Mississippi, 1994

Tornadoes in Mississippi, April 12, 1994

April 12, 1994 · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
2
Injuries
16
Property damage
$5.5 million
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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

2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Hancock

When
April 12, 4:05 PM CST
Where
Hancock County, Santa Rosa
Rating
F1
Path length
0.5 mi
Path width
40 yd
Injuries
1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$500,000
Coordinates
30.394, -89.475 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Two mobile homes were totally destroyed in the Benville community. One person was injured in one of these mobile homes. Several trees and power lines were blown down.

Tornado, Harrison

When
April 12, 6:20 PM CST
Where
Harrison County, Woolmarket
Rating
F2
Path length
2 mi
Path width
100 yd
Deaths
2 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries
15 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$5.0 million
Coordinates
30.470, -89.050

Twenty mobile homes were totally destroyed and four brick homes were partially destroyed. At least four businesses were damaged. The two deaths and the fifteen injuries all occurred in mobile homes. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. Damage was estimated at near one million dollars. F57M M08M

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.

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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: 10330573, 10330645.