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The chance of earthquake damage in Bastrop Area is about the same as Louisiana average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in Bastrop Area is higher than Louisiana average and is much higher than the national average.

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Earthquake Index, #669

Bastrop Area	0.01
Louisiana	0.03
U.S.	1.81

The earthquake index value is calculated based on historical earthquake events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the earthquake level in a region. A higher earthquake index value means a higher chance of an earthquake.

Volcano Index, #129

Bastrop Area	0.0000
Louisiana	0.0000
U.S.	0.0023

The volcano index value is calculated based on the currently known volcanoes using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the possibility of a region being affected by a possible volcano eruption. A higher volcano index value means a higher chance of being affected.

Tornado Index, #121

Bastrop Area	259.74
Louisiana	235.86
U.S.	136.45

The tornado index value is calculated based on historical tornado events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the tornado level in a region. A higher tornado index value means a higher chance of tornado events.

Other Weather Extremes Events

A total of 11,071 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of Bastrop Area were recorded from 1950 to 2010. The following is a break down of these events:

Type	Count	Type	Count	Type	Count	Type	Count	Type	Count
Avalanche:	0	Blizzard:	0	Cold:	4	Dense Fog:	0	Drought:	23
Dust Storm:	0	Flood:	953	Hail:	4,000	Heat:	27	Heavy Snow:	13
High Surf:	0	Hurricane:	4	Ice Storm:	19	Landslide:	0	Strong Wind:	20
Thunderstorm Winds:	5,781	Tropical Storm:	5	Wildfire:	0	Winter Storm:	11	Winter Weather:	13
Other:	198

Volcanos Nearby

No volcano is found in or near Bastrop Area.

Historical Earthquake Events

No historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near Bastrop Area.

No historical earthquake events found in or near Bastrop Area.

Historical Tornado Events

A total of 100 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near Bastrop Area.

Distance (miles)	Date	Magnitude	Start Lat/Log	End Lat/Log	Length	Width	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage	Crop Damage	Affected County
6.1	1995-04-20	2	32°51'N / 91°54'W		2.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	3	100K	0	Morehouse
		Brief Description: Three houses were destroyed. Three people were taken to the hospital for superficial injuries. Several roads were closed due to downed trees and power lines.
6.9	1968-11-27	3	32°45'N / 91°43'W		0.50 Mile	33 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Morehouse
8.5	1973-12-03	2	32°37'N / 91°45'W	32°58'N / 91°34'W	26.40 Miles	50 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Morehouse
9.1	1953-12-05	2	32°48'N / 92°03'W	33°00'N / 91°48'W	20.00 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Morehouse
11.3	1983-04-01	4	32°40'N / 91°57'W	32°42'N / 91°52'W	5.00 Miles	1000 Yards	2	20	2.5M	0	Morehouse
13.0	1984-11-10	2	32°38'N / 91°46'W		2.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	5	25K	0	Morehouse
14.4	2009-04-09	2	33°00'N / 92°00'W	33°02'N / 91°46'W	14.00 Miles	600 Yards	0	0	600K	50K	Ashley
		Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: The tornado tracked across rural southern Ashley County and snapped and uprooted hundreds of large hardwood and softwood trees. Forty two homes were damaged with approximately 15 homes that were heavily damaged or destroyed. The most intense damage was along Meridian Church Road in southwest Ashley County. Here, intense tree damage resulted in several cross roads being blocked by dozens of trees, and several mobile homes and houses were destroyed by the winds and fallen trees. This was the area rated EF2 with 130 mph winds. Over the last several miles of the track, the tornado was narrower and damage was primarily in the EF1 category. EPISODE NARRATIVE: During the afternoon and evening of April 9th and overnight hours of the 10th, an outbreak of severe storms and tornadoes occurred across the ArkLaMiss region and pushed east through northern Louisiana and into northern Mississippi. While the majority of the severe weather occurred out of the NWS Jackson, MS service area, several reports of large hail and wind damage were reported along with a few tornadoes. One of the strongest storms moved east across Ashley County Arkansas. This storm produced an EF2 tornado over the southwest and southern sections, and contained a swath of quarter to golf ball sized hail which occurred across the entire length of the county. In looking at this event, which occurred over two days (April 9-10), in a regional view, this was likely the biggest severe weather and tornado outbreak during the spring of 2009. This event contained numerous strong tornadoes along with hundreds of large hail reports which stretched from the Southern Plains to several other southern States.
15.4	1983-04-01	4	32°39'N / 92°01'W	32°40'N / 91°57'W	4.00 Miles	1000 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Ouachita
17.2	1953-12-05	2	32°45'N / 92°08'W	32°48'N / 92°03'W	6.10 Miles	33 Yards	0	11	25K	0	Union
19.2	1973-12-03	2	32°29'N / 91°45'W	32°37'N / 91°42'W	9.70 Miles	50 Yards	0	23	2.5M	0	Richland
20.4	1976-03-20	2	32°29'N / 91°51'W	32°35'N / 91°35'W	17.00 Miles	67 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Richland
20.7	2001-11-24	3	32°59'N / 91°39'W	33°08'N / 91°31'W	13.00 Miles	880 Yards	3	11	2.0M	0	Ashley
		Brief Description: A supercell thunderstorm produced a tornado that moved out of Morehouse Parish, Louisiana into Ashley County, Arkansas, 6 miles southwest of Wilmot. The tornado then moved to the south end of Lake Enterprise, just west of Wilmot. The tornado strengthened and widened as it approached the Wilmot area and was rated as an F3 with a maximum width of one half mile. The tornado destroyed 14 mobile homes and houses and caused extensive damage to five other homes in the vicinity of Wilmot. A church on the north side of Wilmot was completely destroyed. Additionally, a tractor shed housing farm equipment was destroyed, and the equipment inside was also destroyed. As the tornado tracked northeast toward Parkdale, it damaged or destroyed several cotton pickers, trailers, and tractors. The tornado lifted 2.5 miles east-northeast of Parkdale. The total estimated damage of the tornado was $2.0 million. The tornado caused the deaths of three people in the vicinity of Wilmot. Additionally, a total of eleven people sustained injuries. M74MH, F71MH, M89PH
21.3	1972-04-15	2	32°42'N / 92°30'W	32°56'N / 91°50'W	41.90 Miles	50 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Union
21.4	1990-12-30	2	33°01'N / 91°40'W	33°08'N / 91°31'W	10.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Ashley
21.4	1980-10-17	2	32°55'N / 91°27'W		2.00 Miles	10 Yards	0	0	250K	0	West Carroll
21.4	1987-02-28	2	32°51'N / 91°23'W	32°51'N / 91°29'W	7.00 Miles	150 Yards	0	2	250K	0	West Carroll
21.7	2003-04-24	2	32°39'N / 91°33'W	32°41'N / 91°24'W	11.00 Miles	75 Yards	0	3	400K	0	West Carroll
		Brief Description: This tornado touch down in a field just to the W of Duckworth road. This tornado continued 11 miles to the NE and dissipated in Floyd. Along its path a mobile home was totally destroyed on Hunt road. On highway 17, a house was destroyed because several trees fell through the house. Two mobile homes had minor damage along highway 17. In Floyd, 2 homes had their roofs blown off. In addition to the structural damage, hundreds of trees were blown down or snapped.
21.8	1953-05-17	3	32°28'N / 91°45'W	32°36'N / 91°32'W	15.70 Miles	100 Yards	0	17	250K	0	Richland
22.6	1967-04-13	2	33°07'N / 91°58'W		2.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Ashley
23.4	1966-02-09	2	32°52'N / 91°24'W		1.00 Mile	100 Yards	0	0	25K	0	West Carroll
23.8	1975-05-06	2	32°40'N / 91°28'W	32°42'N / 91°23'W	5.60 Miles	33 Yards	0	2	25K	0	West Carroll
25.1	1984-05-02	2	32°36'N / 91°29'W	32°37'N / 91°25'W	4.00 Miles	150 Yards	0	4	250K	0	West Carroll
25.4	1975-04-30	2	32°30'N / 91°35'W				0	0	3K	0	Richland
25.5	1976-02-17	2	33°02'N / 91°31'W	33°08'N / 91°28'W	7.60 Miles	200 Yards	3	10	250K	0	Ashley
25.8	1957-01-22	2	33°08'N / 92°02'W	33°10'N / 91°59'W	3.80 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Ashley
26.0	1979-04-11	2	33°09'N / 91°57'W	33°14'N / 91°48'W	10.40 Miles	200 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Ashley
26.3	1975-04-30	2	32°28'N / 91°39'W	32°29'N / 91°34'W	5.10 Miles	50 Yards	0	3	25K	0	Richland
26.5	1983-11-19	2	32°30'N / 91°31'W	32°33'N / 91°30'W	3.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Richland
26.7	1953-12-05	2	33°00'N / 91°48'W	33°21'N / 91°26'W	32.20 Miles	880 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Ashley
27.3	1984-05-02	2	32°37'N / 91°25'W	32°38'N / 91°22'W	3.00 Miles	150 Yards	0	0	250K	0	East Carroll
27.8	1988-01-19	2	33°08'N / 91°57'W	33°18'N / 91°49'W	15.00 Miles	600 Yards	0	13	2.5M	0	Ashley
28.2	1979-04-08	3	33°15'N / 91°53'W	33°12'N / 91°35'W	17.70 Miles	1320 Yards	0	13	25.0M	0	Ashley
28.4	1954-04-30	2	32°32'N / 92°09'W		1.00 Mile	67 Yards	0	1	250K	0	Ouachita
28.7	1983-12-02	2	32°30'N / 92°07'W		2.00 Miles	50 Yards	0	10	2.5M	0	Ouachita
29.1	1953-05-17	3	32°35'N / 91°32'W	32°45'N / 91°08'W	25.90 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	West Carroll
29.1	1978-05-07	2	32°36'N / 91°29'W	32°44'N / 91°11'W	19.70 Miles	33 Yards	0	4	0K	0	West Carroll
29.6	1983-04-01	3	32°24'N / 91°35'W	32°30'N / 91°30'W	7.00 Miles	300 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Richland
30.9	1976-03-20	3	32°59'N / 91°19'W	33°00'N / 91°18'W	2.30 Miles	50 Yards	0	32	2.5M	0	West Carroll
32.2	1976-03-20	3	33°00'N / 91°18'W	33°01'N / 91°17'W	2.30 Miles	27 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Chicot
33.4	1973-01-18	3	32°17'N / 92°02'W	32°24'N / 91°44'W	19.30 Miles	73 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Richland
33.4	1958-04-24	2	32°46'N / 91°22'W	32°53'N / 91°05'W	18.30 Miles	30 Yards	0	0	250K	0	West Carroll
33.8	1968-02-01	3	32°24'N / 92°06'W		0.50 Mile	100 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Ouachita
34.1	1983-04-01	3	32°26'N / 91°25'W	32°29'N / 91°23'W	3.00 Miles	150 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Madison
34.5	1971-02-21	5	32°23'N / 91°28'W	32°32'N / 91°19'W	13.60 Miles	500 Yards	11	9	2.5M	0	Madison
34.8	1978-04-17	2	33°17'N / 91°58'W	33°21'N / 91°50'W	9.10 Miles	500 Yards	0	3	250K	0	Ashley
34.8	1976-02-17	2	33°08'N / 91°28'W	33°17'N / 91°22'W	11.90 Miles	200 Yards	0	36	250K	0	Chicot
35.4	1984-05-07	3	32°44'N / 91°12'W		1.00 Mile	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	East Carroll
35.4	1956-04-03	2	33°18'N / 91°35'W		2.10 Miles	207 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Ashley
35.8	1975-04-30	2	32°50'N / 91°11'W		0.50 Mile	27 Yards	0	0	250K	0	East Carroll
35.8	1991-11-19	2	32°48'N / 91°11'W		0.70 Mile	100 Yards	0	6	2.5M	0	East Carroll
36.1	1975-03-23	2	32°41'N / 91°12'W				0	0	250K	0	East Carroll
36.2	1983-04-01	3	32°13'N / 91°45'W	32°24'N / 91°35'W	14.00 Miles	300 Yards	0	4	2.5M	0	Franklin
36.3	1971-02-21	5	32°32'N / 91°19'W	32°44'N / 91°07'W	18.10 Miles	500 Yards	0	9	2.5M	0	East Carroll
36.3	1958-02-26	2	32°54'N / 91°12'W	32°55'N / 91°10'W	3.00 Miles	50 Yards	0	0	25K	0	East Carroll
36.5	1956-04-03	2	33°15'N / 91°26'W		1.00 Mile	20 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Chicot
37.0	1953-03-22	2	32°09'N / 92°09'W	32°27'N / 91°09'W	61.90 Miles	200 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Caldwell
37.4	1975-01-09	2	32°32'N / 91°15'W	32°41'N / 91°10'W	11.50 Miles	50 Yards	0	6	25K	0	East Carroll
38.0	1975-01-09	2	32°27'N / 91°18'W	32°32'N / 91°15'W	6.50 Miles	50 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Madison
38.4	1958-02-26	2	32°55'N / 91°10'W	32°56'N / 91°08'W	2.70 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Issaquena
38.6	1975-04-30	2	32°18'N / 91°30'W	32°25'N / 91°21'W	12.00 Miles	77 Yards	0	2	25K	0	Madison
39.1	1983-04-01	3	32°32'N / 91°13'W	32°34'N / 91°12'W	2.00 Miles	150 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Madison
39.5	2002-12-18	2	32°53'N / 92°32'W	33°00'N / 92°24'W	16.20 Miles	110 Yards	0	0	1.0M	0	Union
		Brief Description: A strong tornado developed under a supercell moving northeast across the parish. As the tornado developed in Union Parish, Louisiana, eyewitness reports described the tornado as resembling a stove pipe with screaming winds sounding like a banshee. Where the tornado originally touched down, a bowl like appearance was carved into the woods when viewing the initial impact point horizontally. The tornado then continued northeast across a combination of farmland and wooded region destroying 2 mobile homes and severely damaging 6 wooden houses. As the tornado moved into Union County, Arkansas, the tornado moved across only heavily wooded area void of structures.
39.6	1983-04-01	3	32°34'N / 91°12'W	32°35'N / 91°10'W	2.00 Miles	150 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	East Carroll
40.1	1972-06-20	3	33°21'N / 92°05'W		0.30 Mile	150 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Bradley
40.8	2007-02-24	2	33°16'N / 92°16'W	33°25'N / 92°00'W	19.00 Miles	440 Yards	0	6	200K	0K	Bradley
		Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: A strong tornado touched down in Bradley County, about 11 miles southwest of Ingalls. Tornado damage occurred in the Mt. Olive community, about 13 miles south of Warren. A house suffered major damage and a mobile home was destroyed. An elderly woman was injured in the house, and a family of five was injured in the mobile home. Three other homes had minor damage, and several sheds and outbuildings were destroyed. Thousands of trees were blown down, as were a number of power poles and power lines. The tornado continued to move northeastward into Drew County. EPISODE NARRATIVE: Severe thunderstorms affected parts of Central and Southeast Arkansas during the afternoon of the 24th. Several isolated supercells moved across the region and produced tornadoes.
41.6	1974-06-07	2	32°15'N / 91°34'W		1.00 Mile	33 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Franklin
42.4	1982-04-19	2	32°25'N / 91°16'W	32°28'N / 91°11'W	5.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Madison
42.9	2010-04-24	3	32°24'N / 91°18'W	32°30'N / 91°07'W	12.00 Miles	1500 Yards	0	16	35.0M	1.0M	Madison
		Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: The start of the long-track violent tornado began around 6 miles west of Tallulah, just to the south of I-20. This tornado did not waste any time becoming strong and quite wide as it downed a few high tension truss towers on the south end of I-20. As the tornado crossed the interstate, a tractor-trailer was flipped over and thrown opposite of the initial traveling direction. The driver of the truck was injured as this occurred. The tornado then traveled quickly northeast and crossed Highway 80 and Willow Bayou Road, just to the northwest of Tallulah. Here, several homes were heavily damaged along with several vehicles and tractors damaged. The tornado continued to the northeast and crossed Highway 65 and then tracked across the Mississippi River and into far northwest Warren County at Eagle Lake. This tornado destroyed a chemical plant near Highway 65 and the Mississippi River levee, in the community of Omega. A few rail cars were rolled off the track at this location and a large crane was flipped over and destroyed. Several storage tanks were severely damaged as well at this location. The tornado produced mainly EF3 and EF2 damage across Madison Parish with maximum winds around 155 mph. Timber and power line damage along the path was substantial with dozens of power lines taken down along with thousands of trees snapped and uprooted. EPISODE NARRATIVE: During the midday hours of April 24th, an intense supercell thunderstorm produced a violent, long track tornado, which ripped a path across the center of the NWS Jackson, MS forecast area. This tornado touched down just south of I-20, west of Tallulah, in Madison Parish. The tornado intensified quickly and became large as it tracked at a fast pace to the northeast. The tornado moved at roughly 55 mph and was on the ground for 149 miles. The actual time on the ground was 2 hours and 44 minutes. The tornado touched 9 counties along it's path with the most significant damage occurring in Madison Parish, Warren, Yazoo, Holmes, Attala and Choctaw Counties. A great deal of the damage was in the EF2 and EF3 range with a couple locations of EF4 damage in Yazoo and Holmes Counties. Maximum winds peaked around 170 mph. Overall, 10 fatalities occurred along with 146 injuries. Five fatalities occurred in Choctaw County, 4 in Yazoo County and 1 in Holmes County. This long track tornado ranks as the 4th longest in Mississippi history at 149 miles. It is the widest known tornado with a maximum width of 1.75 miles. It also ranks as the 9th deadliest tornado with 10 fatalities.
43.4	1953-04-29	2	32°29'N / 92°32'W	32°37'N / 92°25'W	11.50 Miles	200 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Lincoln
43.5	2009-04-09	2	32°25'N / 92°25'W	32°24'N / 92°19'W	6.00 Miles	300 Yards	0	0	500K	0K	Ouachita
		Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: This storm developed in a wooded area along and east of Olive Grove Road in Jackson Parish where several small pine trees were snapped. Further east along Hwy 144 north of Eros, numerous large trees were snapped and a nearby home sustained roof damage. A barn in a field nearby also sustained significant roof damage. The tornado tracked east into Ouachita Parish, snapping and uprooting trees as well as causing minor roof damage to nearby homes along Guyton Loop Road. The tornado crossed Hwy 34, and moved onto Old Jonesboro Road where numerous trees were snapped and uprooted. One tree was physically moved 30 feet with the root ball intact, leaving a large hole in its original location. One mobile home was moved off of its foundation and several sheds and outbuildings were completely destroyed. Roof damage occurred to several homes along the street as well. The worst damage occurred to a home along Antioch Church Road, where the entire roof was peeled off and destroyed, leaving only the walls. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A strong upper level storm system along with a surface dry line/front over northeast Texas moved east during the evening hours of April 9th into the early morning hours of April 10th causing long lived supercell thunderstorms. These thunderstorms caused long track tornadoes to occur across southeast Oklahoma, southwest Arkansas, northeast Texas, and north Louisiana.
43.5	1972-03-28	3	33°09'N / 92°28'W	33°15'N / 92°20'W	10.40 Miles	880 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Union
44.3	1971-05-07	2	32°15'N / 91°27'W		1.00 Mile	17 Yards	0	2	25K	0	Madison
44.5	1986-03-18	2	32°23'N / 92°21'W	32°20'N / 92°19'W	2.00 Miles	150 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Ouachita
44.7	1981-06-10	2	32°25'N / 91°12'W		0.10 Mile	7 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Madison
44.7	1980-10-17	2	33°28'N / 91°51'W		1.50 Miles	77 Yards	1	2	250K	0	Drew
45.2	1983-05-19	3	32°11'N / 91°59'W		2.00 Miles	250 Yards	0	6	250K	0	Caldwell
45.6	1976-02-17	2	33°17'N / 91°22'W	33°24'N / 91°16'W	10.00 Miles	200 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Chicot
46.0	1971-02-21	5	32°44'N / 91°07'W	32°56'N / 90°54'W	18.70 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Issaquena
46.0	1978-12-03	3	33°00'N / 92°35'W	33°02'N / 92°32'W	3.80 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Union
46.0	2007-02-24	3	33°01'N / 92°43'W	33°12'N / 92°19'W	26.00 Miles	250 Yards	0	5	0K	0K	Union
		Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: A strong tornado developed under a supercell thunderstorm which moved northeast across the county. Damage was largely confined to heavily wooded areas with less than 20 structures sustaining damage. Six of these structures received heavy damage near the community of Strong, Arkansas. Numerous snapped and fallen large trees were also observed. The extent of the damage ranged from shingles off some homes to others completely demolished. Of the 6 homes that were severly damaged...two were mobile homes. The tornado began in extreme southwest Union County near Junction City where a metal roof was blown off a pharmacy on Route 167. The tornado produced sporadic tree damage along Welloo and Welch roads. Moving northeast...the tornado downed additional trees across Caledonia and Iron Mountain roads. The tornado continued in a northeast direction...crossing Hwy 82 and intensified as it crossed Old Strong highway. Here a well build brick home was mostly demolished. The tornado traveled a half mile east and demolished a double wide trailer blowing the debris 150 to 200 yards downstream. Several other homes were affected from this storm before the storm lifted near the community of New London. Five injuries were reported from this tornado with no fatalities. At the most damaging point of the storm after it crossed Hwy 82...the storm was rated an EF3 on the new enhanced Fujita scale. A monetary damage amount was not available for this publication. The Damage Indicator for the event was (DI): FR 12 while the Degree of Damage for the event was (DOD): 8. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A vigorous upper level storm system moved into the southern plains and lower mississippi valley during the morning and afternoon hours of the 24th. The atmosphere became very unstable ahead of this system as a dryline moved into southwest Arkansas during the late morning and afternoon hours. Severe thunderstorms developed rapidly in the ustable airmass and enough shear was present such that tornadoes developed across portions of southwest Arkansas.
46.1	1953-12-03	3	32°44'N / 91°04'W	32°48'N / 90°57'W	8.30 Miles	300 Yards	0	20	2.5M	0	Issaquena
46.2	1973-01-18	2	32°25'N / 91°10'W		0.20 Mile	100 Yards	0	4	25K	0	Madison
46.2	1979-04-08	3	33°25'N / 92°20'W	33°22'N / 92°06'W	14.00 Miles	1320 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Bradley
46.6	1975-04-30	2	32°00'N / 91°54'W	32°18'N / 91°30'W	31.30 Miles	77 Yards	0	3	25K	0	Franklin
46.9	1953-12-05	2	32°48'N / 92°40'W	32°54'N / 92°33'W	9.70 Miles	33 Yards	0	16	25K	0	Union
47.3	1953-03-22	2	32°27'N / 91°09'W	33°31'N / 90°52'W	75.50 Miles	200 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Issaquena
47.3	1973-01-18	3	32°08'N / 92°18'W	32°17'N / 92°02'W	18.70 Miles	73 Yards	1	2	25K	0	Caldwell
47.3	1971-02-21	4	32°42'N / 91°01'W	32°46'N / 90°58'W	5.40 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Issaquena
47.6	1983-05-18	3	32°20'N / 91°12'W	32°25'N / 91°09'W	5.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Madison
47.7	1978-12-03	3	32°58'N / 92°37'W	33°00'N / 92°35'W	3.60 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Union
47.7	1953-02-20	2	33°02'N / 91°01'W		1.00 Mile	100 Yards	0	2	25K	0	Washington
48.0	1986-03-18	2	32°18'N / 92°27'W	32°23'N / 92°21'W	3.00 Miles	150 Yards	0	2	250K	0	Jackson
48.3	1980-10-17	2	33°20'N / 91°27'W	33°29'N / 91°15'W	15.50 Miles	77 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Chicot
48.3	1983-11-19	3	32°50'N / 92°38'W		2.00 Miles	200 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Union
48.8	2008-05-02	2	33°21'N / 91°24'W	33°28'N / 91°16'W	11.00 Miles	400 Yards	0	0	1.5M	200K	Chicot
		Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: This tornado touched down near Highway 293 and tracked northeast for 10 miles where is dissipated shortly after crossing Highway 65. Along the path, hundreds of hardwood and softwood trees were snapped and uprooted. A mobile home was flipped over and destroyed. Several sheds, barns, outbuildings and unattached carports were damaged and destroyed along with several fences damaged. A 50 foot antenna was knocked down. A single family home had minor shingle damage, damage to siding, and window damage while 2 boats were damaged. The roll-up door for a tractor shed was damaged and a trampoline was blown around 75 yards and damaged. Lastly, 15 wooden power poles were also snapped near Highway 65. Maximum winds were around 115 mph. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A large and powerful storm system brought several rounds of severe weather to a large section of the Central United States. The Central Plains were hit hard on Thursday, May 1st, while the Mid-South and Lower Mississippi River Valley were impacted on Friday, May 2nd into the early morning hours of May 3rd. As this severe weather episode evolved over the National Weather Service Jackson, MS service area, several tornadoes occurred, along with large hail and damaging winds.
48.9	1983-04-01	3	32°07'N / 92°06'W	32°10'N / 91°59'W	6.00 Miles	250 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Caldwell
49.0	2010-04-24	2	32°30'N / 91°07'W	32°33'N / 90°57'W	10.00 Miles	900 Yards	0	2	920K	500K	Warren
		Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: The tornado crossed the Mississippi River and entered northwest Warren County at Eagle Lake. Roughly, thirty homes were damaged or destroyed in this area along with 13 mobile homes. In addition to the damaged structures, hundreds of trees were snapped and uprooted along with many power lines taken down. The damage across this part of Warren County was in the EF2 range with maximum winds around 130 mph. EPISODE NARRATIVE: During the midday hours of April 24th, an intense supercell thunderstorm produced a violent, long track tornado, which ripped a path across the center of the NWS Jackson, MS forecast area. This tornado touched down just south of I-20, west of Tallulah, in Madison Parish. The tornado intensified quickly and became large as it tracked at a fast pace to the northeast. The tornado moved at roughly 55 mph and was on the ground for 149 miles. The actual time on the ground was 2 hours and 44 minutes. The tornado touched 9 counties/parishes along it's path with the most significant damage occurring in Madison Parish, Warren, Yazoo, Holmes, Attala and Choctaw Counties. A great deal of the damage was in the EF2 and EF3 range with a couple locations of EF4 damage in Yazoo and Holmes Counties. Maximum winds peaked around 170 mph. Overall, 10 fatalities occurred along with 146 injuries. Five fatalities occurred in Choctaw County, 4 in Yazoo County, and 1 in Holmes County. As we try and put this tornado into perspective for the state of Mississippi, this long track tornado ranks as the 4th longest in Mississippi history at 149 miles. It is the widest known tornado with a maximum width of 1.75 miles. It also ranks as the 9th deadliest tornado with 10 fatalities, making it the most deadly since November 21st 1992. Lastly, this was the first violent tornado (F4 or greater) in the month of April since April 18th, 1978.
49.1	1961-09-12	2	32°58'N / 92°36'W	33°00'N / 92°39'W	4.10 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Union
49.6	1990-12-21	2	32°24'N / 91°10'W	32°23'N / 91°04'W	5.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	4	25K	0	Madison
50.0	1961-09-12	2	33°00'N / 92°39'W	33°01'N / 92°37'W	3.00 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Union

* The information on this page is based on the global volcano database, the U.S. earthquake database of 1638-1985, and the U.S. Tornado and Weather Extremes database of 1950-2010.