Tornado, Benton
- When
- May 27, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Benton County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5.4 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.830, -89.000
Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, May 27, 1973
10 tornado, 2 hail, 1 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 41
- Property damage
- $3.2 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Alcorn
- When
- May 27, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Alcorn County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.830, -88.570
Tornado, Itawamba
- When
- May 27, 10:34 AM CST
- Where
- Itawamba County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 34.200, -88.230
Tornado, Jones
- When
- May 27, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 15 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 35 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 31.530, -89.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- May 27, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Coordinates
- 31.700, -88.800
Tornado, Hinds
- When
- May 27, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Hinds County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 32.300, -90.350
Hail, Hinds
- When
- May 27, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Hinds County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.330, -90.230
Hail, Rankin
- When
- May 27, 1:55 PM CST
- Where
- Rankin County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.320, -90.080
Tornado, Clarke
- When
- May 27, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clarke County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.970, -88.580
Tornado, Clarke
- When
- May 27, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clarke County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 32.070, -88.820
Tornado, Clarke
- When
- May 27, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clarke County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 32.070, -88.630
Tornado, Lauderdale
- When
- May 27, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -89.480
Tornado, Lauderdale
- When
- May 27, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -89.480
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Jones | 1973-05-27 | Direct |
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.
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, May 27, 1973
- Tornadoes in South Carolina, May 27, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 27, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, May 27, 1973
- Tornadoes in Indiana, May 27, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 27, 1973
- Tornado in Missouri, May 27, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Michigan, May 27, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 27, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 27, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 27, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 27, 1973
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: 10048173, 10048174, 10048175, 10048176, 10048177, 10048178, 10048179, 10048180, 10048181, 10048182, 10048183, 10048184, 10048185.