Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F2 tornado, Lafayette County, Mississippi, August 3, 1952
RatingF2
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length0.3 mi
Width200 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (34.37, -89.52) to the end point (34.37, -89.52), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- August 3, 1952, 3:45 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F2
- States
- Mississippi
- Counties
- Lafayette County
- Near the path
- Oxford (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 0.3 miles long, up to 200 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.