Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F3 tornado, Lafayette County, Mississippi, February 22, 1975
RatingF3
Deaths0
Injuries2
Length26.3 mi
Width200 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (34.45, -89.30) to the end point (34.73, -89.00), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- February 22, 1975, 10:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F3
- States
- Mississippi
- Counties
- Lafayette County, Union County, Tippah County
- Path
- 26.3 miles long, up to 200 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 2 injuries
Other tornadoes on February 22, 1975
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 1975 | F3 | Arkansas | 14.4 mi | 80 yd | 1 | 22 |
| Feb 22, 1975 | F2 | Oklahoma | 5.2 mi | 100 yd | 2 | 8 |
| Feb 22, 1975 | F2 | Oklahoma | 4.5 mi | 77 yd | 1 | 2 |
| Feb 22, 1975 | F2 | Oklahoma | 5.4 mi | 70 yd | 0 | 2 |
| Feb 22, 1975 | F2 | Oklahoma | 6.1 mi | 70 yd | 0 | 4 |
| Feb 22, 1975 | F2 | Oklahoma | 3.3 mi | 60 yd | 0 | 14 |
| Feb 22, 1975 | F2 | Arkansas | 26.2 mi | 80 yd | 0 | 4 |
| Feb 22, 1975 | F2 | Arkansas | 13.4 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 22, 1975 | F2 | Mississippi | 5.2 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 3 |
| Feb 22, 1975 | F1 | Oklahoma | 6.2 mi | 60 yd | 0 | 4 |
| Feb 22, 1975 | F1 | Arkansas | 0.5 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 22, 1975 | F1 | Arkansas | 2 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Feb 22, 1975 | F1 | Arkansas | 30.1 mi | 60 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 22, 1975 | F1 | Tennessee | 0.1 mi | 150 yd | 0 | 2 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.