Tornado, De Soto
- When
- May 16, 12:20 AM CST
- Where
- De Soto County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5.2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 7 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.820, -89.950
Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, May 16, 1968
3 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 7
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
3 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Tate
- When
- May 16, 12:40 AM CST
- Where
- Tate County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -89.820
Tornado, Marshall
- When
- May 16, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.930, -89.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- May 16, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -89.000
Hail, Yalobusha
- When
- May 16, 2:10 AM CST
- Where
- Yalobusha County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -89.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- May 16, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -88.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Humphreys
- When
- May 16, 7:40 AM CST
- Where
- Humphreys County
- Coordinates
- 33.200, -90.500
Hail, Sunflower
- When
- May 16, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sunflower County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.500, -90.580
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.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 16, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 16, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 16, 1968
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 16, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 16, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 16, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 16, 1968
- Hail in Georgia, May 16, 1968
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: 10048588, 10048589, 10048590, 10048591, 10048592, 10048593, 10048594, 10048595.