Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, April 8, 1986

Name: Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, April 8, 1986
Start: 1986-04-08T13:05
End: 1986-04-08T17:15
Location: Mississippi

April 8, 1986 · NWS JAN · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

3 hail, 1 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: 1
Property damage: $2.5 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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

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

Hail, Washington

When: April 8, 1:05 PM CST
Where: Washington County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.400, -91.050

Hail, Humphreys

When: April 8, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Humphreys County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.020, -90.420

Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne

When: April 8, 4:30 PM CST
Where: Wayne County
Coordinates: 31.670, -88.850

Tornado, Jones

When: April 8, 4:45 PM CST
Where: Jones County
Rating: F2
Path length: 5 mi
Path width: 1,000 yd
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 31.700, -89.200

Hail, Tishomingo

When: April 8, 5:15 PM CST
Where: Tishomingo County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.880, -88.170

What these are

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.
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 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: 10064218, 10064219, 10064220, 10064221, 10064222.