The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) Database lists 3 tornadoes on October 22, 1972. We look at one of those in this summary. It was given a rating of F3. Thomas Grazulis in Significant Tornadoes believes the damage was more in the F2 range. That was just one discrepancy with this event.
This tornado occurred during a Sunday morning but there are differences on what time it exactly hit. The SPC lists a time of 8:00 CST while NCDC lists 9:00 CDT. Storm Data just says “morning”. Grazulis lists 0300 Local Standard Time. An article in The Marshall News Messenger on October 23, 1972 says the tornado “first touched down” at 6:20am.
In this same newspaper, they state the tornado had a path of about 10 miles. Officially though, the path is listed at only 1/2 mile.