Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Winston County, Mississippi, April 4, 1957

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries4

Length40.7 mi

Width200 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (33.00, -88.92) to the end point (33.35, -88.35), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: April 4, 1957, 12:15 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Mississippi
Counties: Winston County, Noxubee County, Lowndes County
Path: 40.7 miles long, up to 200 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 4 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on April 4, 1957

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Apr 4, 1957	F3	Mississippi	40.2 mi	167 yd	1	75
Apr 4, 1957	F3	Tennessee	7.3 mi	50 yd	0	11
Apr 4, 1957	F2	Tennessee	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 4, 1957	F1	Arkansas	0.3 mi	20 yd	0	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

Winston County
Noxubee County
Lowndes County

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