Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, April 1, 1974

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries6

Length16.3 mi

Width800 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (33.43, -87.83) to the end point (33.43, -87.55), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: April 1, 1974, 5:05 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Alabama
Counties: Tuscaloosa County
Path: 16.3 miles long, up to 800 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 6 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on April 1, 1974

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Apr 1, 1974	F3	Illinois	3.3 mi	200 yd	0	0
Apr 1, 1974	F3	Kentucky	3.3 mi	300 yd	1	20
Apr 1, 1974	F3	Alabama	8.4 mi	800 yd	1	6
Apr 1, 1974	F2	Mississippi	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 1, 1974	F2	Indiana	1.5 mi	77 yd	0	0
Apr 1, 1974	F2	Indiana	1 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 1, 1974	F2	Mississippi	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 1, 1974	F2	Tennessee	10.9 mi	440 yd	1	12
Apr 1, 1974	F2	Mississippi	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 1, 1974	F2	Mississippi	5.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 1, 1974	F2	Alabama	16.9 mi	800 yd	0	11
Apr 1, 1974	F1	Arkansas	0.3 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 1, 1974	F1	Michigan	10.6 mi	20 yd	0	0
Apr 1, 1974	F1	Kentucky	2 mi	150 yd	0	3
Apr 1, 1974	F1	Tennessee	2 mi	200 yd	0	0
Apr 1, 1974	F1	Tennessee	13.1 mi	100 yd	0	4
Apr 1, 1974	F0	Louisiana	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 1, 1974	F0	Ohio	0.2 mi	30 yd	0	0

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