What the record says
On 28 April 2014, a tornado touched down near Fayetteville, Tennessee. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 26.8 miles long and up to 500 yards wide, rated EF3 on the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale. It killed 2 people.
- EF3Enhanced Fujita rating
- 2deaths
- 0injuries
- 26.8 mipath length
- 500 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it was rated 3 and killed at least one person.
This page gives the official record's figures. Numbers of deaths and injuries are sometimes revised after a survey, and they cannot convey what the day was like for the people who lived through it.
Counties it crossed
The start point was at 35.01, -86.55 and the end point at 35.25, -86.34 (latitude, longitude).
How to read this path
The Storm Prediction Center records most tornadoes as a straight line from the point where they touched down to the point where they lifted. The real path usually curved and was not the same width all the way along. The width given is the widest part. Older records are less precise, and the record starts in 1950.
Source: the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database, public domain.
Other notable tornadoes in Tennessee
- Athens, Alabama tornado27 April 2011, EF5, 72 deaths, 145 injuries, 132 miles long
- Cary, Mississippi tornado21 February 1971, F4, 58 deaths, 795 injuries, 202.1 miles long
- Woodland Mills, Tennessee tornado10 December 2021, EF4, 57 deaths, 515 injuries, 168.5 miles long
- Bolivar, Tennessee tornado21 March 1952, F4, 38 deaths, 157 injuries, 46.8 miles long
- Gallatin, Tennessee tornado5 February 2008, EF3, 22 deaths, 63 injuries, 50.3 miles long
- Cleveland, Tennessee tornado27 April 2011, EF4, 20 deaths, 335 injuries, 48 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 2014
- Maumelle, Arkansas tornado27 April 2014, EF4, 16 deaths, 193 injuries, 41.1 miles long
- Carthage, Mississippi tornado28 April 2014, EF4, 10 deaths, 84 injuries, 33.4 miles long
- Munnsville, New York tornado8 July 2014, EF2, 4 deaths, 2.5 miles long
- Columbia, Mississippi tornado23 December 2014, EF3, 3 deaths, 50 injuries, 12.5 miles long
- Athens, Alabama tornado28 April 2014, EF3, 2 deaths, 30 injuries, 15.6 miles long
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