Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F3 tornado, Benton County, Mississippi, March 22, 1991

RatingF3

Deaths0

Injuries3

Length23 mi

Width500 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (34.72, -89.17) to the end point (35.00, -88.90), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: March 22, 1991, 4:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F3
States: Mississippi
Counties: Benton County, Tippah County
Path: 23 miles long, up to 500 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 3 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on March 22, 1991

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Mar 22, 1991	F3	Iowa	43 mi	70 yd	0	0
Mar 22, 1991	F3	Tennessee	22 mi	200 yd	4	45
Mar 22, 1991	F2	Arkansas	15 mi	50 yd	0	1
Mar 22, 1991	F2	Iowa	7 mi	50 yd	0	0
Mar 22, 1991	F2	Tennessee	7 mi	150 yd	0	0
Mar 22, 1991	F2	Iowa	20 mi	50 yd	0	0
Mar 22, 1991	F2	Kentucky	39 mi	400 yd	1	12
Mar 22, 1991	F2	Tennessee	5 mi	50 yd	1	14
Mar 22, 1991	F2	Iowa	14 mi	80 yd	0	0
Mar 22, 1991	F2	Iowa	17 mi	80 yd	0	1
Mar 22, 1991	F2	Iowa	7 mi	60 yd	0	0
Mar 22, 1991	F1	Tennessee	1 mi	50 yd	0	0
Mar 22, 1991	F1	Tennessee	1 mi	50 yd	0	0
Mar 22, 1991	F1	Iowa	2 mi	23 yd	0	0
Mar 22, 1991	F1	Iowa	0.1 mi	20 yd	0	0
Mar 22, 1991	F1	Illinois	9 mi	100 yd	0	0
Mar 22, 1991	F1	Illinois	1 mi	50 yd	0	0
Mar 22, 1991	F0	Arkansas	0.2 mi	40 yd	0	0
Mar 22, 1991	F0	Iowa	0.1 mi	20 yd	0	0
Mar 22, 1991	F0	Iowa	0.1 mi	20 yd	0	0
Mar 22, 1991	F0	Iowa	0.1 mi	20 yd	0	0
Mar 22, 1991	F0	Iowa	0.1 mi	20 yd	0	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

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