Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Washington County, Alabama, November 4, 1988

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length12 mi

Width200 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (31.63, -88.32) to the end point (31.53, -88.05), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: November 4, 1988, 7:05 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Alabama
Counties: Washington County
Path: 12 miles long, up to 200 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on November 4, 1988

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
Nov 4, 1988	F3	Mississippi	12 mi	150 yd	0
Nov 4, 1988	F3	Mississippi	7 mi	200 yd	0
Nov 4, 1988	F3	Alabama	60 mi	200 yd	16
Nov 4, 1988	F3	Mississippi	8 mi	200 yd	0
Nov 4, 1988	F2	Florida	1.5 mi	400 yd	0
Nov 4, 1988	F2	Tennessee	13 mi	73 yd	0
Nov 4, 1988	F1	Florida	1 mi	40 yd	0
Nov 4, 1988	F1	Mississippi	2 mi	100 yd	0
Nov 4, 1988	F1	Mississippi	5 mi	100 yd	0
Nov 4, 1988	F1	Tennessee	6 mi	50 yd	0
Nov 4, 1988	F1	Mississippi	2 mi	73 yd	0
Nov 4, 1988	F1	Mississippi	2 mi	70 yd	0
Nov 4, 1988	F1	Mississippi	4 mi	100 yd	0
Nov 4, 1988	F1	Mississippi	0.5 mi	30 yd	0
Nov 4, 1988	F1	Mississippi	0.3 mi	50 yd	0
Nov 4, 1988	F1	Mississippi	4 mi	40 yd	0
Nov 4, 1988	F0	Alabama	0.3 mi	200 yd	0

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