Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F1 tornado, Sullivan County, Tennessee, October 1, 1977

RatingF1

Deaths0

Injuries10

Length16.2 mi

Width77 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (36.58, -82.42) to the end point (36.48, -82.15), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: October 1, 1977, 2:35 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F1
States: Tennessee
Counties: Sullivan County
Path: 16.2 miles long, up to 77 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 10 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on October 1, 1977

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Oct 1, 1977	F3	Ohio	0.7 mi	150 yd	0	17
Oct 1, 1977	F2	Kentucky	12.8 mi	400 yd	0	0
Oct 1, 1977	F2	Kentucky	2 mi	400 yd	0	16
Oct 1, 1977	F2	Kentucky	2 mi	33 yd	0	0
Oct 1, 1977	F2	North Carolina	9.4 mi	40 yd	0	0
Oct 1, 1977	F1	Indiana	1 mi	50 yd	0	1
Oct 1, 1977	F1	Ohio	0.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
Oct 1, 1977	F1	Ohio	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Oct 1, 1977	F1	Indiana	0.5 mi	40 yd	1	1
Oct 1, 1977	F1	Kentucky	4.7 mi	300 yd	0	0
Oct 1, 1977	F1	Kentucky	9.2 mi	400 yd	0	0
Oct 1, 1977	F1	Tennessee	4.3 mi	440 yd	0	0
Oct 1, 1977	F0	Ohio	0.3 mi	50 yd	0	0
Oct 1, 1977	F0	Tennessee	2 mi	33 yd	0	2
Oct 1, 1977	F0	Tennessee	7.2 mi	440 yd	0	1
Oct 1, 1977	F0	Tennessee	0.2 mi	100 yd	0	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

Sullivan County

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