Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Tipton County, Tennessee, January 7, 1978
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length3 mi
Width100 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.47, -89.73) to the end point (35.50, -89.70), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- January 7, 1978, 7:30 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- Tennessee
- Counties
- Tipton County
- Path
- 3 miles long, up to 100 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on January 7, 1978
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 1978 | F3 | Arkansas | 39.6 mi | 150 yd | 1 | 9 |
| Jan 7, 1978 | F1 | Arkansas | 35 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 7, 1978 | F1 | Louisiana | 0.1 mi | 77 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 7, 1978 | F1 | Tennessee | 1 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 7, 1978 | F1 | Arkansas | 2 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 7, 1978 | F0 | Arkansas | 3 mi | 27 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 7, 1978 | F0 | Arkansas | 1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.