Tornado record · Enhanced Fujita scale
EF2 tornado, Tippah County, Mississippi, February 16, 2023
RatingEF2
Deaths0
Injuries1
Length11.01 mi
Width500 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (34.73, -89.04) to the end point (34.78, -88.86), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- February 16, 2023, 1:33 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- EF2
- States
- Mississippi
- Counties
- Tippah County
- Near the path
- Ripley (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 11.01 miles long, up to 500 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 1 injuries
Other tornadoes on February 16, 2023
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 2023 | EF2 | Arkansas | 10.97 mi | 250 yd | 0 | 2 |
| Feb 16, 2023 | EF1 | Arkansas | 3.4 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 16, 2023 | EF1 | Arkansas | 1.35 mi | 75 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 16, 2023 | EF1 | Mississippi | 1.06 mi | 75 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 16, 2023 | EF1 | Mississippi | 0.23 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 16, 2023 | EF1 | Tennessee | 3.13 mi | 105 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 16, 2023 | EF1 | Mississippi | 1.63 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 16, 2023 | EF1 | Tennessee | 1.41 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 16, 2023 | EF0 | Mississippi | 0.08 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 16, 2023 | EF0 | Tennessee | 3.3 mi | 150 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 16, 2023 | EF0 | Tennessee | 3.44 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.