Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F3 tornado, Jones County, Mississippi, January 9, 1972
RatingF3
Deaths0
Injuries12
Length23.6 mi
Width300 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (31.70, -89.17) to the end point (31.80, -88.78), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- January 9, 1972, 11:20 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F3
- States
- Mississippi
- Counties
- Jones County, Wayne County
- Near the path
- Laurel (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 23.6 miles long, up to 300 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 12 injuries
Other tornadoes on January 9, 1972
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 1972 | F3 | Mississippi | 18.2 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Jan 9, 1972 | F2 | Mississippi | 2 mi | 33 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 9, 1972 | F2 | Mississippi | 10.9 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 9, 1972 | F1 | Mississippi | 0.5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Jan 9, 1972 | F1 | Mississippi | 1 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.