Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F3 tornado, Tippah County, Mississippi, September 29, 1972
RatingF3
Deaths0
Injuries4
Length45.5 mi
Width880 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (34.72, -88.97) to the end point (34.63, -88.18), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- September 29, 1972, 6:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F3
- States
- Mississippi
- Counties
- Tippah County, Prentiss County, Tishomingo County
- Near the path
- Booneville, Ripley, Tishomingo (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 45.5 miles long, up to 880 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 4 injuries
Other tornadoes on September 29, 1972
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 1972 | F2 | Kentucky | 1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 3 |
| Sep 29, 1972 | F1 | West Virginia | 20.9 mi | 70 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 29, 1972 | F1 | Texas | 0.1 mi | 13 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 29, 1972 | F1 | Virginia | 5.1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.