Hail, Lafayette
- When
- May 19, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.450, -89.500
Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 19, 1973
4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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
4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Panola
- When
- May 19, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Panola County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.400, -89.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Panola
- When
- May 19, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Panola County
- Coordinates
- 34.400, -89.900
Hail, Union
- When
- May 19, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -89.000
Hail, Pontotoc
- When
- May 19, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Pontotoc County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.350, -88.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Pontotoc
- When
- May 19, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Pontotoc County
- Coordinates
- 34.350, -88.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Panola
- When
- May 19, 7:38 PM CST
- Where
- Panola County
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -90.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Lafayette
- When
- May 19, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County
- Coordinates
- 34.400, -89.630
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, May 19, 1973
- Tornado in Indiana, May 19, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, May 19, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, May 19, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 19, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 19, 1973
- Hail in Kentucky, May 19, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Utah, May 19, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Idaho, May 19, 1973
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 1973Every state in 1973This day in weather history
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: 10048143, 10048144, 10048145, 10048146, 10048147, 10048148, 10048149, 10048150.