What the record says
On 10 January 1975, a tornado touched down near Magnolia, Mississippi. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 56.5 miles long and up to 200 yards wide, rated F4 on the Fujita (F) scale. It killed 9 people and injured 210.
- F4Fujita rating
- 9deaths
- 210injuries
- 56.5 mipath length
- 200 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it was rated 4 or 5 and 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
- Lawrence County, Mississippi
- Lincoln County, Mississippi
- Pike County, Mississippi
- Simpson County, Mississippi
The start point was at 31.18, -90.53 and the end point at 31.87, -89.97 (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 1975
- Warren, Arkansas tornado28 March 1975, F4, 7 deaths, 51 injuries, 5.4 miles long
- Seneca, Missouri tornado24 April 1975, F4, 3 deaths, 22 injuries, 11.9 miles long
- Omaha, Nebraska tornado6 May 1975, F4, 3 deaths, 133 injuries, 8 miles long
- Atlanta, Georgia tornado24 March 1975, F3, 3 deaths, 152 injuries, 14.8 miles long
- Pearsall, Texas tornado29 April 1975, F3, 3 deaths, 5 injuries, 8.3 miles long
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