Tornado, Newton
- When
- August 16, 6:30 AM CST
- Where
- Newton County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.5 mi
- Path width
- 173 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.320, -89.000
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 16, 1985
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $253,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Clarke
- When
- August 16, 8:30 AM CST
- Where
- Clarke County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 32.180, -88.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Lauderdale
- When
- August 16, 9:15 AM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale County
- Coordinates
- 32.320, -88.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Newton
- When
- August 16, 9:15 AM CST
- Where
- Newton County
- Coordinates
- 32.320, -88.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Lauderdale
- When
- August 16, 9:20 AM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale County
- Coordinates
- 32.400, -88.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Lauderdale
- When
- August 16, 9:40 AM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale County
- Coordinates
- 32.370, -88.720
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 16, 1985
- Tornadoes in Tennessee, August 16, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, August 16, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, August 16, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, August 16, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 16, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 16, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 16, 1985
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 1985Every state in 1985This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Mississippi, 1985
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10061982, 10061983, 10061984, 10061985, 10061986, 10062832.