What the record says
On 12 February 1950, a tornado touched down near Mansfield, Louisiana. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 58.4 miles long and up to 100 yards wide, rated F2 on the Fujita (F) scale. It killed 5 people and injured 10.
- F2Fujita rating
- 5deaths
- 10injuries
- 58.4 mipath length
- 100 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it killed three or more people.
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
- Bossier Parish, Louisiana
- Caddo Parish, Louisiana
- Claiborne Parish, Louisiana
- De Soto Parish, Louisiana
- Red River Parish, Louisiana
- Webster Parish, Louisiana
The start point was at 32.20, -93.58 and the end point at 32.97, -93.17 (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 Louisiana
- 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
- Lockport, Louisiana tornado3 October 1964, F4, 22 deaths, 165 injuries, 1.5 miles long
- Logansport, Louisiana tornado12 February 1950, F4, 18 deaths, 77 injuries, 82.6 miles long
- Tallulah, Louisiana tornado24 April 2010, EF4, 10 deaths, 146 injuries, 149 miles long
- New Llano, Louisiana tornado3 December 1953, F4, 9 deaths, 50 injuries, 85.5 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 1950
- Logansport, Louisiana tornado12 February 1950, F4, 18 deaths, 77 injuries, 82.6 miles long
- Ripley, Tennessee tornado13 February 1950, F2, 9 deaths, 1 injury, 0.2 miles long
- Holdenville, Oklahoma tornado28 April 1950, F4, 5 deaths, 32 injuries, 4.5 miles long
- Clyde, Texas tornado28 April 1950, F4, 5 deaths, 5 injuries, 1.3 miles long
- Zwolle, Louisiana tornado12 February 1950, F3, 5 deaths, 25 injuries, 74.5 miles long
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