Mississippi, 1996

Tornado in Mississippi, April 20, 1996

April 20, 1996 · NWS JAN · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A barn and a cabin had major damaged. A pump house was totally destroyed.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$100,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.

A barn and a cabin had major damaged. A pump house was totally destroyed. A church had minor damage. The porch of a vetenery clinic was totally blown off. Numerous trees were blown down along the path of the tornado.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Carroll

When
April 20, 7:40 AM CST to 7:48 AM CST
Where
Carroll County, Carrollton to 4 mi E of Carrollton
Rating
F1
Path length
6 mi
Path width
200 yd
Property damage
$100,000
Coordinates
33.470, -89.870

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5545466.