Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F2 tornado, Jackson County, Alabama, May 19, 1973
RatingF2
Deaths0
Injuries9
Length23.5 mi
Width900 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (34.67, -86.03) to the end point (34.55, -85.77), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 19, 1973, 4:15 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F2
- States
- Alabama
- Counties
- Jackson County, DeKalb County
- Path
- 23.5 miles long, up to 900 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 9 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 19, 1973
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 1973 | F4 | Alabama | 5.4 mi | 400 yd | 0 | 19 |
| May 19, 1973 | F2 | Alabama | 2 mi | 500 yd | 0 | 10 |
| May 19, 1973 | F1 | Tennessee | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 19, 1973 | F1 | Indiana | 18.4 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 19, 1973 | F1 | Tennessee | 3.6 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 19, 1973 | F1 | Ohio | 1 mi | 77 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.