Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F3 tornado, Hart County, Kentucky, March 28, 1997

RatingF3

Deaths1

Injuries14

Length9 mi

Width1,200 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (37.37, -85.92) to the end point (37.43, -85.77), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: March 28, 1997, 6:04 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F3
States: Kentucky
Counties: Hart County
Path: 9 miles long, up to 1,200 yards wide
Casualties: 1 deaths, 14 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on March 28, 1997

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Mar 28, 1997	F3	Kentucky	2 mi	1,200 yd	0	1
Mar 28, 1997	F3	Kentucky	15 mi	500 yd	0	7
Mar 28, 1997	F2	Kentucky	3 mi	300 yd	0	0
Mar 28, 1997	F2	Kentucky	5 mi	300 yd	0	0
Mar 28, 1997	F2	Kentucky	3 mi	300 yd	0	0
Mar 28, 1997	F2	Kentucky	10 mi	200 yd	1	6
Mar 28, 1997	F2	Kentucky	1 mi	200 yd	0	0
Mar 28, 1997	F2	Tennessee	5.9 mi	440 yd	0	2
Mar 28, 1997	F2	Tennessee	6 mi	440 yd	0	0
Mar 28, 1997	F1	Indiana	0.1 mi	73 yd	0	0
Mar 28, 1997	F1	Kentucky	7 mi	100 yd	0	0
Mar 28, 1997	F1	Kentucky	10 mi	50 yd	0	0
Mar 28, 1997	F1	Indiana	1 mi	100 yd	0	0
Mar 28, 1997	F1	Indiana	9 mi	100 yd	0	0
Mar 28, 1997	F1	Tennessee	1 mi	20 yd	0	0
Mar 28, 1997	F0	Tennessee	0.5 mi	200 yd	0	0
Mar 28, 1997	F0	Kentucky	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Mar 28, 1997	F0	Tennessee	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Mar 28, 1997	F0	Kentucky	10 mi	50 yd	0	0
Mar 28, 1997	F0	Tennessee	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Mar 28, 1997	F0	Kentucky	0.1 mi	20 yd	0	0
Mar 28, 1997	F0	Kentucky	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Mar 28, 1997	F0	Tennessee	0.5 mi	20 yd	0	0

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