Tornado, Bolivar
- When
- May 1, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Bolivar County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.830, -90.850
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 1, 1967
9 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- 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
9 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Bolivar
- When
- May 1, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Bolivar County
- Coordinates
- 33.700, -90.780
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- May 1, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Coordinates
- 31.500, -91.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Rankin
- When
- May 1, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rankin County
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -90.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Bolivar
- When
- May 1, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bolivar County
- Coordinates
- 33.700, -90.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Copiah
- When
- May 1, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Copiah County
- Coordinates
- 31.900, -90.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Copiah
- When
- May 1, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Copiah County
- Coordinates
- 32.000, -90.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Simpson
- When
- May 1, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Simpson County
- Coordinates
- 32.000, -90.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Newton
- When
- May 1, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Newton County
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -89.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Scott
- When
- May 1, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -89.400
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 Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 1, 1967
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 1, 1967
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 1, 1967
- Tornado in Kentucky, May 1, 1967
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 1, 1967
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 1, 1967
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 1, 1967
- Hail in Alabama, May 1, 1967
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 1967Every state in 1967This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Mississippi, 1967
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: 10047438, 10047439, 10047440, 10047441, 10047442, 10047443, 10047444, 10047445, 10047446, 10047447.