Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, McCreary County, Kentucky, April 8, 1980

RatingF2

Deaths2

Injuries9

Length11.2 mi

Width200 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (36.72, -84.47) to the end point (36.57, -84.55), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: April 8, 1980, 2:10 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Kentucky
Counties: McCreary County
Path: 11.2 miles long, up to 200 yards wide
Casualties: 2 deaths, 9 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on April 8, 1980

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

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