The damage path which sliced through Natchez was seen starting at least 10 miles to west-southwest of town. However, the storm that produced the tornado lasted for around 30 minutes 3. First hand accounts say that the tornado itself lasted anywhere from three to five minutes 3. Perhaps rain-wrapped, at around 2:10 p.m 1 it moved into town. Henry Tooley noted that the barometer began to fall rapidly 1. Just before 2 p.m., the sky darkened so much that residents in town eating dinner had to light candles in order to see. Most of the residents were either down by the river working, or in town itself which was high on a bluff inside eating “dinner” 3. ![]() The clouds seen by the residents were described as “black masses, some stationary and some whirling” but the storm caused “no particular alarm” amongst the residents of Natchez. The tornado first touched down around 20 miles southwest of Natchez and moved primarily in a northeast direction 2. 1” The temperature was in the mid-60s, as one Timothy Flint recalled. The sky was overcast … with a sort of dusty haze (and) thick clouds - and the sky from 9 to 1 was a continual rumble of a hundred low thunders all melting into each other. The day started out as “excessively sultry. If you’re familiar with these tales, it is easier to imagine the context in which this tornado tragedy took place. 1840 along the Mississippi river is reminiscent of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. The place, Natchez, Mississippi.Ī bustling and booming river town along the Mississippi River, it’s 20 years after Mississippi joining the union and 20 years before the Civil War.
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