Thunderstorm Wind, Bolivar
- When
- April 24, 8:20 AM CST
- Where
- Bolivar County
- Coordinates
- 33.850, -91.020
Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 24, 1973
5 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 42
- Property damage
- $3.0 million
- 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 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Bolivar
- When
- April 24, 8:25 AM CST
- Where
- Bolivar County
- Coordinates
- 33.730, -90.730
Hail, Sunflower
- When
- April 24, 8:30 AM CST
- Where
- Sunflower County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.830, -90.600
Tornado, Tallahatchie
- When
- April 24, 9:25 AM CST
- Where
- Tallahatchie County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 42 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 33.900, -90.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Tallahatchie
- When
- April 24, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Tallahatchie County
- Coordinates
- 33.880, -90.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Grenada
- When
- April 24, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Grenada County
- Coordinates
- 33.800, -90.100
Tornado, Jones
- When
- April 24, 10:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.470, -89.370
Tornado, Jones
- When
- April 24, 10:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.470, -89.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Copiah
- When
- April 24, 10:50 PM CST
- Where
- Copiah County
- Coordinates
- 31.720, -90.470
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 24, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 24, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 24, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 24, 1973
- Hail in New Mexico, April 24, 1973
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 24, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 24, 1973
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 1973Every state in 1973This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Mississippi, 1973
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: 10048468, 10048469, 10048470, 10048471, 10048472, 10048473, 10048474, 10048475, 10049605.