Tornadoes in Mississippi, May 7, 1972

Name: Tornadoes in Mississippi, May 7, 1972
Start: 1972-05-07T13:00
End: 1972-05-07T17:53
Location: Mississippi

May 7, 1972 · 10 events in 3 counties and zones

10 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
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 3
Property damage: $130,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 10

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

10 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Pearl River

When: May 7, 1:00 PM CST
Where: Pearl River County
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.8 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $250
Coordinates: 30.700, -89.420

Tornado, Pearl River

When: May 7, 1:04 PM CST
Where: Pearl River County
Rating: F2
Path length: 4.3 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 30.850, -89.530

Tornado, Harrison

When: May 7, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Harrison County
Rating: F1
Path length: 8.3 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Coordinates: 30.250, -89.250

Tornado, Harrison

When: May 7, 2:02 PM CST
Where: Harrison County
Rating: F2
Path length: 0.8 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 30.470, -89.050

Tornado, Harrison

When: May 7, 2:45 PM CST
Where: Harrison County
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.8 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Injuries: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 30.370, -89.080

Tornado, Harrison

When: May 7, 3:08 PM CST
Where: Harrison County
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.8 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Coordinates: 30.500, -89.080

Tornado, Harrison

When: May 7, 3:30 PM CST
Where: Harrison County
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.8 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 30.400, -89.080

Tornado, Hancock

When: May 7, 5:30 PM CST
Where: Hancock County
Rating: F2
Path length: 3.3 mi
Path width: 23 yd
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 30.300, -89.330

Tornado, Harrison

When: May 7, 5:40 PM CST
Where: Harrison County
Rating: F2
Path length: 4.3 mi
Path width: 23 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 30.330, -89.300

Tornado, Harrison

When: May 7, 5:53 PM CST
Where: Harrison County
Rating: F2
Path length: 1.2 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 30.350, -89.250

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.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Mississippi in 1972 Every state in 1972 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Mississippi, 1972

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: 10047588, 10047589, 10047590, 10047591, 10047592, 10047593, 10047594, 10047595, 10047596, 10047597.