Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Mercer County, Kentucky, April 21, 1972

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length5.1 mi

Width30 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (37.90, -84.95) to the end point (37.93, -84.87), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: April 21, 1972, 10:10 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Kentucky
Counties: Mercer County
Path: 5.1 miles long, up to 30 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on April 21, 1972

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Apr 21, 1972	F3	Illinois	0.3 mi	60 yd	3	0
Apr 21, 1972	F3	Mississippi	12.8 mi	150 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1972	F3	Kentucky	5.7 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1972	F3	Tennessee	32.3 mi	200 yd	0	10
Apr 21, 1972	F3	Kentucky	1 mi	10 yd	0	4
Apr 21, 1972	F3	Mississippi	9.1 mi	150 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1972	F2	Missouri	26 mi	50 yd	0	4
Apr 21, 1972	F2	Mississippi	0.8 mi	83 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1972	F2	Illinois	6.9 mi	10 yd	0	3
Apr 21, 1972	F2	Kentucky	10.1 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1972	F2	Mississippi	11.7 mi	90 yd	0	8
Apr 21, 1972	F1	Tennessee	1.5 mi	50 yd	0	3
Apr 21, 1972	F1	Mississippi	0.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1972	F1	Illinois	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	2
Apr 21, 1972	F1	Tennessee	0.3 mi	20 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1972	F1	Tennessee, Kentucky	10.7 mi	10 yd	0	2
Apr 21, 1972	F1	Illinois	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 1972	F1	Illinois	1 mi	20 yd	0	0

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Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.