What the record says
On 3 January 1982, a tornado touched down near Newton, Mississippi. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 11 miles long and up to 300 yards wide, rated F3 on the Fujita (F) scale. It killed 1 person and injured 17.
- F3Fujita rating
- 1death
- 17injuries
- 11 mipath length
- 300 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it was rated 3 and killed at least one person.
This page gives the official record's figures. Numbers of deaths and injuries are sometimes revised after a survey, and they cannot convey what the day was like for the people who lived through it.
Counties it crossed
The start point was at 32.25, -89.17 and the end point at 32.38, -89.05 (latitude, longitude).
How to read this path
The Storm Prediction Center records most tornadoes as a straight line from the point where they touched down to the point where they lifted. The real path usually curved and was not the same width all the way along. The width given is the widest part. Older records are less precise, and the record starts in 1950.
Source: the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database, public domain.
Other notable tornadoes in Mississippi
- Learned, Mississippi tornado3 March 1966, F5, 58 deaths, 518 injuries, 202.5 miles long
- Cary, Mississippi tornado21 February 1971, F4, 58 deaths, 795 injuries, 202.1 miles long
- Delhi, Louisiana tornado21 February 1971, F5, 47 deaths, 510 injuries, 109.2 miles long
- Vicksburg, Mississippi tornado5 December 1953, F5, 38 deaths, 270 injuries, 9 miles long
- Fayette, Mississippi tornado23 January 1969, F4, 32 deaths, 241 injuries, 117.8 miles long
- Smithville, Mississippi tornado27 April 2011, EF5, 23 deaths, 137 injuries, 37.3 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 1982
- Paris, Texas tornado2 April 1982, F4, 10 deaths, 170 injuries, 23 miles long
- Marion, Illinois tornado29 May 1982, F4, 10 deaths, 181 injuries, 17 miles long
- Fulton, Arkansas tornado2 April 1982, F3, 5 deaths, 4 injuries, 18 miles long
- Horatio, Arkansas tornado2 April 1982, F4, 3 deaths, 23 injuries, 45 miles long
- Carthage, Mississippi tornado2 April 1982, F3, 3 deaths, 40 injuries, 42 miles long
All tornadoes of 1982 · Mississippi tornado history · All notable tornadoes