Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F4 tornado, Perry County, Tennessee, May 5, 1999

RatingF4

Deaths3

Injuries0

Length6 mi

Width580 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.57, -87.92) to the end point (35.63, -87.83), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 5, 1999, 7:20 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F4
States: Tennessee
Counties: Perry County
Path: 6 miles long, up to 580 yards wide
Casualties: 3 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 5, 1999

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
May 5, 1999	F2	Indiana	1.3 mi	150 yd	0
May 5, 1999	F2	Indiana	3 mi	200 yd	0
May 5, 1999	F2	Tennessee	0.7 mi	220 yd	17
May 5, 1999	F1	Illinois	0.2 mi	n/a	4
May 5, 1999	F1	Mississippi	1 mi	50 yd	0
May 5, 1999	F1	Tennessee	0.1 mi	100 yd	0
May 5, 1999	F1	Tennessee	0.1 mi	100 yd	0
May 5, 1999	F0	Utah	1 mi	30 yd	0
May 5, 1999	F0	Wisconsin	0.1 mi	n/a	0
May 5, 1999	F0	Tennessee	0.5 mi	100 yd	0
May 5, 1999	F0	Tennessee	0.5 mi	100 yd	0
May 5, 1999	F0	Mississippi	1 mi	40 yd	0
May 5, 1999	F0	Mississippi	1 mi	40 yd	0
May 5, 1999	F0	Mississippi	1 mi	40 yd	0
May 5, 1999	F0	Kentucky	0.1 mi	50 yd	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

Perry County

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