Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F1 tornado, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, March 1, 1997

RatingF1

Deaths1

Injuries4

Length15 mi

Width400 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (34.10, -89.22) to the end point (34.37, -88.88), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: March 1, 1997, 1:00 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F1
States: Mississippi
Counties: Pontotoc County
Path: 15 miles long, up to 400 yards wide
Casualties: 1 deaths, 4 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on March 1, 1997

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Mar 1, 1997	F4	Arkansas	27 mi	1,053 yd	6	100
Mar 1, 1997	F4	Arkansas	24 mi	527 yd	0	11
Mar 1, 1997	F4	Arkansas	14 mi	1,407 yd	10	40
Mar 1, 1997	F4	Arkansas	11 mi	1,407 yd	5	180
Mar 1, 1997	F4	Arkansas	20 mi	200 yd	0	0
Mar 1, 1997	F4	Tennessee	15 mi	200 yd	1	15
Mar 1, 1997	F4	Tennessee	10 mi	200 yd	0	0
Mar 1, 1997	F3	Mississippi	5 mi	400 yd	0	1
Mar 1, 1997	F3	Mississippi	5 mi	400 yd	0	0
Mar 1, 1997	F3	Mississippi	10 mi	400 yd	0	0
Mar 1, 1997	F3	Mississippi	30 mi	400 yd	0	16
Mar 1, 1997	F3	Arkansas	18 mi	880 yd	0	2
Mar 1, 1997	F3	Arkansas	13 mi	100 yd	0	5
Mar 1, 1997	F3	Arkansas	5 mi	200 yd	0	2
Mar 1, 1997	F3	Arkansas	5 mi	200 yd	0	2
Mar 1, 1997	F3	Arkansas	15 mi	200 yd	1	5
Mar 1, 1997	F3	Arkansas	3 mi	200 yd	0	0
Mar 1, 1997	F3	Arkansas	1 mi	200 yd	0	0
Mar 1, 1997	F2	Tennessee	3.9 mi	440 yd	0	0
Mar 1, 1997	F2	Tennessee	7.8 mi	440 yd	0	2
Mar 1, 1997	F2	Kentucky	4 mi	500 yd	0	0
Mar 1, 1997	F2	Tennessee	5 mi	200 yd	0	0
Mar 1, 1997	F2	Arkansas	4 mi	150 yd	0	14
Mar 1, 1997	F2	Arkansas	8.5 mi	1,053 yd	2	30
Mar 1, 1997	F2	Arkansas	7.5 mi	880 yd	0	0
Mar 1, 1997	F2	Arkansas	2 mi	350 yd	0	0
Mar 1, 1997	F2	Arkansas	8 mi	880 yd	0	1
Mar 1, 1997	F2	Arkansas	23 mi	880 yd	1	30
Mar 1, 1997	F2	Arkansas	5 mi	350 yd	0	0
Mar 1, 1997	F2	Arkansas	2 mi	880 yd	0	0
Mar 1, 1997	F2	Tennessee	5 mi	100 yd	0	0
Mar 1, 1997	F2	Arkansas	2.3 mi	100 yd	0	3
Mar 1, 1997	F2	Tennessee	15 mi	100 yd	0	0
Mar 1, 1997	F2	Tennessee	10 mi	100 yd	0	0
Mar 1, 1997	F2	Arkansas	12 mi	880 yd	0	0
Mar 1, 1997	F1	Mississippi	10 mi	400 yd	0	0
Mar 1, 1997	F1	Kentucky	6 mi	70 yd	0	0
Mar 1, 1997	F1	Arkansas	5 mi	200 yd	0	0
Mar 1, 1997	F1	Arkansas	3 mi	50 yd	0	0
Mar 1, 1997	F1	Arkansas	1 mi	50 yd	0	0
Mar 1, 1997	F1	Arkansas	1 mi	50 yd	0	0
Mar 1, 1997	F1	Arkansas	7.5 mi	200 yd	0	1
Mar 1, 1997	F1	Arkansas	2.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
Mar 1, 1997	F1	Arkansas	0.5 mi	20 yd	0	0
Mar 1, 1997	F1	Arkansas	3 mi	50 yd	0	0
Mar 1, 1997	F1	Arkansas	1 mi	40 yd	0	0
Mar 1, 1997	F1	Kentucky	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Mar 1, 1997	F1	Texas	2.5 mi	73 yd	0	0
Mar 1, 1997	F0	Kentucky	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Mar 1, 1997	F0	Kentucky	5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Mar 1, 1997	F0	Kentucky	0.1 mi	20 yd	0	0
Mar 1, 1997	F0	Arkansas	0.5 mi	20 yd	0	0
Mar 1, 1997	F0	Arkansas	4 mi	23 yd	0	0
Mar 1, 1997	F0	Kentucky	0.3 mi	50 yd	0	0
Mar 1, 1997	F0	Kentucky	0.1 mi	50 yd	0	0

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