntingdon (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 50.9 miles long, up to 100 yards wide
- Casualties
- 3 deaths, 137 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 7, 1971
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 1971 | F2 | Louisiana | 1 mi | 17 yd | 0 | 2 |
| May 7, 1971 | F1 | Tennessee | 24.8 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 7, 1971 | F0 | Tennessee | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.