Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F3 tornado, Grenada County, Mississippi, December 21, 1990

RatingF3

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length3.5 mi

Width440 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (33.75, -89.95) to the end point (33.83, -89.92), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: December 21, 1990, 4:20 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F3
States: Mississippi
Counties: Grenada County
Path: 3.5 miles long, up to 440 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on December 21, 1990

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Dec 21, 1990	F3	Louisiana	18 mi	300 yd	0	0
Dec 21, 1990	F3	Mississippi	20 mi	880 yd	1	15
Dec 21, 1990	F3	Mississippi	11 mi	880 yd	0	0
Dec 21, 1990	F2	Louisiana	5 mi	300 yd	0	3
Dec 21, 1990	F2	Mississippi	16 mi	300 yd	0	0
Dec 21, 1990	F2	Louisiana	5 mi	100 yd	0	4
Dec 21, 1990	F2	Louisiana	5 mi	250 yd	0	0
Dec 21, 1990	F1	Louisiana	0.5 mi	73 yd	0	0
Dec 21, 1990	F1	Louisiana	2.5 mi	163 yd	0	0
Dec 21, 1990	F1	Louisiana	2 mi	120 yd	0	0
Dec 21, 1990	F1	Louisiana	1 mi	200 yd	0	0
Dec 21, 1990	F1	Louisiana	1 mi	73 yd	0	0
Dec 21, 1990	F1	Louisiana	1.5 mi	200 yd	0	0
Dec 21, 1990	F1	Louisiana	0.5 mi	73 yd	0	0
Dec 21, 1990	F1	Louisiana	5 mi	150 yd	0	0
Dec 21, 1990	F1	Louisiana	1 mi	150 yd	0	0
Dec 21, 1990	F1	Louisiana	5 mi	100 yd	0	0
Dec 21, 1990	F1	Louisiana	1.5 mi	150 yd	0	0
Dec 21, 1990	F1	Louisiana	8 mi	150 yd	0	0
Dec 21, 1990	F1	Mississippi	5 mi	200 yd	1	0
Dec 21, 1990	F1	Louisiana	10 mi	150 yd	0	0
Dec 21, 1990	F1	Mississippi	2 mi	100 yd	0	0
Dec 21, 1990	F1	Mississippi	5.2 mi	200 yd	0	0
Dec 21, 1990	F1	Mississippi	1 mi	200 yd	0	0
Dec 21, 1990	F1	Mississippi	1.5 mi	70 yd	0	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

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