Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F3 tornado, Fannin County, Texas, April 2, 1982

RatingF3

Deaths1

Injuries1

Length32 mi

Width150 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (33.63, -96.28) to the end point (33.63, -95.70), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: April 2, 1982, 3:20 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F3
States: Texas
Counties: Fannin County, Lamar County
Near the path: Brookston (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
Path: 32 miles long, up to 150 yards wide
Casualties: 1 deaths, 1 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on April 2, 1982

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Apr 2, 1982	F5	Oklahoma	53 mi	500 yd	0	29
Apr 2, 1982	F4	Texas	23 mi	250 yd	10	170
Apr 2, 1982	F4	Arkansas	45 mi	200 yd	3	23
Apr 2, 1982	F4	Missouri	20 mi	500 yd	2	28
Apr 2, 1982	F3	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	30 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1982	F3	Oklahoma	8 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1982	F3	Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas	52 mi	233 yd	1	4
Apr 2, 1982	F3	Arkansas	1 mi	100 yd	0	5
Apr 2, 1982	F3	Arkansas	18 mi	200 yd	5	4
Apr 2, 1982	F3	Arkansas	1.5 mi	880 yd	2	2
Apr 2, 1982	F3	Arkansas	3.5 mi	440 yd	2	37
Apr 2, 1982	F3	Tennessee	8 mi	77 yd	0	1
Apr 2, 1982	F3	Mississippi	42 mi	400 yd	3	40
Apr 2, 1982	F3	Illinois	12 mi	750 yd	0	15
Apr 2, 1982	F2	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	30 yd	0	1
Apr 2, 1982	F2	Oklahoma	1 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1982	F2	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1982	F2	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1982	F2	Texas	1 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1982	F2	Arkansas	1 mi	100 yd	0	2
Apr 2, 1982	F2	Arkansas	2.5 mi	17 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1982	F2	Texas	5 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1982	F2	Arkansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1982	F2	Arkansas	1.6 mi	60 yd	1	13
Apr 2, 1982	F2	Texas	2 mi	150 yd	0	1
Apr 2, 1982	F2	Tennessee	11.5 mi	77 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1982	F1	Iowa	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1982	F1	Missouri	6.8 mi	300 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1982	F1	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1982	F1	Missouri	2 mi	700 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1982	F1	Kansas	0.2 mi	17 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1982	F1	Missouri	1.3 mi	30 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1982	F1	Texas	1 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1982	F1	Texas	2 mi	1,050 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1982	F1	Missouri	0.3 mi	30 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1982	F1	Missouri	0.3 mi	30 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1982	F1	Missouri	1 mi	30 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1982	F1	Missouri	1 mi	27 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1982	F1	Missouri	0.3 mi	27 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1982	F1	Missouri	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1982	F1	Arkansas	1.5 mi	200 yd	0	2
Apr 2, 1982	F1	Arkansas	8 mi	77 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1982	F1	Louisiana	5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1982	F1	Arkansas	19 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1982	F1	Kentucky	2 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1982	F1	Illinois	6 mi	500 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1982	F1	Illinois	4 mi	127 yd	0	5
Apr 2, 1982	F0	Arkansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1982	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1982	F0	Missouri	0.3 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1982	F0	Missouri	0.3 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1982	F0	Missouri	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1982	F0	Tennessee	0.3 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1982	F0	Illinois	0.3 mi	200 yd	0	0

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