Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F1 tornado, Wilkes County, North Carolina, May 27, 1973

RatingF1

Deaths0

Injuries3

Length32.3 mi

Width10 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (36.30, -81.03) to the end point (36.45, -80.48), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 27, 1973, 11:05 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F1
States: North Carolina
Counties: Wilkes County, Surry County
Path: 32.3 miles long, up to 10 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 3 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 27, 1973

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
May 27, 1973	F4	Alabama	139.1 mi	800 yd	7	199
May 27, 1973	F3	Mississippi	15 mi	400 yd	1	35
May 27, 1973	F3	South Carolina, North Carolina	60.2 mi	150 yd	0	40
May 27, 1973	F3	Alabama	41.6 mi	800 yd	1	44
May 27, 1973	F3	Georgia	0.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 27, 1973	F2	Tennessee	2 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 27, 1973	F2	Tennessee	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 27, 1973	F2	Alabama	31.5 mi	500 yd	0	3
May 27, 1973	F2	Alabama	4.3 mi	500 yd	0	4
May 27, 1973	F2	Indiana	77.9 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 27, 1973	F2	Alabama	1 mi	500 yd	0	3
May 27, 1973	F2	Mississippi	3 mi	440 yd	0	1
May 27, 1973	F2	Mississippi	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	1
May 27, 1973	F2	Mississippi	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	1
May 27, 1973	F2	Mississippi	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	3
May 27, 1973	F2	Alabama	8.4 mi	500 yd	0	0
May 27, 1973	F2	Indiana	30 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 27, 1973	F2	Indiana	34.3 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 27, 1973	F2	Mississippi	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 27, 1973	F2	South Carolina	22.5 mi	200 yd	0	1
May 27, 1973	F2	South Carolina	11.8 mi	100 yd	0	7
May 27, 1973	F2	Georgia	0.8 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 27, 1973	F2	South Carolina	23.6 mi	150 yd	0	0
May 27, 1973	F2	South Carolina	1 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 27, 1973	F1	Missouri	0.5 mi	30 yd	0	0
May 27, 1973	F1	Tennessee	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 27, 1973	F1	Mississippi	5.4 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 27, 1973	F1	Mississippi	2 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 27, 1973	F1	Mississippi	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 27, 1973	F1	Mississippi	0.5 mi	150 yd	0	0
May 27, 1973	F1	North Carolina	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	1
May 27, 1973	F1	Georgia	0.1 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 27, 1973	F1	North Carolina	31.3 mi	300 yd	0	0
May 27, 1973	F1	Georgia	0.1 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 27, 1973	F1	North Carolina	10.4 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 27, 1973	F1	Michigan	0.2 mi	133 yd	0	0
May 27, 1973	F0	Michigan	0.1 mi	13 yd	0	0
May 27, 1973	F0	North Carolina	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 27, 1973	F0	North Carolina	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 27, 1973	F0	Hawaii	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0

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