Thunderstorm Wind, Pontotoc
- When
- March 5, 12:05 AM CST
- Where
- Pontotoc County
- Coordinates
- 34.120, -88.900
Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, March 5, 1989
8 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- $50,000
- 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
8 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Monroe
- When
- March 5, 5:10 AM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.700, -88.450
Hail, Walthall
- When
- March 5, 7:15 AM CST
- Where
- Walthall County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.120, -90.150
Hail, Marion
- When
- March 5, 7:55 AM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.350, -89.900
Hail, Covington
- When
- March 5, 8:15 AM CST
- Where
- Covington County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.630, -89.550
Hail, Smith
- When
- March 5, 8:35 AM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.830, -89.430
Hail, Jasper
- When
- March 5, 9:04 AM CST
- Where
- Jasper County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.870, -89.270
Tornado, Jasper
- When
- March 5, 9:20 AM CST
- Where
- Jasper County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.7 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.900, -89.300
Hail, Lowndes
- When
- March 5, 9:28 AM CST
- Where
- Lowndes County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.450, -88.380
Hail, Simpson
- When
- March 5, 9:35 AM CST
- Where
- Simpson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.870, -89.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Simpson
- When
- March 5, 9:40 AM CST
- Where
- Simpson County
- Coordinates
- 32.020, -89.820
Hail, Scott
- When
- March 5, 10:10 AM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.350, -89.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Kemper
- When
- March 5, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Kemper County
- Coordinates
- 32.770, -88.650
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.
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
More
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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: 10063294, 10063295, 10063296, 10063297, 10063298, 10063299, 10063300, 10063301, 10063302, 10063303, 10063304, 10063305, 10063306.