Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F3 tornado, Clay County, Mississippi, January 19, 1988
RatingF3
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length10 mi
Width100 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (33.78, -88.87) to the end point (33.72, -88.77), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- January 19, 1988, 12:20 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F3
- States
- Mississippi
- Counties
- Clay County, Chickasaw County
- Path
- 10 miles long, up to 100 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on January 19, 1988
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 1988 | F4 | Mississippi | 13 mi | 700 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Jan 19, 1988 | F3 | Tennessee | 22 mi | 200 yd | 3 | 24 |
| Jan 19, 1988 | F3 | Alabama | 10 mi | 440 yd | 0 | 35 |
| Jan 19, 1988 | F2 | Arkansas | 15 mi | 600 yd | 0 | 13 |
| Jan 19, 1988 | F2 | Mississippi | 9.5 mi | 70 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Jan 19, 1988 | F2 | Tennessee | 3 mi | 60 yd | 1 | 6 |
| Jan 19, 1988 | F2 | Tennessee | 4 mi | 60 yd | 1 | 0 |
| Jan 19, 1988 | F1 | Mississippi | 11 mi | 33 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 19, 1988 | F1 | Mississippi | 1.5 mi | 40 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 19, 1988 | F1 | Tennessee | 1.5 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 19, 1988 | F1 | Mississippi | 1 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 10 |
| Jan 19, 1988 | F1 | Alabama | 6 mi | 440 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 19, 1988 | F1 | Alabama | 5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.