Thunderstorm Wind, Leflore
- When
- March 23, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Leflore County
- Coordinates
- 33.380, -90.370
Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, March 23, 1975
5 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 2 hail, 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
- $303,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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, 4 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Leflore
- When
- March 23, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Leflore County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.500, -90.170
Tornado, Lee
- When
- March 23, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 8.7 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.420, -88.720
Tornado, Prentiss
- When
- March 23, 9:35 PM CST
- Where
- Prentiss County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 8.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -88.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- March 23, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Coordinates
- 34.450, -88.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Tishomingo
- When
- March 23, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tishomingo County
- Coordinates
- 34.980, -88.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- March 23, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 32.570, -89.930
Hail, Lowndes
- When
- March 23, 10:48 PM CST
- Where
- Lowndes County
- Measured
- 2.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.650, -88.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Lowndes
- When
- March 23, 10:48 PM CST
- Where
- Lowndes County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.650, -88.450
Tornado, Lowndes
- When
- March 23, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lowndes County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 33.580, -88.330
Tornado, Lowndes
- When
- March 23, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lowndes County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.5 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.600, -88.330
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 Louisiana, March 23, 1975
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, March 23, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 23, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 23, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 23, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 23, 1975
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, March 23, 1975
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 23, 1975
- Tornado in Iowa, March 23, 1975
- Hail in South Carolina, March 23, 1975
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: 10048542, 10048543, 10048544, 10048545, 10048546, 10049396, 10049397, 10049398, 10049608, 10049609, 10049610.