Thunderstorm Wind, Pearl River
- When
- April 13, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Pearl River County
- Coordinates
- 30.780, -89.580
Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 13, 1969
9 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 18
- Property damage
- $625,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Walthall
- When
- April 13, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Walthall County
- Coordinates
- 31.200, -90.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Covington
- When
- April 13, 4:45 AM CST
- Where
- Covington County
- Coordinates
- 31.600, -89.680
Tornado, Hancock
- When
- April 13, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Hancock County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.600, -89.320
Tornado, Stone
- When
- April 13, 11:20 AM CST
- Where
- Stone County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 30.870, -89.270
Tornado, Walthall
- When
- April 13, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Walthall County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.970, -90.070
Hail, Hinds
- When
- April 13, 12:25 PM CST
- Where
- Hinds County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -90.580
Tornado, Copiah
- When
- April 13, 12:35 PM CST
- Where
- Copiah County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 6.1 mi
- Path width
- 267 yd
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.720, -90.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Hinds
- When
- April 13, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hinds County
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -90.400
Tornado, Lawrence
- When
- April 13, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5.6 mi
- Path width
- 140 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.630, -90.050
Tornado, Lawrence
- When
- April 13, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Path length
- 4.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.500, -90.030
Tornado, Covington
- When
- April 13, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Covington County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3.3 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Injuries
- 11 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.750, -89.670
Tornado, Smith
- When
- April 13, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.7 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.780, -89.630
Tornado, Covington
- When
- April 13, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Covington County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.770, -89.150
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.
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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: 10049746, 10049747, 10050595, 10050596, 10050597, 10050813, 10050814, 10050815, 10050816, 10050817, 10050818, 10050819, 10050820, 10050821.