Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F2 tornado, Lincoln County, Mississippi, April 12, 1971
RatingF2
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length16.7 mi
Width10 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (31.57, -90.52) to the end point (31.65, -90.25), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- April 12, 1971, 7:35 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F2
- States
- Mississippi
- Counties
- Lincoln County
- Near the path
- Brookhaven (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 16.7 miles long, up to 10 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.