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Tornado (F5) — Sunflower, Mississippi

February 21, 1971 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
25
Direct injuries
342
Property damage
$2.5M
Magnitude
0
Tornado scale
F5
Area
Sunflower

Other notable tornado events in Mississippi

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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

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