Hail, Sunflower
- When
- May 10, 12:35 AM CST
- Where
- Sunflower County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.530, -90.550
Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, May 10, 1988
11 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Leflore
- When
- May 10, 12:55 AM CST
- Where
- Leflore County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.650, -90.180
Hail, Holmes
- When
- May 10, 1:35 AM CST
- Where
- Holmes County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.880, -89.970
Hail, Leake
- When
- May 10, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Leake County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.870, -89.670
Hail, Holmes
- When
- May 10, 3:20 AM CST
- Where
- Holmes County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.000, -89.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- May 10, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Coordinates
- 31.650, -88.720
Hail, Marion
- When
- May 10, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.230, -89.880
Hail, Walthall
- When
- May 10, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Walthall County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.050, -90.150
Hail, Pearl River
- When
- May 10, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Pearl River County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.830, -89.530
Tornado, Harrison
- When
- May 10, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.530, -89.250
Hail, Harrison
- When
- May 10, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.420, -89.080
Hail, Pearl River
- When
- May 10, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pearl River County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.600, -89.680
Hail, Yazoo
- When
- May 10, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Yazoo County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.980, -90.330
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 10, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 10, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 10, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 10, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Georgia, May 10, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, May 10, 1988
- Hail in Louisiana, May 10, 1988
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 1988Every state in 1988This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Mississippi, 1988Warnings in Mississippi, May 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: 10062610, 10062611, 10062612, 10062613, 10062614, 10062615, 10062616, 10062976, 10062977, 10062978, 10063191, 10063192, 10063193.