Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- April 18, 12:25 AM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Coordinates
- 31.380, -90.330
Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 18, 1978
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
- 4
- Injuries
- 31
- Property damage
- $325,000
- 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.
Tornado, Lawrence
- When
- April 18, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 9.2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Deaths
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 31 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.550, -90.120
Tornado, Jefferson Davis
- When
- April 18, 12:45 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson Davis County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 9.9 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 31.580, -89.970
Tornado, Smith
- When
- April 18, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 6.4 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.830, -89.430
Tornado, Jasper
- When
- April 18, 1:10 AM CST
- Where
- Jasper County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 26.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.870, -89.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Covington
- When
- April 18, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Covington County
- Coordinates
- 31.750, -89.670
Tornado, Clarke
- When
- April 18, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Clarke County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 13.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.970, -88.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Perry
- When
- April 18, 4:40 AM CST
- Where
- Perry County
- Coordinates
- 31.380, -89.120
Hail, Clarke
- When
- April 18, 4:58 PM CST
- Where
- Clarke County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.950, -88.600
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 Alabama, April 18, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 18, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, April 18, 1978
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 18, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 18, 1978
- Tornado in Maryland, April 18, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 18, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 18, 1978
- Hail in Indiana, April 18, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, April 18, 1978
- Hail in South Carolina, April 18, 1978
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 18, 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: 10047769, 10050882, 10050883, 10051096, 10051097, 10051098, 10051099, 10051100, 10051101.