What the record says
On 2 May 2010, a tornado touched down near Ashland, Mississippi. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 29.6 miles long and up to 880 yards wide, rated EF3 on the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale. It killed 3 people and injured 9.
- EF3Enhanced Fujita rating
- 3deaths
- 9injuries
- 29.6 mipath length
- 880 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it killed three or more people and 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
- Benton County, Mississippi
- Tippah County, Mississippi
- Hardeman County, Tennessee
- McNairy County, Tennessee
The start point was at 34.80, -89.19 and the end point at 35.06, -88.78 (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 2010
- Tallulah, Louisiana tornado24 April 2010, EF4, 10 deaths, 146 injuries, 149 miles long
- Perrysburg, Ohio tornado5 June 2010, EF4, 7 deaths, 28 injuries, 8.8 miles long
- Westville, Oklahoma tornado31 December 2010, EF3, 4 deaths, 10 injuries, 21.1 miles long
- Moore, Oklahoma tornado10 May 2010, EF4, 2 deaths, 49 injuries, 24 miles long
- Flaxville, Montana tornado26 July 2010, EF3, 2 deaths, 1 injury, 18 miles long
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