Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F1 tornado, Rutherford County, Tennessee, April 8, 1980

RatingF1

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length0.5 mi

Width50 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.80, -86.52) to the end point (35.80, -86.52), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: April 8, 1980, 10:46 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F1
States: Tennessee
Counties: Rutherford County
Path: 0.5 miles long, up to 50 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on April 8, 1980

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Apr 8, 1980	F2	Mississippi	0.7 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1980	F2	Illinois	0.5 mi	60 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1980	F2	Mississippi	0.5 mi	200 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1980	F2	Kentucky	1.5 mi	100 yd	0	4
Apr 8, 1980	F2	Indiana	7.9 mi	87 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1980	F2	Kentucky	11.2 mi	200 yd	2	9
Apr 8, 1980	F2	Ohio	2 mi	100 yd	0	10
Apr 8, 1980	F2	Ohio	1 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1980	F2	Ohio	1.5 mi	100 yd	0	7
Apr 8, 1980	F2	Ohio	0.8 mi	127 yd	0	2
Apr 8, 1980	F1	Mississippi	0.3 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1980	F1	Indiana	0.5 mi	60 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1980	F1	Indiana	0.5 mi	60 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1980	F1	Indiana	0.5 mi	60 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1980	F1	Ohio	1.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1980	F1	Kentucky	2.7 mi	60 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1980	F1	Kentucky, Ohio	5.1 mi	100 yd	0	2
Apr 8, 1980	F1	Ohio	1 mi	100 yd	0	1
Apr 8, 1980	F1	Ohio	0.5 mi	77 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1980	F1	Ohio	1 mi	77 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1980	F1	Ohio	2 mi	100 yd	0	1
Apr 8, 1980	F1	Michigan	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1980	F1	Tennessee	5.2 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1980	F1	Georgia	4.2 mi	30 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1980	F1	Georgia	4.3 mi	30 yd	0	1
Apr 8, 1980	F0	Illinois	0.5 mi	60 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1980	F0	Tennessee	0.1 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1980	F0	Georgia	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1980	F0	Indiana	1 mi	60 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1980	F0	Indiana	1 mi	60 yd	0	0

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