Mississippi, 1989

Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, June 12, 1989

June 12, 1989 · NWS JAN · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

3 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$25,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
5

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

3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Carroll

When
June 12, 12:55 PM CST
Where
Carroll County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
33.450, -90.030

Hail, Rankin

When
June 12, 2:25 PM CST
Where
Rankin County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
32.330, -89.980

Thunderstorm Wind, De Soto

When
June 12, 7:30 PM CST
Where
De Soto County
Coordinates
34.970, -89.820

Hail, Benton

When
June 12, 8:23 PM CST
Where
Benton County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
34.980, -89.250

Tornado, Alcorn

When
June 12, 9:45 PM CST
Where
Alcorn County
Rating
F1
Path length
2 mi
Path width
70 yd
Property damage
$25,000
Coordinates
34.920, -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

More

Every storm in Mississippi in 1989Every state in 1989This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Mississippi, 1989Warnings in Mississippi, June 1989

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: 10061987, 10061988, 10061989, 10061990, 10061991.