Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F3 tornado, Newton County, Mississippi, January 3, 1982
RatingF3
Deaths1
Injuries17
Length11 mi
Width300 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (32.25, -89.17) to the end point (32.38, -89.05), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- January 3, 1982, 2:55 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F3
- States
- Mississippi
- Counties
- Newton County
- Path
- 11 miles long, up to 300 yards wide
- Casualties
- 1 deaths, 17 injuries
Other tornadoes on January 3, 1982
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 1982 | F2 | Alabama | 15 mi | 140 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 3, 1982 | F2 | Alabama | 8 mi | 80 yd | 0 | 12 |
| Jan 3, 1982 | F2 | Alabama | 0.5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 3, 1982 | F2 | Alabama | 2.5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Jan 3, 1982 | F1 | Arkansas | 0.5 mi | 17 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 3, 1982 | F1 | Alabama | 1.5 mi | 77 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 3, 1982 | F1 | Alabama | 0.1 mi | 13 yd | 0 | 4 |
| Jan 3, 1982 | F1 | Alabama | 1 mi | 40 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 3, 1982 | F0 | Arkansas | 0.2 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.