Thunderstorm Wind, Jones
- When
- May 8, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Coordinates
- 31.700, -89.100
Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, May 8, 1973
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- May 8, 2:25 AM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Coordinates
- 31.680, -88.720
Hail, Jones
- When
- May 8, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.600, -89.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Jones
- When
- May 8, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Coordinates
- 31.700, -89.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- May 8, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Coordinates
- 31.600, -88.700
Tornado, Wayne
- When
- May 8, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.680, -88.720
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 Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 8, 1973
- Tornadoes in Ohio, May 8, 1973
- Tornado in Illinois, May 8, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 8, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 8, 1973
- Hail in Texas, May 8, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 8, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 8, 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: 10048132, 10048133, 10048134, 10048135, 10048136, 10048137.