Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, DeSoto County, Mississippi, April 3, 1968

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries4

Length15.2 mi

Width10 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (34.68, -89.90) to the end point (34.90, -89.85), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: April 3, 1968, 7:15 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Mississippi
Counties: DeSoto County
Path: 15.2 miles long, up to 10 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 4 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on April 3, 1968

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Apr 3, 1968	F4	Arkansas	33.7 mi	400 yd	5	16
Apr 3, 1968	F4	Kentucky	50.6 mi	100 yd	2	30
Apr 3, 1968	F3	Arkansas	3.6 mi	100 yd	1	6
Apr 3, 1968	F3	Tennessee	28.8 mi	1,760 yd	4	32
Apr 3, 1968	F2	Oklahoma	15.9 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 3, 1968	F2	Oklahoma	4.7 mi	100 yd	0	1
Apr 3, 1968	F2	Iowa	0.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 3, 1968	F2	Missouri	11.9 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 3, 1968	F2	Iowa	5.2 mi	150 yd	0	0
Apr 3, 1968	F2	Illinois	19.8 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 3, 1968	F2	Missouri	12.8 mi	500 yd	0	0
Apr 3, 1968	F2	Arkansas	0.5 mi	200 yd	0	0
Apr 3, 1968	F2	Missouri	2.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 3, 1968	F2	Arkansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	1
Apr 3, 1968	F2	Arkansas	14.9 mi	100 yd	0	15
Apr 3, 1968	F1	Iowa	0.5 mi	200 yd	0	0
Apr 3, 1968	F1	Missouri	7.6 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 3, 1968	F1	Illinois	8.3 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 3, 1968	F1	Illinois	0.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 3, 1968	F1	Tennessee	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 3, 1968	F0	Arkansas	0.3 mi	200 yd	0	0

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