Tornado record · Enhanced Fujita scale

EF4 tornado, Tate County, Mississippi, December 23, 2015

RatingEF4

Deaths9

Injuries36

Length75.09 mi

Width1,300 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (34.60, -89.71) to the end point (35.15, -88.57), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: December 23, 2015, 4:10 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: EF4
States: Mississippi, Tennessee
Counties: Tate County, Marshall County, Benton County, Tippah County, Hardeman County, McNairy County
Near the path: Selmer, TN; Walnut, MS; Ashland, MS; Snow Lake Shores, MS; Pocahontas, TN; Essary Springs, TN (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
Path: 75.09 miles long, up to 1,300 yards wide
Casualties: 9 deaths, 36 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on December 23, 2015

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Dec 23, 2015	EF3	Mississippi	61.57 mi	800 yd	2	28
Dec 23, 2015	EF3	Tennessee	48.38 mi	800 yd	0	7
Dec 23, 2015	EF2	Arkansas	4.65 mi	100 yd	0	0
Dec 23, 2015	EF2	Tennessee	14.92 mi	500 yd	2	0
Dec 23, 2015	EF2	Alabama, Tennessee	14.87 mi	400 yd	0	1
Dec 23, 2015	EF2	Tennessee	8.37 mi	250 yd	0	0
Dec 23, 2015	EF1	Arkansas	0.18 mi	75 yd	0	0
Dec 23, 2015	EF1	Missouri	6 mi	100 yd	0	0
Dec 23, 2015	EF1	Missouri	2.95 mi	50 yd	0	0
Dec 23, 2015	EF1	Missouri	3.04 mi	75 yd	0	0
Dec 23, 2015	EF1	Illinois	5.03 mi	200 yd	0	0
Dec 23, 2015	EF1	Illinois	4.28 mi	100 yd	0	0
Dec 23, 2015	EF1	Illinois	1.58 mi	100 yd	0	0
Dec 23, 2015	EF1	Indiana	0.3 mi	40 yd	0	0
Dec 23, 2015	EF1	Indiana	0.7 mi	140 yd	0	0
Dec 23, 2015	EF1	Indiana	0.78 mi	50 yd	0	0
Dec 23, 2015	EF1	Illinois	10.7 mi	50 yd	0	0
Dec 23, 2015	EF1	Iowa	2.25 mi	50 yd	0	0
Dec 23, 2015	EF1	Tennessee	1.21 mi	50 yd	0	0
Dec 23, 2015	EF1	Iowa	1.1 mi	25 yd	0	0
Dec 23, 2015	EF1	Michigan	1.96 mi	100 yd	0	0
Dec 23, 2015	EF1	Mississippi	3.93 mi	80 yd	0	0
Dec 23, 2015	EF1	Kentucky	3.75 mi	420 yd	0	3
Dec 23, 2015	EF0	South Carolina	0.2 mi	100 yd	0	0
Dec 23, 2015	EF0	Illinois	6 mi	50 yd	0	0
Dec 23, 2015	EF0	Indiana	2.05 mi	50 yd	0	0
Dec 23, 2015	EF0	Indiana	3.25 mi	30 yd	0	0
Dec 23, 2015	EF0	Ohio	0.03 mi	20 yd	0	0
Dec 23, 2015	EF0	Illinois	10.62 mi	50 yd	0	0
Dec 23, 2015	EF0	West Virginia	0.18 mi	25 yd	0	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

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