Mississippi, 1995

Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, April 30, 1995

April 30, 1995 · 9 events in 6 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 8 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
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$9,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
9

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.

The radar

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Event by event

8 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Warren

When
April 30, 4:25 AM CST
Where
Warren County, Oak Ridge
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
32.357, -90.852 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Hinds

When
April 30, 5:15 AM CST
Where
Hinds County, Jackson
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
32.267, -90.443 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Copiah

When
April 30, 5:40 AM CST
Where
Copiah County, Florence
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
31.869, -90.449 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Golf ball-size hail covered the ground.

Hail, Copiah

When
April 30, 6:00 AM CST
Where
Copiah County, Gatesville
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
31.869, -90.449 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Golf ball-size hail covered the ground.

Hail, Simpson

When
April 30, 6:05 AM CST
Where
Simpson County
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
31.913, -89.919 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

One-inch hail covered much of the ground in northwestern Simpson County.

Hail, Pontotoc

When
April 30, 7:15 PM CST
Where
Pontotoc County, Ponotoc
Measured
2.75 in hail
Property damage
$5,000
Coordinates
34.225, -89.037 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A tornado briefly touched down knocking a few trees down.

Hail, Pontotoc

When
April 30, 7:37 PM CST
Where
Pontotoc County, Batesville
Measured
1.75 in hail
Property damage
$1,000
Coordinates
34.225, -89.037 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A tornado briefly touched down knocking a few trees down.

Tornado, Pontotoc

When
April 30, 8:55 PM CST
Where
Pontotoc County, Pontotoc
Rating
F0
Path length
0.5 mi
Path width
10 yd
Property damage
$2,000
Coordinates
34.130, -88.850

A tornado briefly touched down knocking a few trees down.

Hail, Claiborne

When
April 30, 10:30 PM CST
Where
Claiborne County, Shannon
Measured
1.75 in hail
Property damage
$1,000
Coordinates
31.974, -90.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A few 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.
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

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: 10333293, 10330987, 10330979, 10330980, 10332933, 10330410, 10330411, 10330412, 10330795.