Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F3 tornado, Yalobusha County, Mississippi, January 3, 2000
RatingF3
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length43.2 mi
Width500 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (34.17, -89.55) to the end point (34.60, -89.08), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- January 3, 2000, 1:30 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F3
- States
- Mississippi
- Counties
- Yalobusha County, Lafayette County, Union County
- Path
- 43.2 miles long, up to 500 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on January 3, 2000
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 2000 | F3 | Kentucky | 24 mi | 440 yd | 0 | 3 |
| Jan 3, 2000 | F3 | Kentucky | 7 mi | 880 yd | 0 | 18 |
| Jan 3, 2000 | F2 | Mississippi | 6 mi | 210 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 3, 2000 | F1 | Arkansas | 4.8 mi | 40 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 3, 2000 | F1 | Arkansas | 1.8 mi | 40 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 3, 2000 | F1 | Arkansas | 2 mi | 40 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 3, 2000 | F1 | Arkansas | 3.1 mi | 40 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 3, 2000 | F1 | Mississippi | 3 mi | 150 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 3, 2000 | F1 | Indiana | 0.3 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 3, 2000 | F0 | Mississippi | 0.1 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.