Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F2 tornado, Tippah County, Mississippi, February 23, 1962
RatingF2
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length5.6 mi
Width100 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (34.88, -88.90) to the end point (34.95, -88.85), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- February 23, 1962, 3:17 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F2
- States
- Mississippi
- Counties
- Tippah County
- Near the path
- Chalybeate (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 5.6 miles long, up to 100 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on February 23, 1962
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 1962 | F2 | Texas | 2 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 23, 1962 | F2 | Mississippi | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Feb 23, 1962 | F1 | Texas | 1 mi | 33 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 23, 1962 | F1 | Texas | 1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 23, 1962 | F1 | Louisiana | 2 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Feb 23, 1962 | F1 | Mississippi | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 2 |
| Feb 23, 1962 | F1 | Tennessee | 14 mi | 300 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 23, 1962 | F1 | Mississippi | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 4 |
| Feb 23, 1962 | F0 | Louisiana | 0.5 mi | 33 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.