Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F2 tornado, Washington County, Mississippi, February 24, 2001
RatingF2
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length37 mi
Width440 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (33.50, -91.18) to the end point (33.83, -90.70), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- February 24, 2001, 6:35 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F2
- States
- Mississippi
- Counties
- Washington County, Bolivar County
- Path
- 37 miles long, up to 440 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on February 24, 2001
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2001 | F3 | Arkansas | 42 mi | 300 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 24, 2001 | F3 | Mississippi | 22 mi | 400 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 24, 2001 | F3 | Mississippi | 52 mi | 1,000 yd | 6 | 73 |
| Feb 24, 2001 | F2 | Arkansas | 14.3 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 8 |
| Feb 24, 2001 | F2 | Arkansas | 8 mi | 300 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 24, 2001 | F2 | Arkansas | 8 mi | 300 yd | 1 | 3 |
| Feb 24, 2001 | F2 | Arkansas | 11 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 24, 2001 | F2 | Arkansas | 12.7 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 24, 2001 | F2 | Arkansas | 9 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 2 |
| Feb 24, 2001 | F1 | Missouri | 6.5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 24, 2001 | F1 | Arkansas | 2.2 mi | 85 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 24, 2001 | F1 | Arkansas | 7 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 24, 2001 | F1 | Arkansas | 9 mi | 60 yd | 0 | 3 |
| Feb 24, 2001 | F1 | Arkansas | 3.5 mi | 40 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 24, 2001 | F1 | Arkansas | 5.5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Feb 24, 2001 | F1 | Arkansas | 2.7 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 24, 2001 | F0 | California | 0.1 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 24, 2001 | F0 | Arkansas | 0.5 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 24, 2001 | F0 | Arkansas | 0.5 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 24, 2001 | F0 | Mississippi | 0.5 mi | 350 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.