Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- May 7, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Coordinates
- 31.570, -91.150
Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, May 7, 1975
12 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $528,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 25
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
12 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Adams
- When
- May 7, 5:45 AM CST
- Where
- Adams County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.620, -91.400
Hail, Franklin
- When
- May 7, 6:15 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.470, -90.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- May 7, 6:15 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Coordinates
- 31.470, -90.900
Hail, Pike
- When
- May 7, 6:35 AM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.180, -90.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Pike
- When
- May 7, 6:35 AM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Coordinates
- 31.180, -90.470
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- May 7, 6:55 AM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.580, -90.450
Hail, Walthall
- When
- May 7, 7:15 AM CST
- Where
- Walthall County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.120, -90.150
Hail, Marion
- When
- May 7, 8:23 AM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.250, -90.000
Hail, Marion
- When
- May 7, 8:50 AM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.280, -89.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson Davis
- When
- May 7, 10:13 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson Davis County
- Coordinates
- 31.600, -89.970
Hail, Jefferson Davis
- When
- May 7, 10:20 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson Davis County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.500, -89.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson Davis
- When
- May 7, 10:20 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson Davis County
- Coordinates
- 31.500, -89.750
Hail, Covington
- When
- May 7, 10:40 AM CST
- Where
- Covington County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.630, -89.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Covington
- When
- May 7, 10:40 AM CST
- Where
- Covington County
- Coordinates
- 31.630, -89.550
Hail, Lamar
- When
- May 7, 10:50 AM CST
- Where
- Lamar County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.150, -89.420
Hail, Forrest
- When
- May 7, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Forrest County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.270, -89.250
Tornado, Forrest
- When
- May 7, 11:10 AM CST
- Where
- Forrest County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 31.320, -89.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Forrest
- When
- May 7, 11:10 AM CST
- Where
- Forrest County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 31.270, -89.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Perry
- When
- May 7, 11:40 AM CST
- Where
- Perry County
- Coordinates
- 31.230, -89.030
Hail, Perry
- When
- May 7, 11:45 AM CST
- Where
- Perry County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.280, -88.980
Tornado, Perry
- When
- May 7, 11:50 AM CST
- Where
- Perry County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 9.7 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.320, -89.000
Tornado, Forrest
- When
- May 7, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Forrest County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5.4 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.400, -89.380
Hail, Jones
- When
- May 7, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.600, -89.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Jones
- When
- May 7, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Coordinates
- 31.600, -89.200
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.
- 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.
- 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
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- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, May 7, 1975
- Hail in Missouri, May 7, 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: 10049648, 10049649, 10049650, 10049651, 10049652, 10049653, 10049654, 10049655, 10049656, 10049657, 10049658, 10049659, 10049660, 10049661, 10049662, 10049663, 10049664, 10049665, 10049666, 10049667, 10049668, 10049669, 10049670, 10049671, 10049672.