Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F3 tornado, Rankin County, Mississippi, April 24, 2003

RatingF3

Deaths0

Injuries6

Length12 mi

Width600 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (32.25, -90.00) to the end point (32.35, -89.85), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: April 24, 2003, 8:53 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F3
States: Mississippi
Counties: Rankin County
Path: 12 miles long, up to 600 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 6 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on April 24, 2003

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
Apr 24, 2003	F2	Louisiana	11 mi	75 yd	3
Apr 24, 2003	F2	Arkansas	16.7 mi	125 yd	0
Apr 24, 2003	F1	Kansas	0.3 mi	80 yd	0
Apr 24, 2003	F1	Louisiana, Mississippi	22 mi	30 yd	0
Apr 24, 2003	F1	Arkansas	4.9 mi	200 yd	1
Apr 24, 2003	F1	Arkansas	4.7 mi	50 yd	0
Apr 24, 2003	F1	Arkansas	20 mi	100 yd	0
Apr 24, 2003	F1	Arkansas	3 mi	125 yd	0
Apr 24, 2003	F1	Mississippi	6 mi	50 yd	0
Apr 24, 2003	F0	Kansas	0.2 mi	50 yd	0
Apr 24, 2003	F0	Mississippi	2 mi	25 yd	0
Apr 24, 2003	F0	Arkansas	6.7 mi	50 yd	0
Apr 24, 2003	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	80 yd	0
Apr 24, 2003	F0	Arkansas	1.3 mi	50 yd	0
Apr 24, 2003	F0	Mississippi	1 mi	30 yd	0
Apr 24, 2003	F0	Arkansas	0.2 mi	20 yd	0
Apr 24, 2003	F0	Mississippi	0.1 mi	20 yd	0
Apr 24, 2003	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	50 yd	0
Apr 24, 2003	F0	Mississippi	0.1 mi	20 yd	0
Apr 24, 2003	F0	Mississippi	0.1 mi	20 yd	0
Apr 24, 2003	F0	Arkansas	0.5 mi	20 yd	0
Apr 24, 2003	F0	Mississippi	0.3 mi	25 yd	0
Apr 24, 2003	F0	Arkansas	3 mi	50 yd	0
Apr 24, 2003	F0	Arkansas	3 mi	75 yd	0
Apr 24, 2003	F0	Arkansas	2.5 mi	30 yd	0
Apr 24, 2003	F0	Arkansas	2.2 mi	50 yd	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

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