Tornado, Issaquena
- When
- March 28, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Issaquena County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5.2 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 32.900, -90.030
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 28, 1977
17 thunderstorm wind, 5 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
- 4
- Property damage
- $575,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 22
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
17 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Sharkey
- When
- March 28, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Sharkey County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 24.5 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.720, -89.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Hinds
- When
- March 28, 3:43 AM CST
- Where
- Hinds County
- Coordinates
- 32.330, -90.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- March 28, 3:55 AM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 33.400, -91.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Leake
- When
- March 28, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Leake County
- Coordinates
- 32.330, -90.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Leflore
- When
- March 28, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Leflore County
- Coordinates
- 33.500, -90.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Hinds
- When
- March 28, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hinds County
- Coordinates
- 32.330, -90.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Pike
- When
- March 28, 4:14 AM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Coordinates
- 31.150, -90.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Hinds
- When
- March 28, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- Hinds County
- Coordinates
- 32.320, -90.080
Tornado, Attala
- When
- March 28, 4:45 AM CST
- Where
- Attala County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.020, -89.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson Davis
- When
- March 28, 4:50 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson Davis County
- Coordinates
- 31.670, -89.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Pike
- When
- March 28, 5:10 AM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Coordinates
- 31.150, -90.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Smith
- When
- March 28, 5:15 AM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Coordinates
- 32.180, -89.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Oktibbeha
- When
- March 28, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- Oktibbeha County
- Coordinates
- 33.370, -89.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Oktibbeha
- When
- March 28, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- Oktibbeha County
- Coordinates
- 33.350, -89.050
Tornado, Forrest
- When
- March 28, 5:45 AM CST
- Where
- Forrest County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.350, -89.330
Tornado, Forrest
- When
- March 28, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Forrest County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.200, -89.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Lauderdale
- When
- March 28, 6:05 AM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale County
- Coordinates
- 32.470, -88.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Lauderdale
- When
- March 28, 6:05 AM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale County
- Coordinates
- 32.470, -88.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Lauderdale
- When
- March 28, 6:05 AM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale County
- Coordinates
- 32.450, -88.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Lowndes
- When
- March 28, 6:14 AM CST
- Where
- Lowndes County
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.650, -88.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Lowndes
- When
- March 28, 6:28 AM CST
- Where
- Lowndes County
- Coordinates
- 33.470, -88.400
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 28, 1977
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 28, 1977
- Tornado in Michigan, March 28, 1977
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 28, 1977
- Tornado in Iowa, March 28, 1977
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, March 28, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, March 28, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 28, 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: 10049984, 10049985, 10049986, 10049987, 10049988, 10049989, 10049990, 10049991, 10049992, 10049993, 10049994, 10049995, 10049996, 10049997, 10049998, 10049999, 10050000, 10050001, 10050002, 10050003, 10050004, 10050005.