Tornado, Calhoun
- When
- March 1, 2:35 AM CST to 2:45 AM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County, Banner to 3 mi NW of Sarepta
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 34.070, -89.430
Tornadoes in Mississippi, March 1, 1997
A second tornado developed in Calhoun county near Banner. This tornado also tracked northeast through extreme southeast Lafayette county, through the northwest part of Pontotoc county and through the middle of Union county.
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
- 17
- Property damage
- $920,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 second tornado developed in Calhoun county near Banner. This tornado also tracked northeast through extreme southeast Lafayette county, through the northwest part of Pontotoc county and through the middle of Union county. While damage occurred in all four counties, the most damage took place in Union county near the town of Martintown. All told 17 persons were injured. Ninety-one homes were damaged with forty-nine of these homes deemed uninhabitable.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Lafayette
- When
- March 1, 2:45 AM CST to 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County, Tula to 5 mi E of Dogtown
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 34.170, -89.370
Tornado, Pontotoc
- When
- March 1, 3:00 AM CST to 3:15 AM CST
- Where
- Pontotoc County, Toccopola to Ecru
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 10 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $650,000
- Coordinates
- 34.270, -89.230
Tornado, Union
- When
- March 1, 3:15 AM CST to 3:45 AM CST
- Where
- Union County, Ingomar to 2 mi NW of Graham
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 30 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Injuries
- 16 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.380, -89.030
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.
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The same day elsewhere
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More
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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: 5595086, 5595087, 5595088, 5595089.