Tornado, Calhoun
- When
- March 1, 12:47 AM CST to 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County, Shepherd to Sarepta
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 10 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 33.970, -89.400
Tornadoes in Mississippi, March 1, 1997
A tornado touched down in the western part of Calhoun county and tracked northeast into Pontotoc county. The most significant damage occured in the Randolph area of Pontotoc county.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
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- Wind
- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 4
- Property damage
- $105,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
A tornado touched down in the western part of Calhoun county and tracked northeast into Pontotoc county. The most significant damage occured in the Randolph area of Pontotoc county. One man was killed when his mobile home was destroyed. Four other persons were also injured in Randolph. In all 2 houses and 2 mobile homes were destroyed. Nine other homes were damaged. Twenty-five barns were destroyed. Two horses were killed.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Pontotoc
- When
- March 1, 1:00 AM CST to 1:25 AM CST
- Where
- Pontotoc County, Robbs to 2 mi W of Sherman
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 15 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 34.100, -89.220
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Pontotoc | 1997-03-01 | 50 | Male | Mobile/Trailer Home | Direct |
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Flooding in Tennessee, March 1 to 11, 1997
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- Flash Flood in Ohio, March 1 to 2, 1997
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, March 1, 1997
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Mississippi, 1997Warnings in Mississippi, March 1997
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: 5595084, 5595085.