Hail, Hinds
- When
- April 26, 11:50 AM CST
- Where
- Hinds County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -90.280
Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 26, 1966
6 tornado, 3 hail, 2 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 10
- Property damage
- $1.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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
6 tornado, 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Warren
- When
- April 26, 12:01 PM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -90.900
Hail, Hinds
- When
- April 26, 12:05 PM CST
- Where
- Hinds County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -90.180
Tornado, Smith
- When
- April 26, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.780, -90.400
Tornado, Smith
- When
- April 26, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.030, -89.520
Tornado, Simpson
- When
- April 26, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Simpson County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 31.970, -89.870
Tornado, Newton
- When
- April 26, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Newton County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.320, -89.020
Tornado, Simpson
- When
- April 26, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Simpson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 10 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.930, -89.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Rankin
- When
- April 26, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rankin County
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -90.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Simpson
- When
- April 26, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Simpson County
- Coordinates
- 32.000, -89.900
Tornado, Holmes
- When
- April 26, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Holmes County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.1 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.970, -89.920
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Simpson | 1966-04-26 | Direct |
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 1966Every state in 1966This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Mississippi, 1966
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: 10050463, 10050464, 10050465, 10050466, 10050467, 10050468, 10050469, 10050470, 10050471, 10050472, 10050473.