Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 21, 1984

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 21, 1984
Start: 1984-04-21T15:02
End: 1984-04-21T20:12
Location: Mississippi

April 21, 1984 · 14 events in 9 counties and zones

10 tornado, 2 hail, 2 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

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The toll

Deaths: 15
Injuries: 76
Property damage: $126 million
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

10 tornado, 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Tippah

When: April 21, 3:02 PM CST
Where: Tippah County
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.5 mi
Path width: 77 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 34.730, -88.950

Hail, Alcorn

When: April 21, 3:25 PM CST
Where: Alcorn County
Measured: 2 in hail
Coordinates: 34.930, -88.500

Tornado, Leflore

When: April 21, 4:00 PM CST
Where: Leflore County
Rating: F3
Path length: 7 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Deaths: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 4 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 33.630, -89.400

Tornado, Lafayette

When: April 21, 4:10 PM CST
Where: Lafayette County
Rating: F1
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 3 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 34.470, -89.380

Tornado, Tallahatchie

When: April 21, 4:30 PM CST
Where: Tallahatchie County
Rating: F3
Path length: 23 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Deaths: 5 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 33.700, -89.320

Thunderstorm Wind, Benton

When: April 21, 4:40 PM CST
Where: Benton County
Coordinates: 34.620, -89.180

Tornado, Yalobusha

When: April 21, 5:05 PM CST
Where: Yalobusha County
Rating: F3
Path length: 25 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Deaths: 7 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 65 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 33.930, -88.920

Hail, Lafayette

When: April 21, 5:34 PM CST
Where: Lafayette County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.270, -89.650

Tornado, Lafayette

When: April 21, 5:40 PM CST
Where: Lafayette County
Rating: F3
Path length: 18 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Injuries: 3 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 34.200, -88.520

Tornado, Union

When: April 21, 6:05 PM CST
Where: Union County
Rating: F3
Path length: 18 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 34.380, -88.250

Tornado, Tishomingo

When: April 21, 6:20 PM CST
Where: Tishomingo County
Rating: F1
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 3 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 34.830, -88.180

Tornado, Tallahatchie

When: April 21, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Tallahatchie County
Rating: F2
Path length: 22 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 33.850, -90.330

Tornado, Yalobusha

When: April 21, 7:50 PM CST
Where: Yalobusha County
Rating: F2
Path length: 14 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 34.000, -89.920

Thunderstorm Wind, Yalobusha

When: April 21, 8:12 PM CST
Where: Yalobusha County
Coordinates: 33.970, -89.700

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Tornado, Union	1984-04-21				Direct

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.
Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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

Every storm in Mississippi in 1984 Every state in 1984 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Mississippi, 1984

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: 10061890, 10061891, 10061892, 10061893, 10061894, 10061895, 10061896, 10061897, 10061898, 10061899, 10061900, 10061901, 10061902, 10061903.