longest path in January since 1975No. Let's run the list.
Bold - almost certainly accurate (or at least indisputably tracked over 75 miles)
Italics - almost certainly inaccurate
Normal - not sure
Hazlehurst, MS F4 (Mar 29, 1976, 126.5 miles)
Ulysses, KS F2 (May 18, 1977, 117.2 miles)
Wadena, MN F2 (Aug 26, 1977, 110.4 miles)
La Pryor, TX F1 (May 15, 1980, 99.8 miles)
Muscatine, IA F0 (Apr 4, 1981, 103.5 miles)
Gruver, TX-Beaver, OK F4 (Mar 19, 1982, 88 miles)
Delta, IA F4 (Jun 7, 1984, 134 miles)
Raleigh, NC F4 (Nov 28, 1988, 83 miles)
Lawrence, NE F4 (Mar 13, 1990, 131 miles)
Albion, IL F4 (June 1, 1990, 106 miles)
Brandon, MS F4 (Nov 22, 1992, 126 miles)
Wilson, NC F3 (Nov 23, 1992, 160 miles)
Aurora, NE F3 (May 8, 1993, 75 miles)
Mount Ayr, IA F3 (Apr 11, 2001, 76.5 miles)
Martinsville-Indianapolis, IN F3 (Sep 20, 2002, 112 miles)
Stockton, MO F3 (May 4, 2003, 86 miles)
New Boston, TX-Idabel, OK F2 (May 15, 2003, 78.3 miles)
Caruthersville, MO F3 (Apr 2, 2006, 77 miles)
Atkins-Clinton, AR EF4 (Feb 5, 2008, 123.5 miles)
Butler-Roberta, GA EF2 (Feb 17, 2008, 75.6 miles)
Picher, OK-Neosho, MO EF4 (May 10, 2008, 75.5 miles)
Yazoo City, MS EF4 (Apr 24, 2010, 149 miles)
Hackleburg-Phil Campbell, AL EF5 (Apr 27, 2011, 132 miles (a bit of that is indisputably a separate EF3, but the main EF5 still most likely tracked over 90 miles))
Cordova, AL EF4 (Apr 27, 2011, 127.8 miles)
Tuscaloosa-Birmingham, AL EF4/EF5 (Apr 27, 2011, 80.7 miles (May have actually been longer than official track)
Ohatchee, AL EF4/EF5 (Apr 27, 2011, 97.3 miles)
Enterprise, MS EF4 (Apr 27, 2011, 122 miles)
West Liberty, KY EF3/EF4(?) (Mar 2, 2012, 85 miles)
Holly Springs, MS EF4/EF5 (Dec 23, 2015, 75.1 miles)
Thornapple, WI EF3 (May 16, 2017, 82.5 miles)
Collins, MS EF3 (Apr 12, 2020, 83.2 miles)
Brent, AL EF3 (Mar 25, 2021, 79.7 miles)
Monette, AR EF4 (Dec 10, 2021, 81.2 miles)
Mayfield, KY EF4/EF5 (Dec 10, 2021, 166.4 miles)
Dresden, TN EF3/EF4 (Dec 10, 2021, 122.9 miles)
hackleburg was 102miles
Yazoo City was about 102miles based on radar and satellite analysis
Holly Springs around 58miles
Holly Springs-Ashland, MS EF4 Tornado – December 23, 2015 – Tornado Talk
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