What the record says
On 26 February 1958, a tornado touched down near Jackson, Mississippi. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 69.7 miles long and up to 60 yards wide, rated F3 on the Fujita (F) scale. It killed 8 people and injured 26.
- F3Fujita rating
- 8deaths
- 26injuries
- 69.7 mipath length
- 60 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
- Copiah County, Mississippi
- Hinds County, Mississippi
- Leake County, Mississippi
- Madison County, Mississippi
- Rankin County, Mississippi
The start point was at 31.98, -90.53 and the end point at 32.72, -89.72 (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 1958
- Woodville, Wisconsin tornado4 June 1958, F5, 21 deaths, 74 injuries, 33.7 miles long
- Towanda, Kansas tornado10 June 1958, F4, 15 deaths, 5 injuries, 9 miles long
- Fall Creek, Wisconsin tornado4 June 1958, F4, 4 deaths, 3 injuries, 59.2 miles long
- Richton, Mississippi tornado26 February 1958, F3, 4 deaths, 20 injuries, 29.1 miles long
- Lake Hallie, Wisconsin tornado4 June 1958, F4, 3 deaths, 50 injuries, 11.1 miles long
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