Hail, Lafayette
- When
- November 26, 12:10 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.370, -89.500
Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, November 26, 1973
7 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 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
- 5
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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
7 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Webster
- When
- November 26, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 54.4 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 33.580, -89.280
Hail, Lowndes
- When
- November 26, 2:05 PM CST
- Where
- Lowndes County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.630, -88.450
Hail, Neshoba
- When
- November 26, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Neshoba County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.600, -89.300
Hail, Hinds
- When
- November 26, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hinds County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.180, -90.250
Hail, Monroe
- When
- November 26, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.830, -88.550
Hail, Washington
- When
- November 26, 3:28 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.380, -91.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- November 26, 3:59 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.380, -91.050
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- November 26, 5:01 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Coordinates
- 33.130, -88.300
Tornado, Copiah
- When
- November 26, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Copiah County
- Rating
- F3
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.030, -90.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Kemper
- When
- November 26, 6:36 PM CST
- Where
- Kemper County
- Coordinates
- 32.900, -88.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Rankin
- When
- November 26, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Rankin County
- Coordinates
- 32.320, -90.080
Tornado, Noxubee
- When
- November 26, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Noxubee County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 33.230, -88.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Tishomingo
- When
- November 26, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tishomingo County
- Coordinates
- 34.800, -88.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Lowndes
- When
- November 26, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lowndes County
- Coordinates
- 33.430, -88.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Lafayette
- When
- November 26, 11:35 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County
- Coordinates
- 34.400, -89.420
What these are
- 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.
- 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
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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: 10053867, 10053868, 10053869, 10053870, 10053871, 10053872, 10053873, 10053874, 10053875, 10053876, 10053877, 10053878, 10053879, 10053880, 10053881, 10053882.