Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Cherokee County, Texas, May 4, 1999

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length22.7 mi

Width200 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (31.75, -95.10) to the end point (31.65, -94.73), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 4, 1999, 6:52 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Texas
Counties: Cherokee County, Nacogdoches County
Path: 22.7 miles long, up to 200 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 4, 1999

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
May 4, 1999	F3	Oklahoma, Arkansas	38.2 mi	n/a	0	0
May 4, 1999	F3	Missouri	3 mi	200 yd	0	1
May 4, 1999	F3	Texas, Arkansas	71.5 mi	50 yd	1	22
May 4, 1999	F3	Arkansas	9 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 4, 1999	F2	Texas	23 mi	250 yd	0	0
May 4, 1999	F2	Texas, Oklahoma	14.6 mi	100 yd	0	7
May 4, 1999	F2	Texas	2.2 mi	117 yd	0	0
May 4, 1999	F2	Texas	9.7 mi	n/a	0	2
May 4, 1999	F2	Louisiana	10 mi	250 yd	0	0
May 4, 1999	F2	Arkansas	6.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 4, 1999	F1	Oklahoma	3 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 4, 1999	F1	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 4, 1999	F1	Oklahoma	1 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 4, 1999	F1	Oklahoma	14 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 4, 1999	F1	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	n/a	0	0
May 4, 1999	F1	Oklahoma	2 mi	80 yd	0	0
May 4, 1999	F1	Kansas	8 mi	n/a	0	0
May 4, 1999	F1	Texas	4.6 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 4, 1999	F1	Kansas	20 mi	n/a	0	0
May 4, 1999	F1	Arkansas	4.8 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 4, 1999	F1	Kansas	4 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 4, 1999	F1	Texas	1 mi	150 yd	0	4
May 4, 1999	F0	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 4, 1999	F0	Oklahoma	2 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 4, 1999	F0	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 4, 1999	F0	Oklahoma	9 mi	80 yd	0	0
May 4, 1999	F0	Kansas	5 mi	n/a	0	0
May 4, 1999	F0	Kansas	1 mi	n/a	0	0
May 4, 1999	F0	Kansas	2 mi	n/a	0	0
May 4, 1999	F0	Missouri	0.1 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 4, 1999	F0	Kansas	6 mi	n/a	0	0
May 4, 1999	F0	Texas	2.2 mi	n/a	0	0
May 4, 1999	F0	Texas	0.2 mi	n/a	0	0
May 4, 1999	F0	Arkansas	0.1 mi	n/a	0	0
May 4, 1999	F0	Kansas	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 4, 1999	F0	Texas	0.2 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 4, 1999	F0	Kansas	5 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 4, 1999	F0	Arkansas	0.1 mi	n/a	0	0
May 4, 1999	F0	Kansas	1.5 mi	n/a	0	0
May 4, 1999	F0	Kansas	0.2 mi	n/a	0	0
May 4, 1999	F0	Texas	0.2 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 4, 1999	F0	Kansas	0.2 mi	30 yd	0	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

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