Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F2 tornado, Lamar County, Mississippi, January 7, 2005
RatingF2
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length3 mi
Width300 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (31.18, -89.45) to the end point (31.20, -89.42), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- January 7, 2005, 9:35 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F2
- States
- Mississippi
- Counties
- Lamar County
- Path
- 3 miles long, up to 300 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on January 7, 2005
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 2005 | F1 | Mississippi | 0.6 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 7, 2005 | F1 | Mississippi | 2 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 7, 2005 | F1 | Mississippi | 2 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 7, 2005 | F0 | Mississippi | 0.2 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 7, 2005 | F0 | Alabama | 0.8 mi | 75 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.