Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F4 tornado, Rutherford County, Tennessee, January 24, 1997
RatingF4
Deaths0
Injuries18
Length6.5 mi
Width300 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.78, -86.50) to the end point (35.83, -86.38), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- January 24, 1997, 5:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F4
- States
- Tennessee
- Counties
- Rutherford County
- Path
- 6.5 miles long, up to 300 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 18 injuries
Other tornadoes on January 24, 1997
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 1997 | F2 | Tennessee | 4.8 mi | 440 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 24, 1997 | F2 | Tennessee | 4.2 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 24, 1997 | F2 | Tennessee | 10.7 mi | 400 yd | 0 | 3 |
| Jan 24, 1997 | F2 | Tennessee | 2.8 mi | 440 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 24, 1997 | F2 | Alabama | 10 mi | 200 yd | 1 | 10 |
| Jan 24, 1997 | F2 | Tennessee | 2 mi | 220 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Jan 24, 1997 | F2 | Tennessee | 14 mi | 440 yd | 0 | 6 |
| Jan 24, 1997 | F2 | Tennessee | 3.2 mi | 440 yd | 0 | 2 |
| Jan 24, 1997 | F2 | Kentucky | 5 mi | 600 yd | 0 | 2 |
| Jan 24, 1997 | F2 | Tennessee | 7.3 mi | 440 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 24, 1997 | F2 | Tennessee | 3.2 mi | 70 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 24, 1997 | F1 | Louisiana | 4 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Jan 24, 1997 | F1 | Alabama | 1.5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 24, 1997 | F1 | Alabama | 3 mi | 73 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 24, 1997 | F1 | Tennessee | 2.4 mi | 60 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 24, 1997 | F1 | Tennessee | 13 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 24, 1997 | F1 | Kentucky | 2 mi | 500 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 24, 1997 | F0 | Tennessee | 0.3 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 24, 1997 | F0 | Mississippi | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.