50 years later: Looking back on the Candlestick Park F5 tornado

JACKSON, Miss.– On March 3, 1966, one of the most devastating tornadoes in Mississippi history occurred. This tornado would come to be known as the “Candlestick Park” tornado, named after a shopping center in south Jackson which was totally destroyed by the tornado. This tornado is one of only two documented F5 tornadoes to touch…