The December 5, 1953 tornado
F5Warren County, Mississippi
An F5 tornado on a 9.0-mile path that killed 38 and injured 270. It was one of 4 tornadoes recorded in the U.S. that day.
Watch how it happenedF5 tornado · December 5, 1953
How it happened
Follow the tornado’s recorded path from touchdown to lift-off.
The tornado
- Rating
- F5
- Fujita scale
- Path length
- 9.0 mi
- Width up to 500 yards
- Killed
- 38
- Along the whole path
- Injured
- 270
- Along the whole path
- Date and time
- Saturday, December 5, 1953
- 5:45 PM CST
Counties on its path
Storm Prediction Center severe weather database. Path drawn as a straight line from the recorded start to end point.