Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, November 16, 1993

Name: Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, November 16, 1993
Start: 1993-11-16T00:00
End: 1993-11-16T23:30
Location: Mississippi

November 16, 1993 · 6 events in 5 counties and zones

3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 3
Property damage: $56,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 6

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 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Warren

When: November 16, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Warren County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 32.357, -90.852 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Quarter-size hail fell over Northeast Warren County.

Thunderstorm Wind, Warren

When: November 16, 8:00 PM CST
Where: Warren County, Vicksburg
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 32.357, -90.852 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A wall on an apartment building was blown down.

Hail, Yazoo

When: November 16, 8:30 PM CST
Where: Yazoo County, Bentonia
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 32.780, -90.396 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, Amite

When: November 16, 10:30 PM CST
Where: Amite County, Mars Hill
Rating: F1
Path length: 5 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Injuries: 3 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 31.280, -90.630

Three people were injured when a tornado rolled their mobile home. A large gas tank was turned over and a hay barn was destroyed. Many trees and power lines were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Scott

When: November 16, 11:20 PM CST
Where: Scott County, Morton
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 32.406, -89.538 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several trees and power lines were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Simpson

When: November 16, 11:30 PM CST
Where: Simpson County, Mendenhall
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 31.913, -89.919 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several trees were blown down.

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

Every storm in Mississippi in 1993 Every state in 1993 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Mississippi, 1993 Warnings in Mississippi, November 1993

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: 10333234, 10333235, 10332786, 10331136, 10332763, 10332924.