Thunderstorm Wind, Pike
- When
- May 21, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Coordinates
- 31.280, -90.470
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 21, 1985
6 thunderstorm wind, 5 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $553,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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
6 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Hancock
- When
- May 21, 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- Hancock County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.4 mi
- Path width
- 27 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.230, -89.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Hancock
- When
- May 21, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hancock County
- Coordinates
- 30.480, -89.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Hancock
- When
- May 21, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hancock County
- Coordinates
- 30.320, -89.330
Tornado, Hancock
- When
- May 21, 1:25 PM CST
- Where
- Hancock County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.320, -89.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Pearl River
- When
- May 21, 1:25 PM CST
- Where
- Pearl River County
- Coordinates
- 30.520, -89.680
Tornado, Hancock
- When
- May 21, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hancock County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.7 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 30.400, -89.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- May 21, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 31.250, -89.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- May 21, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 30.530, -89.150
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- May 21, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 30.380, -88.820
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- May 21, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 30.350, -88.550
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 21, 1985
- Tornado in Colorado, May 21, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 21, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, May 21, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 21, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, May 21, 1985
- Hail in New Jersey, May 21, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Maine, May 21, 1985
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 21, 1985
- Hail in New York, May 21, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 21, 1985
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 1985Every state in 1985This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Mississippi, 1985
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: 10060811, 10060812, 10060813, 10060814, 10060815, 10060816, 10060817, 10060818, 10060819, 10060820, 10060821.