Tornado record · Enhanced Fujita scale

EF2 tornado, Rankin County, Mississippi, March 21, 2012

RatingEF2

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length6.19 mi

Width75 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (32.29, -89.84) to the end point (32.38, -89.86), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: March 21, 2012, 1:04 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: EF2
States: Mississippi
Counties: Rankin County
Path: 6.19 miles long, up to 75 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on March 21, 2012

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
Mar 21, 2012	EF2	Louisiana	4.16 mi	20 yd	1
Mar 21, 2012	EF2	Mississippi	9.23 mi	880 yd	0
Mar 21, 2012	EF1	Louisiana	3.92 mi	40 yd	0
Mar 21, 2012	EF1	Louisiana	1.18 mi	20 yd	0
Mar 21, 2012	EF1	Louisiana	3.96 mi	400 yd	0
Mar 21, 2012	EF1	Louisiana	4.85 mi	50 yd	0
Mar 21, 2012	EF1	Louisiana	0.58 mi	50 yd	0
Mar 21, 2012	EF1	Mississippi	2.71 mi	176 yd	0
Mar 21, 2012	EF1	Mississippi	1.86 mi	100 yd	0
Mar 21, 2012	EF1	Mississippi	0.98 mi	100 yd	0
Mar 21, 2012	EF0	Louisiana	0.38 mi	50 yd	0
Mar 21, 2012	EF0	Louisiana	0.9 mi	20 yd	0
Mar 21, 2012	EF0	Louisiana	0.67 mi	20 yd	0
Mar 21, 2012	EF0	North Carolina	0.05 mi	10 yd	0
Mar 21, 2012	EF0	Louisiana	0.53 mi	100 yd	0
Mar 21, 2012	EF0	Louisiana	1.41 mi	25 yd	0
Mar 21, 2012	EF0	Mississippi	0.36 mi	264 yd	0
Mar 21, 2012	EF0	Mississippi	0.04 mi	75 yd	0
Mar 21, 2012	EF0	Mississippi	0.32 mi	50 yd	0
Mar 21, 2012	EF0	Mississippi	0.53 mi	75 yd	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

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