Hail, Pearl River
- When
- March 11, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pearl River County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.580, -89.680
Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, March 11, 1968
7 hail, 3 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
- 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
7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Stone
- When
- March 11, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Stone County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.900, -89.180
Hail, Copiah
- When
- March 11, 7:40 AM CST
- Where
- Copiah County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.900, -90.400
Hail, Simpson
- When
- March 11, 8:30 AM CST
- Where
- Simpson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.000, -90.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Simpson
- When
- March 11, 9:13 AM CST
- Where
- Simpson County
- Coordinates
- 32.000, -90.000
Hail, Smith
- When
- March 11, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.200, -89.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Scott
- When
- March 11, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -89.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Kemper
- When
- March 11, 12:05 PM CST
- Where
- Kemper County
- Coordinates
- 32.580, -88.780
Hail, George
- When
- March 11, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- George County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.000, -88.680
Tornado, Leflore
- When
- March 11, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Leflore County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.520, -90.120
Hail, Union
- When
- March 11, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -89.000
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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: 10048560, 10048561, 10048562, 10048563, 10048564, 10048565, 10048566, 10048567, 10048568, 10048569, 10048570.