Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F0 tornado, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, May 29, 1973
RatingF0
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length17.5 mi
Width20 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (40.45, -86.95) to the end point (40.53, -86.63), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 29, 1973, 2:20 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F0
- States
- Indiana
- Counties
- Tippecanoe County
- Path
- 17.5 miles long, up to 20 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 29, 1973
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 1973 | F1 | North Carolina | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 29, 1973 | F1 | North Carolina | 17.9 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 29, 1973 | F1 | Georgia | 0.1 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 29, 1973 | F1 | South Carolina | 6.8 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 29, 1973 | F0 | North Carolina | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 29, 1973 | F0 | North Carolina | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 29, 1973 | F0 | North Carolina | 12.9 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 29, 1973 | F0 | North Carolina | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 29, 1973 | F0 | Florida | 2 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.