Tornado, Bolivar
- When
- September 12, 6:40 AM CST
- Where
- Bolivar County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 133 yd
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 33.720, -90.720
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, September 12, 1982
14 thunderstorm wind, 4 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
- 5
- Property damage
- $2.6 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 18
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, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sunflower
- When
- September 12, 8:30 AM CST
- Where
- Sunflower County
- Coordinates
- 33.450, -90.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Sunflower
- When
- September 12, 8:40 AM CST
- Where
- Sunflower County
- Coordinates
- 33.570, -90.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Yazoo
- When
- September 12, 10:20 AM CST
- Where
- Yazoo County
- Coordinates
- 32.980, -90.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Quitman
- When
- September 12, 10:25 AM CST
- Where
- Quitman County
- Coordinates
- 34.250, -90.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Yalobusha
- When
- September 12, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Yalobusha County
- Coordinates
- 33.970, -89.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Tallahatchie
- When
- September 12, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Tallahatchie County
- Coordinates
- 33.950, -90.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Tippah
- When
- September 12, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Tippah County
- Coordinates
- 34.780, -88.830
Tornado, Webster
- When
- September 12, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.600, -89.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- September 12, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Coordinates
- 34.550, -88.920
Tornado, Chickasaw
- When
- September 12, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Chickasaw County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.870, -89.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- September 12, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Coordinates
- 34.120, -88.720
Tornado, Monroe
- When
- September 12, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.030, -88.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- September 12, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Coordinates
- 34.200, -88.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe
- When
- September 12, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Coordinates
- 33.980, -88.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Tippah
- When
- September 12, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Tippah County
- Coordinates
- 34.670, -88.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Pontotoc
- When
- September 12, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Pontotoc County
- Coordinates
- 34.100, -89.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Pontotoc
- When
- September 12, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Pontotoc County
- Coordinates
- 34.250, -89.000
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 in Louisiana, September 12, 1982
- Tornadoes in Wisconsin, September 12, 1982
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, September 12, 1982
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 12, 1982
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, September 12, 1982
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, September 12, 1982
- Hail in Washington, September 12, 1982
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, September 12, 1982
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: 10062921, 10062922, 10062923, 10062924, 10062925, 10062926, 10062927, 10062928, 10062929, 10062930, 10062931, 10062932, 10062933, 10062934, 10062935, 10062936, 10062937, 10062938.