Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F3 tornado, Giles County, Tennessee, August 16, 1985

RatingF3

Deaths0

Injuries1

Length12 mi

Width500 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.23, -87.02) to the end point (35.43, -87.02), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: August 16, 1985, 2:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F3
States: Tennessee
Counties: Giles County
Path: 12 miles long, up to 500 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 1 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on August 16, 1985

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Aug 16, 1985	F3	Alabama	45 mi	100 yd	0	2
Aug 16, 1985	F3	Alabama	32 mi	100 yd	0	6
Aug 16, 1985	F2	Alabama	1.3 mi	120 yd	1	1
Aug 16, 1985	F2	Alabama	1.5 mi	130 yd	0	5
Aug 16, 1985	F2	Alabama	8 mi	100 yd	0	2
Aug 16, 1985	F2	Alabama	3 mi	600 yd	0	0
Aug 16, 1985	F2	Alabama	13 mi	100 yd	0	0
Aug 16, 1985	F2	Alabama	10 mi	80 yd	0	0
Aug 16, 1985	F2	Tennessee	5 mi	60 yd	0	0
Aug 16, 1985	F2	Tennessee	7 mi	70 yd	0	0
Aug 16, 1985	F1	Mississippi	4.5 mi	173 yd	0	0
Aug 16, 1985	F1	Alabama	0.1 mi	30 yd	0	0
Aug 16, 1985	F1	Alabama	3 mi	50 yd	0	0
Aug 16, 1985	F1	Alabama	0.1 mi	30 yd	0	0
Aug 16, 1985	F1	Alabama	0.6 mi	30 yd	0	0
Aug 16, 1985	F1	Alabama	0.2 mi	40 yd	0	0
Aug 16, 1985	F1	Alabama	0.2 mi	40 yd	0	0
Aug 16, 1985	F1	Alabama	5.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Aug 16, 1985	F1	Alabama	0.1 mi	30 yd	0	0
Aug 16, 1985	F1	Alabama	8.5 mi	30 yd	0	0
Aug 16, 1985	F1	North Dakota	0.2 mi	13 yd	0	0
Aug 16, 1985	F1	Nebraska	0.2 mi	30 yd	0	0
Aug 16, 1985	F1	Tennessee	1 mi	30 yd	0	0
Aug 16, 1985	F1	South Dakota	0.2 mi	10 yd	0	0
Aug 16, 1985	F0	Mississippi	0.2 mi	30 yd	0	0
Aug 16, 1985	F0	Alabama	0.8 mi	40 yd	0	0
Aug 16, 1985	F0	Alabama	0.1 mi	20 yd	0	0
Aug 16, 1985	F0	Alabama	0.1 mi	30 yd	0	0
Aug 16, 1985	F0	Alabama	0.5 mi	20 yd	0	0

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