Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, December 27, 1968

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, December 27, 1968
Start: 1968-12-27T17:30
End: 1968-12-27T22:30
Location: Mississippi

December 27, 1968 · 31 events in 24 counties and zones

24 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 1 hail, 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

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The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 10
Property damage: $28,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 31

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

24 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Washington

When: December 27, 5:30 PM CST
Where: Washington County
Coordinates: 33.380, -91.080

Thunderstorm Wind, Bolivar

When: December 27, 5:40 PM CST
Where: Bolivar County
Coordinates: 33.700, -90.680

Thunderstorm Wind, Washington

When: December 27, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Washington County
Coordinates: 33.380, -90.900

Tornado, Leflore

When: December 27, 6:20 PM CST
Where: Leflore County
Rating: F2
Path length: 5.6 mi
Path width: 133 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 33.680, -90.300

Thunderstorm Wind, Issaquena

When: December 27, 6:20 PM CST
Where: Issaquena County
Coordinates: 32.580, -91.080

Thunderstorm Wind, Claiborne

When: December 27, 6:45 PM CST
Where: Claiborne County
Coordinates: 32.000, -90.780

Tornado, Grenada

When: December 27, 6:50 PM CST
Where: Grenada County
Rating: F2
Path length: 7.3 mi
Path width: 123 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 33.770, -89.920

Tornado, Humphreys

When: December 27, 6:55 PM CST
Where: Humphreys County
Rating: F0
Path width: 33 yd
Coordinates: 33.000, -90.480

Tornado, Tallahatchie

When: December 27, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Tallahatchie County
Rating: F2
Path width: 33 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 5 direct, 0 indirect
Coordinates: 34.050, -90.280

Thunderstorm Wind, Madison

When: December 27, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Madison County
Coordinates: 32.500, -90.180

Hail, Hinds

When: December 27, 7:05 PM CST
Where: Hinds County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 32.280, -90.280

Thunderstorm Wind, Hinds

When: December 27, 7:17 PM CST
Where: Hinds County
Coordinates: 32.380, -90.280

Thunderstorm Wind, Attala

When: December 27, 7:30 PM CST
Where: Attala County
Coordinates: 33.080, -89.580

Thunderstorm Wind, Madison

When: December 27, 7:30 PM CST
Where: Madison County
Coordinates: 32.580, -90.000

Thunderstorm Wind, Bolivar

When: December 27, 7:40 PM CST
Where: Bolivar County
Coordinates: 33.880, -91.000

Tornado, Leake

When: December 27, 7:45 PM CST
Where: Leake County
Rating: F2
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Coordinates: 32.730, -89.530

Thunderstorm Wind, Scott

When: December 27, 8:05 PM CST
Where: Scott County
Coordinates: 32.280, -89.500

Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson

When: December 27, 8:10 PM CST
Where: Jackson County
Coordinates: 30.380, -88.580

Thunderstorm Wind, Rankin

When: December 27, 8:30 PM CST
Where: Rankin County
Coordinates: 32.280, -90.080

Thunderstorm Wind, Oktibbeha

When: December 27, 8:55 PM CST
Where: Oktibbeha County
Coordinates: 33.500, -88.780

Tornado, Lowndes

When: December 27, 9:05 PM CST
Where: Lowndes County
Rating: F2
Path width: 33 yd
Injuries: 5 direct, 0 indirect
Coordinates: 33.680, -88.300

Thunderstorm Wind, Scott

When: December 27, 9:12 PM CST
Where: Scott County
Coordinates: 32.280, -89.680

Thunderstorm Wind, Lauderdale

When: December 27, 9:15 PM CST
Where: Lauderdale County
Coordinates: 32.280, -88.780

Thunderstorm Wind, Chickasaw

When: December 27, 9:17 PM CST
Where: Chickasaw County
Coordinates: 34.080, -89.000

Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe

When: December 27, 9:30 PM CST
Where: Monroe County
Coordinates: 33.780, -88.580

Thunderstorm Wind, Forrest

When: December 27, 9:30 PM CST
Where: Forrest County
Coordinates: 31.280, -89.280

Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe

When: December 27, 9:30 PM CST
Where: Monroe County
Coordinates: 34.000, -88.500

Thunderstorm Wind, Madison

When: December 27, 9:30 PM CST
Where: Madison County
Coordinates: 32.500, -90.000

Thunderstorm Wind, Jones

When: December 27, 9:30 PM CST
Where: Jones County
Coordinates: 31.700, -89.080

Thunderstorm Wind, Simpson

When: December 27, 9:38 PM CST
Where: Simpson County
Coordinates: 32.000, -89.900

Thunderstorm Wind, Pearl River

When: December 27, 10:30 PM CST
Where: Pearl River County
Measured: 65 kt (75 mph)
Coordinates: 30.500, -89.680

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, Tallahatchie	1968-12-27				Direct

What these are

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.
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.
Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Mississippi in 1968 Every state in 1968 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Mississippi, 1968

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: 10049704, 10049705, 10049706, 10049707, 10049708, 10049709, 10049710, 10049711, 10049712, 10049713, 10049714, 10049715, 10049716, 10049717, 10049718, 10049719, 10049720, 10049721, 10049722, 10049723, 10049724, 10049725, 10049726, 10049727, 10049728, 10049729, 10049730, 10049731, 10049732, 10049733, 10049734.