Thunderstorm Wind, Hinds
- When
- April 30, 3:08 PM CST
- Where
- Hinds County
- Coordinates
- 32.330, -90.600
Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 30, 1978
7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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
7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Hinds
- When
- April 30, 3:34 PM CST
- Where
- Hinds County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.100, -90.620
Hail, Hinds
- When
- April 30, 4:06 PM CST
- Where
- Hinds County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.100, -90.300
Hail, Rankin
- When
- April 30, 4:42 PM CST
- Where
- Rankin County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.020, -90.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Leflore
- When
- April 30, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Leflore County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.500, -90.080
Hail, Lafayette
- When
- April 30, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.320, -89.270
Hail, Union
- When
- April 30, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -89.000
Hail, Coahoma
- When
- April 30, 7:34 PM CST
- Where
- Coahoma County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.300, -90.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Lafayette
- When
- April 30, 10:33 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County
- Coordinates
- 34.320, -89.270
Hail, Bolivar
- When
- April 30, 10:41 PM CST
- Where
- Bolivar County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.920, -90.730
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 30, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 30, 1978
- Hail in Arkansas, April 30, 1978
- Hail in Missouri, April 30, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 30, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 30, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 30, 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: 10051107, 10051108, 10051109, 10051110, 10051111, 10051112, 10051113, 10051114, 10051115, 10051116.