Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F4 tornado, Madison County, Tennessee, January 17, 1999

RatingF4

Deaths6

Injuries106

Length16 mi

Width500 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.58, -88.88) to the end point (35.63, -88.68), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: January 17, 1999, 6:25 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F4
States: Tennessee
Counties: Madison County
Path: 16 miles long, up to 500 yards wide
Casualties: 6 deaths, 106 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on January 17, 1999

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Jan 17, 1999	F3	Tennessee	10 mi	n/a	0	4
Jan 17, 1999	F3	Tennessee	22 mi	300 yd	0	2
Jan 17, 1999	F2	Arkansas	7 mi	250 yd	0	0
Jan 17, 1999	F2	Arkansas	11 mi	n/a	0	0
Jan 17, 1999	F2	Tennessee	3.5 mi	n/a	0	11
Jan 17, 1999	F1	Arkansas	2 mi	100 yd	0	0
Jan 17, 1999	F1	Arkansas	9.2 mi	200 yd	0	1
Jan 17, 1999	F1	Arkansas	5.7 mi	200 yd	0	0
Jan 17, 1999	F1	Arkansas	5.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Jan 17, 1999	F1	Tennessee	12 mi	350 yd	1	4
Jan 17, 1999	F1	Tennessee	10 mi	n/a	1	1
Jan 17, 1999	F1	Tennessee	0.1 mi	100 yd	0	0
Jan 17, 1999	F1	Tennessee	0.6 mi	250 yd	0	0
Jan 17, 1999	F1	Tennessee	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Jan 17, 1999	F0	Arkansas	0.2 mi	50 yd	0	0
Jan 17, 1999	F0	Arkansas	0.5 mi	n/a	0	0
Jan 17, 1999	F0	Arkansas	0.2 mi	n/a	0	0
Jan 17, 1999	F0	Arkansas	16 mi	n/a	0	0
Jan 17, 1999	F0	Arkansas	8 mi	n/a	0	0
Jan 17, 1999	F0	Arkansas	7.8 mi	50 yd	0	0
Jan 17, 1999	F0	Mississippi	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	2

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

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