Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Lauderdale County, Tennessee, December 31, 1978
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries1
Length6.5 mi
Width167 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.67, -89.72) to the end point (35.73, -89.63), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- December 31, 1978, 1:45 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- Tennessee
- Counties
- Lauderdale County
- Path
- 6.5 miles long, up to 167 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 1 injuries
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.