Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F1 tornado, Letcher County, Kentucky, May 12, 1978

RatingF1

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length14.4 mi

Width400 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (37.12, -86.70) to the end point (37.18, -86.45), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 12, 1978, 8:45 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F1
States: Kentucky
Counties: Letcher County
Path: 14.4 miles long, up to 400 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 12, 1978

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
May 12, 1978	F3	Kentucky	9.5 mi	800 yd	17
May 12, 1978	F2	Missouri	19.5 mi	400 yd	4
May 12, 1978	F2	Illinois	34.1 mi	700 yd	1
May 12, 1978	F2	Arkansas	12.1 mi	200 yd	0
May 12, 1978	F2	Illinois	7.6 mi	700 yd	3
May 12, 1978	F2	Kentucky	15.8 mi	800 yd	0
May 12, 1978	F2	Mississippi	33.4 mi	100 yd	0
May 12, 1978	F1	Louisiana	4 mi	53 yd	0
May 12, 1978	F1	Missouri	3.6 mi	100 yd	0
May 12, 1978	F1	Arkansas	3 mi	50 yd	0
May 12, 1978	F1	Missouri	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 12, 1978	F1	Missouri	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 12, 1978	F1	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 12, 1978	F1	Missouri	4.5 mi	200 yd	0
May 12, 1978	F1	Missouri	1 mi	200 yd	1
May 12, 1978	F1	Arkansas	2 mi	77 yd	2
May 12, 1978	F1	Indiana	1.5 mi	40 yd	0
May 12, 1978	F1	Mississippi	14.5 mi	200 yd	18
May 12, 1978	F1	Alabama	3.6 mi	100 yd	11
May 12, 1978	F1	Alabama	8 mi	200 yd	0
May 12, 1978	F0	Arkansas	0.3 mi	27 yd	0
May 12, 1978	F0	Arkansas	0.3 mi	50 yd	0
May 12, 1978	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 12, 1978	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 12, 1978	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0

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