Mississippi, 1954

Tornadoes in Mississippi, December 28, 1954

December 28, 1954 · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
27
Property damage
$2.5 million
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

Event by event

2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Smith

When
December 28, 6:00 PM CST
Where
Smith County
Rating
F1
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
7 yd
Injuries
2 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$25,000
Coordinates
32.120, -89.520

Tornado, Jones

When
December 28, 6:00 PM CST
Where
Jones County
Rating
F3
Path length
11.5 mi
Path width
250 yd
Injuries
25 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$2.5 million
Coordinates
31.630, -89.180

What these are

Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

More

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10047333, 10047334.