Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Coahoma County, Mississippi, December 5, 1953

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries11

Length8.2 mi

Width30 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (34.20, -90.73) to the end point (34.28, -90.83), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: December 5, 1953, 8:15 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Mississippi
Counties: Coahoma County
Path: 8.2 miles long, up to 30 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 11 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on December 5, 1953

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Dec 5, 1953	F5	Mississippi	9 mi	500 yd	38	270
Dec 5, 1953	F2	Louisiana	9.7 mi	33 yd	0	16
Dec 5, 1953	F2	Louisiana, Arkansas	58.3 mi	880 yd	0	11

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Coahoma County

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.