Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, December 3, 1983

Name: Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, December 3, 1983
Start: 1983-12-03T03:45
End: 1983-12-03T16:00
Location: Mississippi

December 3, 1983 · NWS AT · 6 events in 4 counties and zones

5 thunderstorm wind, 1 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

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $2.5 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 6

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 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lauderdale

When: December 3, 3:45 AM CST
Where: Lauderdale County
Coordinates: 32.400, -88.680

Thunderstorm Wind, Leake

When: December 3, 10:15 AM CST
Where: Leake County
Coordinates: 32.870, -89.670

Thunderstorm Wind, Jones

When: December 3, 3:45 PM CST
Where: Jones County
Coordinates: 31.670, -89.170

Thunderstorm Wind, Lauderdale

When: December 3, 3:45 PM CST
Where: Lauderdale County
Coordinates: 32.280, -88.500

Thunderstorm Wind, Clarke

When: December 3, 3:50 PM CST
Where: Clarke County
Coordinates: 32.100, -88.800

Tornado, Jones

When: December 3, 4:00 PM CST
Where: Jones County
Rating: F2
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 31.700, -89.130

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Mississippi in 1983 Every state in 1983 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Mississippi, 1983

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: 10060766, 10060767, 10060768, 10060769, 10060770, 10060771.