Tornado, Jackson
- When
- April 29, 1:20 PM CST to 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County, Gautier to Moss Point Arp
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 30.380, -88.620
Tornado in Mississippi, April 29, 1996
A waterspout moved on shore and caused damage at a small airport. Two light aircraft were destroyed, two others were damaged, and aircraft hanger was slightly damaged and several trees were downed.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 LIX wrote it up.
A waterspout moved on shore and caused damage at a small airport. Two light aircraft were destroyed, two others were damaged, and aircraft hanger was slightly damaged and several trees were downed.
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:19 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, April 29, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, April 29, 1996
- Frost and Freeze in Colorado, April 29, 1996
- Flooding in Indiana, April 29 to 30, 1996
- Flooding in Indiana, April 29 to 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 29, 1996
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 29, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, April 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 29, 1996
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Mississippi, 1996Warnings in Mississippi, April 1996
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: 5554879.