Tornado, Simpson
- When
- April 27, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Simpson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.870, -89.700
Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 27, 1990
8 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 hail, 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
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Yazoo
- When
- April 27, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Yazoo County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.730, -90.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Rankin
- When
- April 27, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rankin County
- Coordinates
- 32.270, -89.980
Tornado, Rankin
- When
- April 27, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Rankin County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -90.000
Tornado, Scott
- When
- April 27, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.580, -89.750
Hail, Leake
- When
- April 27, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Leake County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.630, -89.650
Hail, Madison
- When
- April 27, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -89.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Attala
- When
- April 27, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Attala County
- Coordinates
- 32.980, -89.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Leake
- When
- April 27, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Leake County
- Coordinates
- 32.730, -89.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Newton
- When
- April 27, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Newton County
- Coordinates
- 32.320, -88.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Jasper
- When
- April 27, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jasper County
- Coordinates
- 32.150, -89.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Neshoba
- When
- April 27, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Neshoba County
- Coordinates
- 32.770, -89.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Pearl River
- When
- April 27, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Pearl River County
- Coordinates
- 30.800, -89.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Lauderdale
- When
- April 27, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale County
- Coordinates
- 32.520, -88.520
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 1990Every state in 1990This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Mississippi, 1990Warnings in Mississippi, April 1990
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: 10063445, 10063446, 10063447, 10063448, 10063449, 10063450, 10063451, 10063452, 10063453, 10063454, 10063455, 10063456, 10063457, 10063458.