Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F3 tornado, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, January 21, 1959

RatingF3

Deaths0

Injuries1

Length33.8 mi

Width10 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (34.35, -89.03) to the end point (34.65, -88.57), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: January 21, 1959, 9:20 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F3
States: Mississippi
Counties: Pontotoc County, Union County, Prentiss County
Path: 33.8 miles long, up to 10 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 1 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on January 21, 1959

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Jan 21, 1959	F3	Mississippi	26.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1959	F3	Kentucky	6.6 mi	10 yd	3	0
Jan 21, 1959	F2	Alabama	1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1959	F2	Mississippi	31.9 mi	100 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1959	F2	Mississippi	5.7 mi	20 yd	0	1
Jan 21, 1959	F2	Mississippi	23.8 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1959	F2	Tennessee	4.1 mi	500 yd	0	3
Jan 21, 1959	F1	Mississippi	16.9 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1959	F1	Louisiana	0.5 mi	33 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1959	F1	Mississippi	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1959	F1	Mississippi	0.1 mi	50 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1959	F1	North Carolina	5.2 mi	300 yd	0	0
Jan 21, 1959	F1	North Carolina	0.3 mi	100 yd	0	0

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