Thunderstorm Wind, De Soto
- When
- February 23, 11:25 AM CST
- Where
- De Soto County
- Coordinates
- 34.980, -90.130
Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, February 23, 1977
5 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 2
- Injuries
- 6
- Property damage
- $800,000
- 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 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Hinds
- When
- February 23, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hinds County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.230, -90.270
Tornado, Hinds
- When
- February 23, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hinds County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 32.180, -90.270
Tornado, Attala
- When
- February 23, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Attala County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 10.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.130, -89.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Attala
- When
- February 23, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Attala County
- Coordinates
- 33.130, -89.450
Tornado, Leake
- When
- February 23, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Leake County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 11.4 mi
- Path width
- 177 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.850, -89.480
Tornado, Winston
- When
- February 23, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Winston County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 15 mi
- Path width
- 350 yd
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.020, -89.230
Tornado, Greene
- When
- February 23, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 13.9 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.150, -88.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson Davis
- When
- February 23, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson Davis County
- Coordinates
- 31.450, -89.700
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
- Tornado in Oklahoma, February 23, 1977
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, February 23, 1977
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 23, 1977
- Tornado in Iowa, February 23, 1977
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Missouri, February 23, 1977
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, February 23, 1977
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, February 23, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, February 23, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Texas, February 23, 1977
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: 10049965, 10049966, 10049967, 10049968, 10049969, 10049970, 10049971, 10049972, 10049973.