Tornado, Claiborne
- When
- November 18, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Claiborne County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 32.020, -90.850
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, November 18, 1957
7 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 6
- Property damage
- $828,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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
7 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lauderdale
- When
- November 18, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale County
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -88.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Pontotoc
- When
- November 18, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pontotoc County
- Coordinates
- 34.280, -89.000
Tornado, Prentiss
- When
- November 18, 12:10 PM CST
- Where
- Prentiss County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.670, -88.330
Tornado, Tishomingo
- When
- November 18, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Tishomingo County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 13.4 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.730, -88.320
Tornado, Jones
- When
- November 18, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 6.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.730, -89.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Lamar
- When
- November 18, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lamar County
- Coordinates
- 31.280, -89.500
Tornado, Clarke
- When
- November 18, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Clarke County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 9 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.970, -88.780
Tornado, Walthall
- When
- November 18, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Walthall County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1.9 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.050, -89.880
Tornado, Marion
- When
- November 18, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 23.4 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.070, -89.870
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.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, November 18, 1957
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Georgia, November 18, 1957
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, November 18, 1957
- Tornado in Kentucky, November 18, 1957
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, November 18, 1957
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, November 18, 1957
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: 10049540, 10049541, 10049542, 10049543, 10049544, 10049545, 10049546, 10049547, 10049548, 10049549.