Tornado, Lincoln
- When
- April 17, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 27.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.330, -90.630
Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 17, 1978
6 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 7
- Property damage
- $28 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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
6 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Copiah
- When
- April 17, 12:40 AM CST
- Where
- Copiah County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.700, -90.450
Tornado, Claiborne
- When
- April 17, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Claiborne County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 18.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Coordinates
- 31.950, -91.180
Tornado, Washington
- When
- April 17, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 3.6 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 33.470, -91.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Bolivar
- When
- April 17, 11:45 PM CST
- Where
- Bolivar County
- Coordinates
- 33.880, -90.730
Tornado, Amite
- When
- April 17, 11:55 PM CST
- Where
- Amite County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3.8 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.330, -90.700
Tornado, Hinds
- When
- April 17, 11:55 PM CST
- Where
- Hinds County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 4.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.120, -90.620
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
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 17, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, April 17, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 17, 1978
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 17, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 17, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 17, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, April 17, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, April 17, 1978
- Hail in Utah, April 17, 1978
- Hail in Kansas, April 17, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 17, 1978
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: 10047762, 10047763, 10047764, 10047765, 10047766, 10047767, 10047768.