Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F3 tornado, Smith County, Mississippi, March 12, 1986

RatingF3

Deaths0

Injuries2

Length32 mi

Width123 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (31.90, -89.37) to the end point (32.32, -89.10), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: March 12, 1986, 12:07 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F3
States: Mississippi
Counties: Smith County, Jasper County, Newton County
Path: 32 miles long, up to 123 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 2 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on March 12, 1986

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Mar 12, 1986	F4	Mississippi	23 mi	440 yd	0	8
Mar 12, 1986	F3	Alabama	16 mi	700 yd	2	0
Mar 12, 1986	F3	Alabama	6 mi	500 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1986	F3	Alabama	2.5 mi	200 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1986	F2	Mississippi	8 mi	250 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1986	F2	Mississippi	14 mi	120 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1986	F2	Alabama	7.5 mi	200 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1986	F2	Alabama	7 mi	200 yd	0	5
Mar 12, 1986	F1	Texas	1 mi	200 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1986	F1	Mississippi	1 mi	30 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1986	F1	Mississippi	1.2 mi	100 yd	0	1
Mar 12, 1986	F1	Kentucky	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1986	F1	Kentucky	0.5 mi	1,500 yd	0	2
Mar 12, 1986	F1	Kentucky	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	3
Mar 12, 1986	F1	Mississippi	1 mi	100 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1986	F1	Mississippi	1 mi	70 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1986	F0	Tennessee	0.3 mi	17 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1986	F0	Mississippi	0.4 mi	30 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1986	F0	Kentucky	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0

Nearby

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