Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, May 3, 1994

Name: Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, May 3, 1994
Start: 1994-05-03T03:15
End: 1994-05-03T07:58
Location: Mississippi

May 3, 1994 · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 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: 0
Property damage: $51,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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

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

Thunderstorm Wind, Simpson

When: May 3, 3:15 AM CST
Where: Simpson County
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 31.913, -89.919 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several trees were blown down in Simpson County from D'Lo to Mendenhall.

Tornado, Hancock

When: May 3, 6:52 AM CST
Where: Hancock County, Kiln
Rating: F0
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 30 yd
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 30.380, -89.400

This weak tornado touched down in the Diamondhead community and did minor damage to a couple of homes and blew down a few trees.

Hail, Jackson

When: May 3, 7:58 AM CST
Where: Jackson County, Pascagoula
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 30.463, -88.623 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The waterspout never came ashore and did no damage.

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 1994 Every state in 1994 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Mississippi, 1994 Warnings in Mississippi, May 1994

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: 10332926, 10330574, 10329901.