Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Forrest County, Mississippi, May 7, 1975

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length5.4 mi

Width150 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (31.40, -89.38) to the end point (31.42, -89.30), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 7, 1975, 1:30 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Mississippi
Counties: Forrest County, Jones County
Path: 5.4 miles long, up to 150 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 7, 1975

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
May 7, 1975	F2	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 7, 1975	F2	Iowa	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 7, 1975	F2	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	2
May 7, 1975	F2	Iowa	9.9 mi	10 yd	0
May 7, 1975	F2	Iowa	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 7, 1975	F2	Iowa	10 mi	10 yd	0
May 7, 1975	F2	Louisiana	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 7, 1975	F1	Mississippi	0.2 mi	60 yd	0
May 7, 1975	F1	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 7, 1975	F1	Mississippi	0.2 mi	17 yd	0
May 7, 1975	F1	Mississippi	9.7 mi	440 yd	1
May 7, 1975	F1	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 7, 1975	F1	Texas	1 mi	10 yd	0
May 7, 1975	F0	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 7, 1975	F0	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 7, 1975	F0	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 7, 1975	F0	Iowa	0.1 mi	10 yd	0

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Tornado history nearby

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