Tornado record · Enhanced Fujita scale

EF3 tornado, Benton County, Mississippi, May 2, 2010

RatingEF3

Deaths3

Injuries9

Length29.58 mi

Width880 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (34.80, -89.19) to the end point (35.06, -88.78), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 2, 2010, 1:48 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: EF3
States: Mississippi, Tennessee
Counties: Benton County, Tippah County, Hardeman County, McNairy County
Near the path: Walnut, MS; Pocahontas, TN (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
Path: 29.58 miles long, up to 880 yards wide
Casualties: 3 deaths, 9 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 2, 2010

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
May 2, 2010	EF2	Kentucky	12.46 mi	600 yd	0	0
May 2, 2010	EF2	Tennessee	3.04 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 2, 2010	EF2	Kentucky	9.54 mi	300 yd	0	0
May 2, 2010	EF2	Tennessee	25.74 mi	880 yd	0	12
May 2, 2010	EF2	Mississippi	1.43 mi	75 yd	1	0
May 2, 2010	EF2	Tennessee	9.15 mi	600 yd	0	1
May 2, 2010	EF2	Tennessee	3.89 mi	250 yd	0	0
May 2, 2010	EF2	Kentucky	0.25 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 2, 2010	EF1	Mississippi	0.11 mi	30 yd	0	0
May 2, 2010	EF1	Tennessee	6.93 mi	250 yd	0	0
May 2, 2010	EF1	Tennessee	3.64 mi	300 yd	0	0
May 2, 2010	EF1	Tennessee	5.05 mi	400 yd	0	0
May 2, 2010	EF1	Tennessee	2.73 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 2, 2010	EF0	Mississippi	1.08 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 2, 2010	EF0	Kentucky	2.35 mi	40 yd	0	0
May 2, 2010	EF0	Tennessee	0.02 mi	25 yd	0	0
May 2, 2010	EF0	Kentucky	0.53 mi	75 yd	0	0
May 2, 2010	EF0	Tennessee	0.16 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 2, 2010	EF0	Tennessee	5.7 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 2, 2010	EF0	Kentucky	5.7 mi	50 yd	0	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

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