Tornado, Washington
- When
- April 21, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.130, -90.830
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 21, 1972
5 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 8
- Property damage
- $275,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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
5 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Humphreys
- When
- April 21, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Humphreys County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.8 mi
- Path width
- 83 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.250, -90.580
Tornado, Leflore
- When
- April 21, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Leflore County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 12.8 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.320, -90.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall
- When
- April 21, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Coordinates
- 34.780, -89.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall
- When
- April 21, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Coordinates
- 34.880, -89.400
Tornado, Lincoln
- When
- April 21, 10:05 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 9.1 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.420, -90.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence
- When
- April 21, 10:35 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Coordinates
- 31.600, -90.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence
- When
- April 21, 10:35 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Coordinates
- 31.500, -90.180
Tornado, Covington
- When
- April 21, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Covington County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 11.7 mi
- Path width
- 90 yd
- Injuries
- 8 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.630, -89.720
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
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: 10047578, 10047579, 10047580, 10047581, 10047582, 10047583, 10047584, 10047585, 10047586.