What the record says
On 11 April 2013, a tornado touched down near Union, Mississippi. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 66.4 miles long and up to 1,320 yards wide, rated EF3 on the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale. It killed 1 person and injured 9.
- EF3Enhanced Fujita rating
- 1death
- 9injuries
- 66.4 mipath length
- 1,320 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
- Pickens County, Alabama
- Kemper County, Mississippi
- Lowndes County, Mississippi
- Noxubee County, Mississippi
The start point was at 32.64, -88.87 and the end point at 33.41, -88.20 (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 2013
- Moore, Oklahoma tornado20 May 2013, EF5, 24 deaths, 212 injuries, 13.9 miles long
- Yukon, Oklahoma tornado31 May 2013, EF3, 8 deaths, 26 injuries, 16.2 miles long
- Granbury, Texas tornado15 May 2013, EF4, 6 deaths, 54 injuries, 2.5 miles long
- Pekin, Illinois tornado17 November 2013, EF4, 3 deaths, 125 injuries, 46.4 miles long
- Paducah, Kentucky tornado17 November 2013, EF3, 3 deaths, 34 injuries, 42.5 miles long
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