Tornadoes in Mississippi, February 28, 1987

Name: Tornadoes in Mississippi, February 28, 1987
Start: 1987-02-28T08:45
End: 1987-02-28T09:40
Location: Mississippi

February 28, 1987 · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

4 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: 6
Injuries: 350
Property damage: $75 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Rankin

When: February 28, 8:45 AM CST
Where: Rankin County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.5 mi
Path width: 40 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 32.100, -90.050

Tornado, Jones

When: February 28, 9:05 AM CST
Where: Jones County
Rating: F4
Path length: 26 mi
Path width: 1,230 yd
Deaths: 6 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 350 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 31.500, -89.250

Tornado, Wayne

When: February 28, 9:35 AM CST
Where: Wayne County
Rating: F4
Path length: 4 mi
Path width: 1,230 yd
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 31.780, -88.900

Tornado, Clarke

When: February 28, 9:40 AM CST
Where: Clarke County
Rating: F4
Path length: 5 mi
Path width: 1,230 yd
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 31.870, -88.900

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Mississippi in 1987 Every state in 1987 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Mississippi, 1987 Warnings in Mississippi, February 1987

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: 10064270, 10064271, 10064272, 10064273.