Hail, De Soto
- When
- February 18, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- De Soto County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.950, -90.130
Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, February 18, 1976
5 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 77
- Property damage
- $5.3 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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, 3 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- February 18, 6:30 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Coordinates
- 31.470, -90.900
Tornado, Hinds
- When
- February 18, 6:50 AM CST
- Where
- Hinds County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 12.7 mi
- Path width
- 27 yd
- Injuries
- 50 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 32.300, -90.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Copiah
- When
- February 18, 6:55 AM CST
- Where
- Copiah County
- Coordinates
- 31.870, -90.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Holmes
- When
- February 18, 7:10 AM CST
- Where
- Holmes County
- Coordinates
- 33.080, -89.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Simpson
- When
- February 18, 7:20 AM CST
- Where
- Simpson County
- Coordinates
- 31.950, -89.880
Tornado, Leake
- When
- February 18, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Leake County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 21.7 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 27 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 32.550, -89.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe
- When
- February 18, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Coordinates
- 33.980, -88.500
Tornado, Neshoba
- When
- February 18, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Neshoba County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 5.6 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.720, -89.320
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, Leake | 1976-02-18 | Direct |
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, February 18, 1976
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, February 18, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Georgia, February 18, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 18, 1976
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, February 18, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, February 18, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, February 18, 1976
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 1976Every state in 1976This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Mississippi, 1976
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: 10050787, 10050788, 10050789, 10050790, 10050791, 10050792, 10050793, 10050794, 10050795.