Thunderstorm Wind, Copiah
- When
- February 15, 9:10 AM CST
- Where
- Copiah County
- Coordinates
- 31.980, -90.230
Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, February 15, 1990
19 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 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
- None recorded
- 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
19 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Newton
- When
- February 15, 9:20 AM CST
- Where
- Newton County
- Coordinates
- 32.570, -89.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Neshoba
- When
- February 15, 9:40 AM CST
- Where
- Neshoba County
- Coordinates
- 32.400, -89.100
Hail, Newton
- When
- February 15, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Newton County
- Measured
- 0.85 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.320, -89.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Lauderdale
- When
- February 15, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale County
- Coordinates
- 32.450, -88.830
Tornado, Lauderdale
- When
- February 15, 12:52 PM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 8 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.370, -88.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Simpson
- When
- February 15, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Simpson County
- Coordinates
- 31.870, -89.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Smith
- When
- February 15, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Coordinates
- 32.030, -89.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Amite
- When
- February 15, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Amite County
- Coordinates
- 31.170, -90.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Smith
- When
- February 15, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Coordinates
- 31.850, -89.570
Tornado, Lauderdale
- When
- February 15, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -88.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Covington
- When
- February 15, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Covington County
- Coordinates
- 31.750, -89.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- February 15, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Coordinates
- 31.480, -90.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence
- When
- February 15, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Coordinates
- 31.480, -90.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Smith
- When
- February 15, 2:18 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Coordinates
- 32.080, -89.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Lauderdale
- When
- February 15, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale County
- Coordinates
- 32.300, -88.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Smith
- When
- February 15, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Coordinates
- 32.080, -89.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Lauderdale
- When
- February 15, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale County
- Coordinates
- 32.470, -88.600
Hail, Hinds
- When
- February 15, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Hinds County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.330, -90.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Adams
- When
- February 15, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Coordinates
- 31.570, -91.400
Hail, Washington
- When
- February 15, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 0.85 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.420, -90.930
Hail, Sunflower
- When
- February 15, 6:26 PM CST
- Where
- Sunflower County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.530, -90.550
Hail, Leflore
- When
- February 15, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Leflore County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.650, -90.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Tallahatchie
- When
- February 15, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tallahatchie County
- Coordinates
- 33.870, -90.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Lamar
- When
- February 15, 10:10 PM CST
- Where
- Lamar County
- Coordinates
- 31.080, -89.600
Hail, Clarke
- When
- February 15, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Clarke County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.120, -88.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Lauderdale
- When
- February 15, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale County
- Coordinates
- 32.400, -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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, February 15, 1990
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Missouri, February 15, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, February 15, 1990
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, February 15, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, February 15, 1990
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, February 15, 1990
- Hail in Arkansas, February 15, 1990
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: 10064516, 10064517, 10064518, 10064519, 10064520, 10064521, 10064522, 10064523, 10064524, 10064525, 10064526, 10064527, 10064528, 10064529, 10063187, 10063188, 10063189, 10063190, 10063405, 10063406, 10063407, 10063408, 10063409, 10063410, 10063411, 10063412, 10063413.