SPC Tornado Database · NWS Storm Events
The December 10, 2021 EF4 Tornado in Tennessee, near Mayfield, KY
The Mayfield tornado in the federal records: its 169-mile path, the toll, the 33 tornadoes of that day and the cities nearby.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
On December 10, 2021 an EF4 tornado in Tennessee killed 57 people and injured 515, the 10th deadliest of the 73,458 tornadoes in the SPC record since 1950. Its path was 168.5 miles long and up to 2,600 yards wide. It came within 2 miles of Mayfield, KY, and within 25 miles of 56 cities on this site. It was one of 33 tornadoes recorded that day in 7 states, 5 of them EF3 or stronger, which together killed 72.
- Rating
- EF4
- Killed / injured
- 57 / 515
- Path
- 169 mi
- Tornadoes that day
- 33
2,600 yd wide
72 deaths in all
FEMA declared a major disaster (4637, "Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Tornadoes") on January 14, 2022, covering 14 designated areas.
The NWS account, Woodland Mills, Tennessee
“The supercell that produced the long track EF-4 tornado from Craighead County, Arkansas into western Obion County, Tennessee reintensified and formed another tornado in northern Obion County near Woodland Mills. A home suffered roof damage on Woodland Mills Road and trees were uprooted north of Woodland Mills.”
Cities within 25 miles of the path
| City | Distance from the path |
|---|---|
| Falls Of Rough, KY | under 1 mi |
| Nortonville, KY | 1 mi |
| Wingo, KY | 1 mi |
| Benton, KY | 2 mi |
| Hartford, KY | 2 mi |
| Mayfield, KY | 2 mi |
| Central City, KY | 3 mi |
| Fulton, KY | 3 mi |
| Beaver Dam, KY | 4 mi |
| Dawson Springs, KY | 5 mi |
| Union City, TN | 5 mi |
| Eddyville, KY | 6 mi |
The nearest 12 of 56. Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database (path from start to end point), NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database (account), FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
More notable storms
- The May 22, 2011 EF5 Tornado in Missouri, near Joplin
- The June 8, 1953 F5 Tornado in Michigan, near Flushing
- The May 11, 1953 F5 Tornado in Texas, near Waco
- The June 9, 1953 F4 Tornado in Massachusetts, near Framingham
- The May 25, 1955 F5 Tornado in Oklahoma, near Arkansas City, KS
- The April 27, 2011 EF5 Tornado in Alabama, near Madison
- The May 20, 2013 EF5 Tornado in Oklahoma, near Moore
Why these storms and how each figure is counted: methodology.