Thunderstorm Wind, Lafayette
- When
- May 3, 6:20 AM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County
- Coordinates
- 34.350, -89.670
Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 3, 1979
14 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
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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
14 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- May 3, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Coordinates
- 34.200, -88.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Tippah
- When
- May 3, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Tippah County
- Coordinates
- 34.670, -88.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe
- When
- May 3, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Coordinates
- 33.820, -88.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Tippah
- When
- May 3, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tippah County
- Coordinates
- 34.730, -88.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Alcorn
- When
- May 3, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Alcorn County
- Coordinates
- 34.830, -88.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Tishomingo
- When
- May 3, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tishomingo County
- Coordinates
- 34.920, -88.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Tunica
- When
- May 3, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Tunica County
- Coordinates
- 34.750, -90.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Coahoma
- When
- May 3, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Coahoma County
- Coordinates
- 34.200, -90.580
Thunderstorm Wind, De Soto
- When
- May 3, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- De Soto County
- Coordinates
- 34.820, -90.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Coahoma
- When
- May 3, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Coahoma County
- Coordinates
- 34.320, -90.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall
- When
- May 3, 10:05 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Coordinates
- 34.950, -89.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Panola
- When
- May 3, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Panola County
- Coordinates
- 34.430, -89.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Sunflower
- When
- May 3, 10:55 PM CST
- Where
- Sunflower County
- Coordinates
- 33.800, -90.530
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.
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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: 10064016, 10064017, 10064018, 10064019, 10064020, 10064021, 10064022, 10064023, 10064024, 10064025, 10064026, 10064027, 10064028, 10064029.