Hail, Union
- When
- May 2, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.470, -89.020
Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, May 2, 1984
4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- 13
- Property damage
- $2.8 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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
4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Panola
- When
- May 2, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Panola County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.430, -89.920
Tornado, Coahoma
- When
- May 2, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Coahoma County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 7 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 13 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 34.330, -90.530
Tornado, Coahoma
- When
- May 2, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Coahoma County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.370, -90.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Panola
- When
- May 2, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Panola County
- Coordinates
- 34.430, -89.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Tippah
- When
- May 2, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Tippah County
- Coordinates
- 34.850, -88.930
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- May 2, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.580, -90.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Tishomingo
- When
- May 2, 11:45 PM CST
- Where
- Tishomingo County
- Coordinates
- 34.820, -88.300
Hail, Lawrence
- When
- May 2, 11:50 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.650, -90.200
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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 and Hail in Louisiana, May 2, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 2, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, May 2, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 2, 1984
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, May 2, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 2, 1984
- Hail in South Carolina, May 2, 1984
- Hail in Kansas, May 2, 1984
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 2, 1984
- Hail in Colorado, May 2, 1984
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 2, 1984
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 1984Every state in 1984This day in weather historyThe 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: 10062979, 10062980, 10062981, 10062982, 10062983, 10062984, 10062985, 10062986, 10062987.