Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 12, 1986

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 12, 1986
Start: 1986-04-12T01:25
End: 1986-04-12T05:30
Location: Mississippi

April 12, 1986 · 21 events in 9 counties and zones

16 hail, 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

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $5.5 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 21

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

16 hail, 5 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Claiborne

When: April 12, 1:25 AM CST
Where: Claiborne County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.930, -91.000

Hail, Jefferson

When: April 12, 1:40 AM CST
Where: Jefferson County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.850, -91.070

Hail, Jefferson

When: April 12, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Jefferson County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.680, -90.800

Hail, Lincoln

When: April 12, 2:05 AM CST
Where: Lincoln County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.650, -90.700

Hail, Lincoln

When: April 12, 2:30 AM CST
Where: Lincoln County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.580, -90.300

Hail, Lawrence

When: April 12, 2:30 AM CST
Where: Lawrence County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.550, -90.120

Hail, Claiborne

When: April 12, 2:50 AM CST
Where: Claiborne County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.970, -91.070

Hail, Jefferson Davis

When: April 12, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Jefferson Davis County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.400, -89.880

Tornado, Jefferson

When: April 12, 3:05 AM CST
Where: Jefferson County
Rating: F1
Path length: 4 mi
Path width: 150 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 31.820, -90.950

Hail, Lawrence

When: April 12, 3:15 AM CST
Where: Lawrence County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.430, -90.250

Hail, Claiborne

When: April 12, 3:15 AM CST
Where: Claiborne County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.970, -91.000

Hail, Marion

When: April 12, 3:20 AM CST
Where: Marion County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.250, -89.830

Hail, Jefferson

When: April 12, 3:30 AM CST
Where: Jefferson County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.680, -90.800

Hail, Franklin

When: April 12, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Franklin County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.520, -90.700

Tornado, Lincoln

When: April 12, 4:20 AM CST
Where: Lincoln County
Rating: F2
Path length: 8.2 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 31.520, -90.370

Tornado, Lawrence

When: April 12, 4:28 AM CST
Where: Lawrence County
Rating: F2
Path length: 13.6 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 31.430, -90.250

Tornado, Lawrence

When: April 12, 4:32 AM CST
Where: Lawrence County
Rating: F1
Path length: 3 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 31.380, -90.230

Tornado, Walthall

When: April 12, 4:40 AM CST
Where: Walthall County
Rating: F1
Path length: 2.2 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 31.320, -90.200

Hail, Pike

When: April 12, 4:45 AM CST
Where: Pike County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.300, -90.370

Hail, Walthall

When: April 12, 5:30 AM CST
Where: Walthall County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.120, -90.000

Hail, Marion

When: April 12, 5:30 AM CST
Where: Marion County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 31.120, -89.800

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Mississippi in 1986 Every state in 1986 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Mississippi, 1986 Warnings in Mississippi, April 1986

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: 10064223, 10064224, 10064225, 10064226, 10064227, 10064228, 10064229, 10064230, 10064231, 10064232, 10064233, 10064234, 10064235, 10064236, 10064237, 10064238, 10064239, 10064240, 10064241, 10064242, 10064243.