What the record says
On 24 April 2010, a tornado touched down near Tallulah, Louisiana. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 149 miles long and up to 3,080 yards wide, rated EF4 on the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale. It killed 10 people and injured 146.
- EF4Enhanced Fujita rating
- 10deaths
- 146injuries
- 149 mipath length
- 3,080 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
- Madison Parish, Louisiana
- Attala County, Mississippi
- Choctaw County, Mississippi
- Holmes County, Mississippi
- Issaquena County, Mississippi
- Oktibbeha County, Mississippi
- Sharkey County, Mississippi
- Warren County, Mississippi
- Yazoo County, Mississippi
The start point was at 32.40, -91.30 and the end point at 33.43, -89.04 (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
- New Llano, Louisiana tornado3 December 1953, F4, 9 deaths, 50 injuries, 85.5 miles long
- Shreveport, Louisiana tornado3 April 1999, F4, 7 deaths, 102 injuries, 19.3 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 2010
- 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
- Ashland, Mississippi tornado2 May 2010, EF3, 3 deaths, 9 injuries, 29.6 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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