Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F2 tornado, Pearl River County, Mississippi, February 19, 1996
RatingF2
Deaths0
Injuries10
Length23 mi
Width430 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (30.82, -89.67) to the end point (31.02, -89.40), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- February 19, 1996, 1:30 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F2
- States
- Mississippi
- Counties
- Pearl River County
- Near the path
- Lumberton (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 23 miles long, up to 430 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 10 injuries
Other tornadoes on February 19, 1996
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 1996 | F2 | Mississippi | 18 mi | 400 yd | 0 | 4 |
| Feb 19, 1996 | F1 | Mississippi | 7 mi | 40 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 19, 1996 | F1 | Mississippi | 2 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 19, 1996 | F1 | Mississippi | 21 mi | 400 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 19, 1996 | F0 | Alabama | 13 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.