Mississippi, 1989Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 4, 1989
April 4, 1989 · NWS JAN · 38 events in 25 counties and zones
18 thunderstorm wind, 17 hail, 3 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 38
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
18 thunderstorm wind, 17 hail, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Coahoma
- When
- April 4, 12:02 AM CST
- Where
- Coahoma County
- Coordinates
- 34.250, -90.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Bolivar
- When
- April 4, 12:05 AM CST
- Where
- Bolivar County
- Coordinates
- 33.750, -90.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall
- When
- April 4, 12:15 AM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Coordinates
- 34.770, -89.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Tippah
- When
- April 4, 12:50 AM CST
- Where
- Tippah County
- Coordinates
- 34.730, -88.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- April 4, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -89.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- April 4, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Coordinates
- 34.320, -88.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Oktibbeha
- When
- April 4, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- Oktibbeha County
- Coordinates
- 33.530, -88.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Leflore
- When
- April 4, 6:35 AM CST
- Where
- Leflore County
- Coordinates
- 33.500, -90.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Lowndes
- When
- April 4, 6:40 AM CST
- Where
- Lowndes County
- Coordinates
- 33.370, -88.430
Tornado, Leflore
- When
- April 4, 6:45 AM CST
- Where
- Leflore County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.380, -90.480
Tornado, Leflore
- When
- April 4, 6:55 AM CST
- Where
- Leflore County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 70 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.450, -90.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Pontotoc
- When
- April 4, 7:20 AM CST
- Where
- Pontotoc County
- Coordinates
- 34.330, -88.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll
- When
- April 4, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Coordinates
- 33.500, -89.920
Tornado, Washington
- When
- April 4, 7:45 AM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.170, -90.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- April 4, 7:45 AM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Coordinates
- 33.480, -89.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- April 4, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Coordinates
- 33.430, -89.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Choctaw
- When
- April 4, 8:15 AM CST
- Where
- Choctaw County
- Coordinates
- 33.320, -89.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Issaquena
- When
- April 4, 9:10 AM CST
- Where
- Issaquena County
- Coordinates
- 32.730, -91.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Yazoo
- When
- April 4, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Yazoo County
- Coordinates
- 32.850, -90.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- April 4, 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 32.620, -90.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Leake
- When
- April 4, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Leake County
- Coordinates
- 32.620, -89.600
Hail, Leake
- When
- April 4, 11:50 AM CST
- Where
- Leake County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.730, -89.370
Hail, Neshoba
- When
- April 4, 12:23 PM CST
- Where
- Neshoba County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.680, -89.220
Hail, Neshoba
- When
- April 4, 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- Neshoba County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.650, -89.250
Hail, Lauderdale
- When
- April 4, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.480, -88.580
Hail, Newton
- When
- April 4, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Newton County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.570, -89.200
Hail, Clarke
- When
- April 4, 1:25 PM CST
- Where
- Clarke County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.050, -88.730
Hail, Jones
- When
- April 4, 1:55 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.600, -89.230
Hail, Jones
- When
- April 4, 1:55 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.430, -89.200
Hail, Clarke
- When
- April 4, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clarke County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.850, -88.700
Hail, Wayne
- When
- April 4, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.800, -88.700
Hail, Jones
- When
- April 4, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.700, -89.130
Hail, Jones
- When
- April 4, 2:55 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.530, -89.130
Hail, Wayne
- When
- April 4, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.530, -88.500
Hail, Amite
- When
- April 4, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Amite County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.050, -90.970
Hail, Amite
- When
- April 4, 4:43 PM CST
- Where
- Amite County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.170, -90.680
Hail, Clarke
- When
- April 4, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Clarke County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.850, -88.700
Hail, Wayne
- When
- April 4, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.800, -88.700
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 4, 19893 deaths · 13 injured · $8.8 million · F2 · 93 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Carolina, April 4, 1989$3.3 million · F2 · 25 events
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, April 4, 198917 injured · $25,000 · F0 · 71 events
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 4, 19894 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 4, 19891.75 in hail · 4 events
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 4, 198952 kt wind · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 4, 19891.75 in hail · 2 events
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, April 4, 1989$3,000 · F0 · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 4, 19892 events
- Hail in Missouri, April 4, 19890.75 in hail · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 4, 19891 event
- Hail in Indiana, April 4, 19891.25 in hail · 1 event
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: 10064395, 10064396, 10064397, 10064398, 10064399, 10064400, 10064401, 10064402, 10064403, 10064404, 10064405, 10064406, 10064407, 10064408, 10064409, 10064410, 10064411, 10064412, 10064413, 10064414, 10064415, 10064416, 10064417, 10064418, 10064419, 10064420, 10064421, 10064422, 10064423, 10064424, 10064425, 10064426, 10064427, 10064428, 10064429, 10064430, 10064431, 10064432.