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Events. Numbers for 1971 were above average for the 1950–1970 period, having a total of 889 confirmed tornadoes. Several very deadly tornadoes occurred, bringing the death total up to 159 people for the yearly total. Over 2700 people were injured by the end of 1971.
The two-day tornado outbreak produced at least 19 tornadoes, primarily in rural areas, and killed 123 people across Louisiana, Mississippi, and North Carolina. In Mississippi, the tornadoes killed 107 people, injured 1,060, and hospitalized 454 others.
Jul 9, 2023 · On February 21, 1971, the Mississippi delta region was terrorized by one of the worst disasters in its history. Three massive tornadoes, along with dozens of smaller and undocumented twisters, raked across eastern Mississippi with catastrophic results.
On the afternoon of Sunday, February 21, 1971, a deadly and long-tracked F5 tornado impacted the Mississippi Delta, killing 48 and injuring over 500. The tornado was the strongest tornado of the February 21–22, 1971 tornado outbreak, and second deadliest behind an earlier F4 tornado the same day.
On the 21 st and 22 nd of February 1971, an extensive outbreak of nineteen tornadoes tore across parts of Texas, Ohio, North Carolina, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Mississippi. This significant event is known as the Mississippi Delta Tornado Outbreak.
A map of the tornadoes on April 27, 1971 in the NWS of Louisville, Kentucky's forecast office area. The tornado farthest to the right is the Gosser Ridge F4. On April 27, 1971, a violent F4 tornado struck Gosser Ridge and other parts of Russell and Pulaski County, Kentucky.
Numbers for 1971 were above average for the 1950–1970 period, having a total of 889 confirmed tornadoes. Several very deadly tornadoes occurred, bringing the death total up to 159 people for the yearly total.
