Thunderstorm Wind, Yazoo
- When
- May 22, 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Yazoo County
- Coordinates
- 32.850, -90.420
Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, May 22, 1988
17 hail, 10 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 28
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
17 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Yazoo
- When
- May 22, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Yazoo County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.850, -90.420
Hail, Yazoo
- When
- May 22, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Yazoo County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.980, -90.330
Hail, Holmes
- When
- May 22, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Holmes County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.080, -90.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Quitman
- When
- May 22, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Quitman County
- Coordinates
- 34.250, -90.270
Hail, Lamar
- When
- May 22, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Lamar County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.420, -89.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Holmes
- When
- May 22, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Holmes County
- Coordinates
- 33.120, -90.050
Hail, Leflore
- When
- May 22, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Leflore County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.730, -90.250
Hail, Leflore
- When
- May 22, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Leflore County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.380, -90.370
Hail, Yalobusha
- When
- May 22, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Yalobusha County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.170, -89.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Hinds
- When
- May 22, 2:57 PM CST
- Where
- Hinds County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.330, -90.330
Hail, Jones
- When
- May 22, 3:12 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.570, -89.230
Hail, Holmes
- When
- May 22, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Holmes County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.930, -90.020
Hail, Tippah
- When
- May 22, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tippah County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.730, -88.950
Hail, Tippah
- When
- May 22, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Tippah County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.730, -88.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Holmes
- When
- May 22, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Holmes County
- Coordinates
- 33.120, -90.050
Hail, Leake
- When
- May 22, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Leake County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.930, -89.530
Hail, Attala
- When
- May 22, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Attala County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.950, -89.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Winston
- When
- May 22, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Winston County
- Coordinates
- 33.130, -89.050
Hail, Choctaw
- When
- May 22, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Choctaw County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.320, -89.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Yalobusha
- When
- May 22, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Yalobusha County
- Coordinates
- 33.970, -89.700
Hail, Oktibbeha
- When
- May 22, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Oktibbeha County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.350, -89.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Neshoba
- When
- May 22, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Neshoba County
- Coordinates
- 32.900, -89.120
Tornado, Oktibbeha
- When
- May 22, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Oktibbeha County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 73 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.470, -88.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe
- When
- May 22, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 33.980, -88.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- May 22, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Coordinates
- 33.600, -88.650
Hail, Noxubee
- When
- May 22, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Noxubee County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.120, -88.330
Hail, Lee
- When
- May 22, 7:47 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.250, -88.820
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 10063196, 10063197, 10063198, 10063199, 10063200, 10063201, 10063202, 10063203, 10063204, 10063205, 10063206, 10063207, 10063208, 10063209, 10063210, 10063211, 10063212, 10063213, 10063214, 10063215, 10063216, 10063217, 10063218, 10063219, 10063220, 10063221, 10063222, 10063223.