Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F4 tornado, Lawrence County, Tennessee, May 18, 1995

RatingF4

Deaths3

Injuries32

Length29 mi

Width1,000 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.00, -87.48) to the end point (35.35, -87.17), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 18, 1995, 3:52 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F4
States: Tennessee
Counties: Lawrence County, Giles County
Path: 29 miles long, up to 1,000 yards wide
Casualties: 3 deaths, 32 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 18, 1995

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
May 18, 1995	F4	Alabama	39 mi	1,300 yd	1	55
May 18, 1995	F3	Tennessee	9 mi	100 yd	0	20
May 18, 1995	F2	Kentucky	1 mi	200 yd	0	8
May 18, 1995	F2	Kentucky	1 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F2	Kentucky	2 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F2	Missouri	7.2 mi	150 yd	0	3
May 18, 1995	F2	Tennessee	15 mi	73 yd	0	28
May 18, 1995	F2	Illinois	4 mi	300 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F2	Illinois	4.2 mi	170 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F2	Tennessee, Kentucky	24 mi	150 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F2	Maryland	10 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F2	Kentucky	10 mi	73 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F2	Kentucky	0.5 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F2	Kentucky	1 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F2	Kentucky	3 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F2	Kentucky	3 mi	300 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F2	Kentucky	2.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F2	Kentucky	1.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F2	Kentucky	24 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F2	Kentucky	5 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F1	Texas	6.5 mi	500 yd	0	12
May 18, 1995	F1	Missouri	1 mi	100 yd	0	2
May 18, 1995	F1	Tennessee	1 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F1	Illinois	0.6 mi	83 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F1	Illinois	4.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F1	Illinois	6 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F1	Illinois	4.8 mi	150 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F1	Tennessee	1 mi	23 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F1	Illinois	18 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F1	Missouri	8 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F1	Maryland	0.3 mi	30 yd	0	2
May 18, 1995	F1	Louisiana	0.3 mi	30 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F1	Illinois	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F1	Louisiana	0.5 mi	30 yd	0	1
May 18, 1995	F1	Louisiana	0.5 mi	23 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F1	Indiana	0.1 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F1	Kentucky	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F1	Kentucky	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F1	Kentucky	2 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F1	Alabama	6.5 mi	150 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F1	Kentucky	0.5 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F1	Mississippi	2 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F1	Tennessee	3 mi	23 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F1	Tennessee	16 mi	50 yd	0	1
May 18, 1995	F1	Louisiana	0.3 mi	20 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F1	Alabama	1.5 mi	120 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F1	Tennessee	2 mi	23 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F1	Tennessee	2 mi	23 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F1	Louisiana	0.5 mi	30 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F0	Texas	1 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F0	Texas	1 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F0	Texas	1 mi	73 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F0	Texas	0.2 mi	20 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F0	District of Columbia	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F0	Illinois	0.4 mi	73 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F0	Illinois	8 mi	120 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F0	Illinois	6 mi	70 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F0	Illinois	3.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F0	Illinois	7.5 mi	60 yd	0	0
May 18, 1995	F0	Illinois	0.3 mi	40 yd	0	0

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