Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F4 tornado, Pike County, Mississippi, January 10, 1975

RatingF4

Deaths9

Injuries210

Length56.5 mi

Width200 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (31.18, -90.53) to the end point (31.87, -89.97), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: January 10, 1975, 8:14 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F4
States: Mississippi
Counties: Pike County, Lincoln County, Lawrence County, Simpson County
Path: 56.5 miles long, up to 200 yards wide
Casualties: 9 deaths, 210 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on January 10, 1975

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Jan 10, 1975	F3	Alabama	18.8 mi	150 yd	1	60
Jan 10, 1975	F2	Texas	0.3 mi	213 yd	0	0
Jan 10, 1975	F2	Texas	4 mi	107 yd	0	0
Jan 10, 1975	F2	Mississippi	15 mi	50 yd	0	1
Jan 10, 1975	F2	Mississippi	4.5 mi	77 yd	0	0
Jan 10, 1975	F2	Illinois	2 mi	587 yd	0	0
Jan 10, 1975	F2	Mississippi	0.1 mi	70 yd	0	0
Jan 10, 1975	F2	Alabama	2 mi	100 yd	0	4
Jan 10, 1975	F2	Alabama	2 mi	100 yd	0	0
Jan 10, 1975	F2	Alabama	1 mi	100 yd	0	9
Jan 10, 1975	F2	Alabama	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jan 10, 1975	F2	North Carolina	4.3 mi	20 yd	0	0
Jan 10, 1975	F1	Arkansas	0.5 mi	100 yd	0	5
Jan 10, 1975	F1	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jan 10, 1975	F1	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jan 10, 1975	F1	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jan 10, 1975	F1	Louisiana	0.5 mi	27 yd	0	0
Jan 10, 1975	F1	Arkansas	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Jan 10, 1975	F1	Louisiana	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jan 10, 1975	F1	Louisiana	7.6 mi	33 yd	0	0
Jan 10, 1975	F1	Louisiana	0.5 mi	27 yd	0	1
Jan 10, 1975	F1	Louisiana	13.5 mi	37 yd	1	8
Jan 10, 1975	F1	Louisiana	1 mi	33 yd	0	5
Jan 10, 1975	F1	Mississippi	11.9 mi	150 yd	0	0
Jan 10, 1975	F1	Illinois	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jan 10, 1975	F1	Indiana	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Jan 10, 1975	F1	Mississippi	0.5 mi	27 yd	0	0
Jan 10, 1975	F1	Mississippi	2.5 mi	33 yd	0	0
Jan 10, 1975	F1	Alabama	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jan 10, 1975	F1	Alabama	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jan 10, 1975	F1	Alabama	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jan 10, 1975	F1	Alabama	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jan 10, 1975	F1	Alabama	0.2 mi	50 yd	0	14
Jan 10, 1975	F1	Alabama	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jan 10, 1975	F1	Alabama	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jan 10, 1975	F1	Florida	1 mi	50 yd	0	7
Jan 10, 1975	F1	Alabama	0.1 mi	50 yd	0	1
Jan 10, 1975	F0	Florida	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0

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