What is 1953 Vicksburg tornado?
A strong [[tornado]] struck [[Vicksburg, Mississippi]] and areas nearby during the evening of December 5, 1953. The storm ran through the city at right after 5:30 pm that Saturday evening. The event killed 38 people. It was then the fourth deadliest tornado in the history of the state.<ref>{{cite document|title=The Deadliest Mississippi Tornadoes|work=National Weather Service|url=https://www.weather.gov/jan/deadliest_tors|access-date=December 11, 2021}}</ref> It also injured almost 270. Damage totaled $25 million at the time. The tornado that went through Vicksburg was estimated officially as an [[Fujita scale|F5]].<ref>{{cite document|title=The 1953 Vicksburg, Mississippi Tornado|work=National Weather Service|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10047316|access-date=December 11, 2021}}</ref> That rating, however, is questionable. That's because the property destroyed was frail and weak. Some people call this tornado likely an F4 instead of an F5. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Tornadoes in the United States]] [[Category:Natural disasters in the United States]] [[Category:1950s in weather]] [[Category:20th century in Mississippi]] [[Category:1953 in the United States|Vicksburg tornado]] {{multistub|weather|us}}