Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, January 19, 1988

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, January 19, 1988
Start: 1988-01-19T01:00
End: 1988-01-19T15:20
Location: Mississippi

January 19, 1988 · NWS JAN · 21 events in 18 counties and zones

11 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado, 3 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 12
Property damage: $10 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

11 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Tippah

When: January 19, 1:00 AM CST
Where: Tippah County
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Coordinates: 34.730, -88.950

Thunderstorm Wind, Leflore

When: January 19, 1:00 AM CST
Where: Leflore County
Coordinates: 33.650, -90.180

Thunderstorm Wind, Sunflower

When: January 19, 1:25 AM CST
Where: Sunflower County
Coordinates: 33.450, -90.650

Tornado, Bolivar

When: January 19, 10:00 AM CST
Where: Bolivar County
Rating: F1
Path length: 11 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 33.670, -90.830

Hail, Yazoo

When: January 19, 10:00 AM CST
Where: Yazoo County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 32.580, -90.570

Tornado, De Soto

When: January 19, 10:12 AM CST
Where: De Soto County
Rating: F2
Path length: 9.5 mi
Path width: 70 yd
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 34.850, -90.120

Thunderstorm Wind, Madison

When: January 19, 10:42 AM CST
Where: Madison County
Coordinates: 32.620, -90.230

Thunderstorm Wind, Yazoo

When: January 19, 10:50 AM CST
Where: Yazoo County
Coordinates: 32.630, -90.170

Hail, Holmes

When: January 19, 11:05 AM CST
Where: Holmes County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 32.970, -89.900

Tornado, Attala

When: January 19, 11:10 AM CST
Where: Attala County
Rating: F1
Path length: 1.5 mi
Path width: 40 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 32.970, -89.830

Tornado, Attala

When: January 19, 11:20 AM CST
Where: Attala County
Rating: F4
Path length: 13 mi
Path width: 700 yd
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 33.150, -89.580

Thunderstorm Wind, Sunflower

When: January 19, 11:20 AM CST
Where: Sunflower County
Coordinates: 33.970, -90.480

Thunderstorm Wind, Tallahatchie

When: January 19, 11:45 AM CST
Where: Tallahatchie County
Coordinates: 33.930, -90.130

Thunderstorm Wind, Webster

When: January 19, 12:05 PM CST
Where: Webster County
Coordinates: 33.670, -89.070

Thunderstorm Wind, Oktibbeha

When: January 19, 12:05 PM CST
Where: Oktibbeha County
Coordinates: 33.520, -89.030

Tornado, Clay

When: January 19, 12:20 PM CST
Where: Clay County
Rating: F3
Path length: 8 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 33.780, -88.870

Tornado, Chickasaw

When: January 19, 12:32 PM CST
Where: Chickasaw County
Rating: F3
Path length: 2 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 33.820, -88.750

Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe

When: January 19, 12:35 PM CST
Where: Monroe County
Coordinates: 33.820, -88.680

Thunderstorm Wind, Newton

When: January 19, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Newton County
Coordinates: 32.320, -89.230

Thunderstorm Wind, Jasper

When: January 19, 3:10 PM CST
Where: Jasper County
Coordinates: 31.970, -89.300

Tornado, Lauderdale

When: January 19, 3:20 PM CST
Where: Lauderdale County
Rating: F1
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 30 yd
Injuries: 10 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 32.550, -88.500

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 1988 Every state in 1988 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Mississippi, 1988 Warnings in Mississippi, January 1988

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: 10061450, 10061451, 10061452, 10061453, 10061454, 10061455, 10061456, 10061457, 10061458, 10061459, 10061460, 10061461, 10061462, 10061463, 10061464, 10061465, 10061466, 10061467, 10061468, 10061469, 10061470.