Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, May 15, 1995

Name: Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, May 15, 1995
Start: 1995-05-15T09:09
End: 1995-05-15T18:15
Location: Mississippi

May 15, 1995 · 22 events in 15 counties and zones

17 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 22 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $90,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 22

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

17 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, De Soto

When: May 15, 9:09 AM CST
Where: De Soto County, Hernando
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 34.875, -89.992 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Marshall

When: May 15, 9:20 AM CST
Where: Marshall County, Barton
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Property damage: $200
Coordinates: 34.762, -89.503 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Marshall

When: May 15, 9:25 AM CST
Where: Marshall County, Holly Springs
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 34.762, -89.503 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall

When: May 15, 9:30 AM CST
Where: Marshall County, Holly Springs
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 34.762, -89.503 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several trees were blown down.

Tornado, Benton

When: May 15, 10:05 AM CST
Where: Benton County, Hickory Flat
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.25 mi
Path width: 20 yd
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 34.817, -89.188 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A tornado briefly touched down knocking over a couple of trees and damaging several homes.

Thunderstorm Wind, Benton

When: May 15, 10:15 AM CST
Where: Benton County, Ashland
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 34.817, -89.188 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A few trees were blown over.

Hail, Lee

When: May 15, 10:40 AM CST
Where: Lee County, Baldwyn
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Property damage: $200
Coordinates: 34.290, -88.680 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Itawamba

When: May 15, 11:15 AM CST
Where: Itawamba County, Fulton
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 34.280, -88.361 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several trees were knocked down across Highway 25.

Hail, Lowndes

When: May 15, 12:41 PM CST
Where: Lowndes County, New Hope
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $100
Coordinates: 33.473, -88.443 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Montgomery

When: May 15, 1:55 PM CST
Where: Montgomery County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.494, -89.616 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Bolivar

When: May 15, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Bolivar County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.796, -90.880 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Golfball size hail covered the ground in Shaw.

Hail, Washington

When: May 15, 2:30 PM CST
Where: Washington County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 33.284, -90.947 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Washington

When: May 15, 2:36 PM CST
Where: Washington County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.284, -90.947 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Carroll

When: May 15, 2:50 PM CST
Where: Carroll County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.449, -89.920 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Attala

When: May 15, 4:20 PM CST
Where: Attala County
Property damage: $4,000
Coordinates: 33.086, -89.581 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Numerous trees were blown down along Highways 19 and 14.

Hail, Attala

When: May 15, 4:30 PM CST
Where: Attala County
Measured: 4 in hail
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 33.086, -89.581 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Numerous houses had roof damage. Many windows were broken out of houses and automobiles.

Hail, Winston

When: May 15, 4:38 PM CST
Where: Winston County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 33.089, -89.034 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Neshoba

When: May 15, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Neshoba County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 32.754, -89.118 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Bolivar

When: May 15, 5:30 PM CST
Where: Bolivar County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.796, -90.880 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Newton

When: May 15, 5:55 PM CST
Where: Newton County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 32.400, -89.119 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Newton

When: May 15, 6:10 PM CST
Where: Newton County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 32.400, -89.119 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Lauderdale

When: May 15, 6:15 PM CST
Where: Lauderdale County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 32.404, -88.662 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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 1995 Every state in 1995 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Mississippi, 1995 Warnings in Mississippi, May 1995

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: 10331157, 10330287, 10330288, 10330289, 10330629, 10330630, 10330101, 10329893, 10330190, 10330365, 10330704, 10333348, 10333349, 10330719, 10330611, 10330612, 10332770, 10330326, 10330705, 10330389, 10330390, 10330033.