Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F0 tornado, Cheatham County, Tennessee, April 16, 1998
RatingF0
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length1 mi
Width400 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (36.13, -87.00) to the end point (36.15, -87.00), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- April 16, 1998, 2:15 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F0
- States
- Tennessee
- Counties
- Cheatham County
- Path
- 1 miles long, up to 400 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on April 16, 1998
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 1998 | F5 | Tennessee | 69.4 mi | 1,760 yd | 3 | 36 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F4 | Arkansas | 5 mi | 400 yd | 2 | 12 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F3 | Tennessee | 4 mi | 100 yd | 2 | 3 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F3 | Tennessee | 2 mi | 1,300 yd | 0 | 5 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F3 | Tennessee | 7.2 mi | 400 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F3 | Tennessee | 42.1 mi | 880 yd | 1 | 60 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F3 | Kentucky | 48 mi | 100 yd | 2 | 9 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F3 | Kentucky | 20 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F3 | Tennessee | 8.6 mi | 880 yd | 0 | 4 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F2 | Tennessee | 5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 2 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F2 | Tennessee | 1.1 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F2 | Tennessee | 3 mi | 800 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F2 | Tennessee | 27.7 mi | 880 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F2 | Kentucky | 8 mi | 100 yd | 1 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F2 | Tennessee | 1 mi | 800 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F2 | Kentucky | 18.6 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F1 | Arkansas | 0.5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F1 | Michigan | 7.5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F1 | Mississippi | 4 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F1 | Alabama | 4.9 mi | 80 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F1 | Alabama | 5.5 mi | 110 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F1 | Alabama | 5.8 mi | 90 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F1 | Alabama | 3.7 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F1 | Alabama | 8.4 mi | 150 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F1 | Alabama | 3.1 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F1 | Georgia | 0.5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 2 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F1 | Georgia | 0.5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 10 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F1 | Tennessee | 11.5 mi | 50 yd | 1 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F0 | Arkansas | 1 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F0 | Arkansas | 2 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F0 | Arkansas | 0.2 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F0 | Tennessee | 0.5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F0 | Tennessee | 1 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F0 | Mississippi | 2 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F0 | Kentucky | 0.2 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F0 | Alabama | 1.8 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F0 | Alabama | 4.6 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F0 | Alabama | 4 mi | 80 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F0 | Alabama | 2.1 mi | 80 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F0 | Alabama | 1.3 mi | 80 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 16, 1998 | F0 | Missouri | 0.6 mi | 40 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.