Thunderstorm Wind, Coahoma
- When
- March 29, 8:15 AM CST
- Where
- Coahoma County
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -90.580
Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, March 29, 1976
8 tornado, 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 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
- 3
- Injuries
- 185
- Property damage
- $40 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 18
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
8 tornado, 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Adams
- When
- March 29, 1:05 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County
- Coordinates
- 31.570, -91.400
Tornado, Madison
- When
- March 29, 2:03 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 22.3 mi
- Path width
- 880 yd
- Deaths
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 177 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Coordinates
- 32.580, -90.220
Tornado, Copiah
- When
- March 29, 2:05 PM CST
- Where
- Copiah County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 28.8 mi
- Path width
- 880 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 31.780, -90.650
Hail, Copiah
- When
- March 29, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Copiah County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.980, -90.370
Tornado, Simpson
- When
- March 29, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Simpson County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 22.6 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 31.950, -90.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe
- When
- March 29, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Coordinates
- 33.980, -88.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Copiah
- When
- March 29, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Copiah County
- Coordinates
- 31.930, -90.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Leake
- When
- March 29, 2:55 PM CST
- Where
- Leake County
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -89.700
Hail, Rankin
- When
- March 29, 2:58 PM CST
- Where
- Rankin County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.100, -90.050
Tornado, Rankin
- When
- March 29, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rankin County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 8.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 32.050, -89.830
Tornado, Smith
- When
- March 29, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 25.2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 32.120, -89.720
Tornado, Newton
- When
- March 29, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Newton County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 26 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 8 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -89.330
Tornado, Lauderdale
- When
- March 29, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 15.4 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 32.370, -88.900
Hail, Hinds
- When
- March 29, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Hinds County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.100, -90.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Hinds
- When
- March 29, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Hinds County
- Coordinates
- 32.100, -90.380
Hail, Hinds
- When
- March 29, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hinds County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.230, -90.170
Tornado, Lincoln
- When
- March 29, 11:28 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 31.450, -90.270
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, March 29, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, March 29, 1976
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, March 29, 1976
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 29, 1976
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, March 29, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, March 29, 1976
- Hail in Texas, March 29, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, March 29, 1976
- Hail in Louisiana, March 29, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, March 29, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, March 29, 1976
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: 10048879, 10048880, 10048881, 10048882, 10048883, 10048884, 10048885, 10048886, 10048887, 10048888, 10048889, 10048890, 10048891, 10048892, 10048893, 10048894, 10048895, 10048896.