Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, DeSoto County, Mississippi, May 16, 1968

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries7

Length5.2 mi

Width100 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (34.82, -89.95) to the end point (34.85, -89.87), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 16, 1968, 12:20 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Mississippi
Counties: DeSoto County
Path: 5.2 miles long, up to 100 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 7 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 16, 1968

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
May 16, 1968	F3	Indiana	50.3 mi	10 yd	1	15
May 16, 1968	F3	Texas	2 mi	23 yd	0	0
May 16, 1968	F1	Mississippi	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 16, 1968	F1	Tennessee	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 16, 1968	F1	Mississippi	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 16, 1968	F1	Tennessee	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 16, 1968	F1	Texas	0.1 mi	17 yd	0	0
May 16, 1968	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 16, 1968	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 16, 1968	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 16, 1968	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 16, 1968	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

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