Documented Tornadoes in McMinn County TN



Date Time (LST) Dead Injured Path Length (miles) Rating Location
March 21, 1932 8:50 PM 0 21 5.0 F3 near Calhoun
July 3, 1936 1:00 PM 0 1 ? F2 near Sanford
July 3, 1936 2:00 PM 0 1 2.0 F2 near Calhoun
February 29, 1952 6:45 PM 0 0 15.3 F2 near Calhoun to Englewood
May 2, 1953 3:00 AM 0 0 2.0 F4 near Idlewild to near Niota
March 19, 1963 7:30 PM 0 1 3.6 F2 Athens
April 3, 1974 3:30 PM 1 32 3.6 F1 Etowah
April 3, 1974 5:30 PM 0 50 6.1 F3 Luskville to Etowah
April 8, 1974 12:15 PM 0 1 2.0 F3 Athens
December 5, 1977 9:40 AM 0 1 5.1 F1 Riceville to Double Springs
February 6, 1986 5:38 PM 0 0 3.0 F3 Luskville to Dentville
February 21, 1993 5:45 PM 0 7 4.0 F3 Englewood to near Prospect
April 15, 1994 11:40 AM 0 2 10.0 F3 Lamontville to Englewood
April 27, 1994 1:15 PM 0 0 0.1 F0 Athens
May 10, 1995 10:25 PM 0 0 3.0 F1 Cedar Springs
May 8, 2009 4:03 PM 0 0 0.1 EF0 near Etowah
October 9, 2009 7:25 PM 0 0 0.2 EF0 near Englewood

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