Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, May 18, 1983

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries3

Length4 mi

Width50 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (34.23, -89.03) to the end point (34.27, -88.97), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 18, 1983, 4:30 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Mississippi
Counties: Pontotoc County
Path: 4 miles long, up to 50 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 3 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 18, 1983

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
May 18, 1983	F3	Louisiana	9 mi	100 yd	0
May 18, 1983	F3	Louisiana	5 mi	100 yd	0
May 18, 1983	F2	Mississippi	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 18, 1983	F2	Mississippi	0.7 mi	77 yd	0
May 18, 1983	F2	Louisiana	0.1 mi	50 yd	0
May 18, 1983	F2	Louisiana	0.1 mi	50 yd	0
May 18, 1983	F2	Louisiana	0.1 mi	50 yd	0
May 18, 1983	F1	Texas	13 mi	60 yd	0
May 18, 1983	F1	Texas	0.1 mi	17 yd	0
May 18, 1983	F1	Mississippi	0.5 mi	40 yd	0
May 18, 1983	F1	Missouri	0.1 mi	20 yd	1
May 18, 1983	F1	Louisiana	0.1 mi	50 yd	0
May 18, 1983	F1	Mississippi	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 18, 1983	F1	Mississippi	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 18, 1983	F1	Mississippi	0.3 mi	50 yd	0
May 18, 1983	F0	Kansas	8 mi	17 yd	0
May 18, 1983	F0	Kansas	0.2 mi	17 yd	0
May 18, 1983	F0	Missouri	0.1 mi	13 yd	0

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Tornado history nearby

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