Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Hinds County, Mississippi, February 23, 1977
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length0.5 mi
Width200 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (32.18, -90.27) to the end point (32.18, -90.27), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- February 23, 1977, 2:15 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- Mississippi
- Counties
- Hinds County
- Path
- 0.5 miles long, up to 200 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on February 23, 1977
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 1977 | F4 | Mississippi | 15 mi | 350 yd | 2 | 5 |
| Feb 23, 1977 | F3 | Mississippi | 10.5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 23, 1977 | F3 | Mississippi | 11.4 mi | 177 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Feb 23, 1977 | F2 | Oklahoma | 3.3 mi | 77 yd | 0 | 4 |
| Feb 23, 1977 | F2 | Mississippi | 13.9 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 23, 1977 | F2 | Alabama | 0.2 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Feb 23, 1977 | F1 | Arkansas | 2 mi | 150 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Feb 23, 1977 | F1 | Missouri | 2 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 23, 1977 | F1 | Iowa | 0.1 mi | 13 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Feb 23, 1977 | F1 | Florida | 0.3 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.