And, why travelers should keep up on the weather when in a tornado watch.
The tornado was on the ground continuously for at least 97 miles. The survey of the entire 180 mile damage path is still in progress.
UPDATE: From the NWS. This was a very, very rare occurrence. With a continuous damage path and width of this nature, this was the type of tornado that used to kill hundreds.
BEGINNING POINT: 5 MILES W OF TALLULAH, LA 32.408N, 91.283W
AT 11:06 AM
ENDING POINT: 5.5 MILES N OF STURGIS, MS 33.430N, 89.054W
AT 1:52 PM
PATH LENGTH: 149 MILES
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 1.75 MILES
RATING: EF-4, WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 170 MPH
CASUALTIES: 10 TOTAL FATALITIES WITH DOZENS OF INJURIES
UPDATE II: This tornado appears to be in the top six tornado path lengths since we started keeping those statistics.
AT 11:06 AM
ENDING POINT: 5.5 MILES N OF STURGIS, MS 33.430N, 89.054W
AT 1:52 PM
PATH LENGTH: 149 MILES
MAXIMUM WIDTH: 1.75 MILES
RATING: EF-4, WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 170 MPH
CASUALTIES: 10 TOTAL FATALITIES WITH DOZENS OF INJURIES
UPDATE II: This tornado appears to be in the top six tornado path lengths since we started keeping those statistics.
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