The March 12, 1986 tornado
F4Lauderdale and Kemper counties, Mississippi
An F4 tornado on a 23.0-mile path that injured 8. It was one of 20 tornadoes recorded in the U.S. that day, 5 of them rated F3/EF3 or stronger.
Watch how it happenedF4 tornado · March 12, 1986
How it happened
Follow the tornado’s path, minute by minute.
The tornado
- Rating
- F4
- Fujita scale
- Path length
- 23.0 mi
- Width up to 440 yards
- Killed
- 0
- Along the whole path
- Injured
- 8
- Along the whole path
- Date and time
- Wednesday, March 12, 1986
- 1:06 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.