Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, December 21, 1990

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, December 21, 1990
Start: 1990-12-21T14:41
End: 1990-12-21T21:15
Location: Mississippi

December 21, 1990 · NWS JAN · 27 events in 18 counties and zones

14 thunderstorm wind, 10 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

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The toll

Deaths: 2
Injuries: 15
Property damage: $8.8 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 27

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

14 thunderstorm wind, 10 tornado, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Sunflower

When: December 21, 2:41 PM CST
Where: Sunflower County
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Coordinates: 33.530, -90.550

Thunderstorm Wind, Leflore

When: December 21, 2:55 PM CST
Where: Leflore County
Coordinates: 33.300, -90.430

Tornado, Leflore

When: December 21, 3:10 PM CST
Where: Leflore County
Rating: F2
Path length: 16 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 33.300, -90.370

Tornado, Humphreys

When: December 21, 3:30 PM CST
Where: Humphreys County
Rating: F1
Path length: 5 mi
Path width: 200 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 33.130, -90.500

Thunderstorm Wind, Yazoo

When: December 21, 3:40 PM CST
Where: Yazoo County
Coordinates: 32.750, -90.480

Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll

When: December 21, 4:10 PM CST
Where: Carroll County
Coordinates: 33.630, -89.900

Tornado, Grenada

When: December 21, 4:20 PM CST
Where: Grenada County
Rating: F3
Path length: 3.5 mi
Path width: 440 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 33.750, -89.950

Thunderstorm Wind, Holmes

When: December 21, 4:28 PM CST
Where: Holmes County
Coordinates: 33.120, -90.020

Tornado, Holmes

When: December 21, 4:50 PM CST
Where: Holmes County
Rating: F3
Path length: 7 mi
Path width: 880 yd
Coordinates: 33.180, -89.930

Tornado, Grenada

When: December 21, 4:58 PM CST
Where: Grenada County
Rating: F1
Path length: 2 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 33.720, -89.780

Tornado, Carroll

When: December 21, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Carroll County
Rating: F3
Path length: 13 mi
Path width: 880 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 15 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 33.270, -89.850

Hail, Montgomery

When: December 21, 5:18 PM CST
Where: Montgomery County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.420, -89.670

Hail, Warren

When: December 21, 5:30 PM CST
Where: Warren County
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Coordinates: 32.220, -90.950

Tornado, Warren

When: December 21, 5:52 PM CST
Where: Warren County
Rating: F1
Path length: 5.2 mi
Path width: 200 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 32.430, -90.750

Hail, Warren

When: December 21, 5:52 PM CST
Where: Warren County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 32.230, -90.930

Thunderstorm Wind, Webster

When: December 21, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Webster County
Coordinates: 33.600, -89.270

Thunderstorm Wind, Calhoun

When: December 21, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Calhoun County
Coordinates: 33.730, -89.350

Tornado, Pontotoc

When: December 21, 6:05 PM CST
Where: Pontotoc County
Rating: F1
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 200 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 34.250, -89.170

Tornado, Grenada

When: December 21, 6:30 PM CST
Where: Grenada County
Rating: F1
Path length: 1.5 mi
Path width: 70 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 33.700, -89.730

Thunderstorm Wind, Hinds

When: December 21, 6:45 PM CST
Where: Hinds County
Coordinates: 32.400, -90.230

Thunderstorm Wind, Chickasaw

When: December 21, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Chickasaw County
Coordinates: 33.900, -88.950

Thunderstorm Wind, Calhoun

When: December 21, 7:10 PM CST
Where: Calhoun County
Coordinates: 33.870, -89.180

Thunderstorm Wind, Chickasaw

When: December 21, 7:15 PM CST
Where: Chickasaw County
Coordinates: 33.870, -89.000

Tornado, Madison

When: December 21, 7:32 PM CST
Where: Madison County
Rating: F3
Path length: 11 mi
Path width: 880 yd
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 32.700, -90.070

Thunderstorm Wind, Tishomingo

When: December 21, 7:50 PM CST
Where: Tishomingo County
Coordinates: 34.630, -88.230

Thunderstorm Wind, Attala

When: December 21, 8:25 PM CST
Where: Attala County
Coordinates: 32.970, -89.380

Thunderstorm Wind, Winston

When: December 21, 9:15 PM CST
Where: Winston County
Coordinates: 33.130, -89.050

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Tornado, Humphreys	1990-12-21				Direct
Tornado, Carroll	1990-12-21				Direct

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

Every storm in Mississippi in 1990 Every state in 1990 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Mississippi, 1990 Warnings in Mississippi, December 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: 10062342, 10062343, 10062344, 10062345, 10062346, 10062347, 10062348, 10062349, 10062350, 10062351, 10062352, 10062353, 10062354, 10062355, 10062356, 10062357, 10062358, 10062359, 10062360, 10062361, 10062362, 10062363, 10062364, 10062365, 10062366, 10062367, 10062368.