Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F0 tornado, Chatham County, North Carolina, August 17, 1985
RatingF0
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length4 mi
Width100 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.57, -79.47) to the end point (35.63, -79.47), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- August 17, 1985, 10:45 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F0
- States
- North Carolina
- Counties
- Chatham County
- Path
- 4 miles long, up to 100 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on August 17, 1985
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 1985 | F3 | Kansas | 2 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 17, 1985 | F2 | South Carolina | 9 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 39 |
| Aug 17, 1985 | F1 | Georgia | 10 mi | 70 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 17, 1985 | F1 | Georgia | 6 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 17, 1985 | F1 | South Carolina | 3 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 17, 1985 | F1 | Wisconsin | 15 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 17, 1985 | F0 | South Carolina | 1 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 17, 1985 | F0 | South Carolina | 3 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 17, 1985 | F0 | Kansas | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 17, 1985 | F0 | Kansas | 0.2 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.