Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F3 tornado, Shelby County, Tennessee, November 27, 1994

RatingF3

Deaths3

Injuries25

Length16 mi

Width200 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.07, -89.83) to the end point (35.32, -89.65), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: November 27, 1994, 3:15 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F3
States: Tennessee
Counties: Shelby County, Fayette County
Path: 16 miles long, up to 200 yards wide
Casualties: 3 deaths, 25 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on November 27, 1994

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Nov 27, 1994	F3	Tennessee	16 mi	100 yd	1	3
Nov 27, 1994	F3	Tennessee	6 mi	300 yd	0	2
Nov 27, 1994	F3	Mississippi	40 mi	200 yd	2	0
Nov 27, 1994	F1	Arkansas	2 mi	73 yd	0	0
Nov 27, 1994	F1	Arkansas	6 mi	100 yd	0	3
Nov 27, 1994	F1	Arkansas	16 mi	73 yd	0	3
Nov 27, 1994	F1	Tennessee	0.5 mi	20 yd	0	0
Nov 27, 1994	F1	Arkansas	3 mi	23 yd	0	0
Nov 27, 1994	F1	Arkansas	5 mi	50 yd	0	2
Nov 27, 1994	F1	Louisiana	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Nov 27, 1994	F1	Mississippi	16 mi	100 yd	0	0
Nov 27, 1994	F1	Mississippi	7 mi	200 yd	0	2
Nov 27, 1994	F1	Mississippi	18 mi	150 yd	0	0
Nov 27, 1994	F1	Mississippi	20 mi	200 yd	0	0
Nov 27, 1994	F0	Tennessee	2 mi	50 yd	0	0
Nov 27, 1994	F0	Mississippi	15 mi	100 yd	0	0
Nov 27, 1994	F0	Mississippi	8 mi	50 yd	0	0

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