Tornado, Madison
- When
- November 7, 10:45 AM CST to 10:50 AM CST
- Where
- Madison County, Beech Bluff to 2 mi SE of Beech Bluff
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 35.570, -88.650
Tornadoes in Tennessee, November 7, 1996
The tornado started in the extreme southeast corner of Madison county and traveled east across the extreme northern part of Chester county. One house was destroyed in Madison County.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $35,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
The tornado started in the extreme southeast corner of Madison county and traveled east across the extreme northern part of Chester county. One house was destroyed in Madison County. One house was destroyed in Chester county about one mile west of Mifflin. Several other homes were damaged as well. Three mobile homes were overturned. Several trees and power lines were blown down.
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:45 UTC.
Event by event
2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Chester
- When
- November 7, 10:50 AM CST to 10:55 AM CST
- Where
- Chester County, Mifflin to 2 mi E of Mifflin
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.550, -88.620
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Georgia, November 7 to 8, 1996
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- Flash Flood in Oklahoma, November 7, 1996
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- Tornado in Texas, November 7, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, November 7, 1996
- Tornado in Georgia, November 7, 1996
- Ice Storm in Alaska, November 7, 1996
- Tornado in Kentucky, November 7, 1996
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, November 7, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, November 7, 1996
- Tornado in Kentucky, November 7, 1996
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5581582, 5581583.