Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F2 tornado, Gibson County, Tennessee, January 19, 1988
RatingF2
Deaths1
Injuries0
Length4 mi
Width60 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.82, -88.90) to the end point (35.85, -88.82), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- January 19, 1988, 11:58 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F2
- States
- Tennessee
- Counties
- Gibson County
- Near the path
- Humboldt (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 4 miles long, up to 60 yards wide
- Casualties
- 1 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on January 19, 1988
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 1988 | F4 | Mississippi | 13 mi | 700 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Jan 19, 1988 | F3 | Tennessee | 22 mi | 200 yd | 3 | 24 |
| Jan 19, 1988 | F3 | Mississippi | 10 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 19, 1988 | F3 | Alabama | 10 mi | 440 yd | 0 | 35 |
| Jan 19, 1988 | F2 | Arkansas | 15 mi | 600 yd | 0 | 13 |
| Jan 19, 1988 | F2 | Mississippi | 9.5 mi | 70 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Jan 19, 1988 | F2 | Tennessee | 3 mi | 60 yd | 1 | 6 |
| Jan 19, 1988 | F1 | Mississippi | 11 mi | 33 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 19, 1988 | F1 | Mississippi | 1.5 mi | 40 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 19, 1988 | F1 | Tennessee | 1.5 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 19, 1988 | F1 | Mississippi | 1 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 10 |
| Jan 19, 1988 | F1 | Alabama | 6 mi | 440 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 19, 1988 | F1 | Alabama | 5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.