Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- July 4, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, Hollandale
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 33.170, -90.870
Several trees were blown down.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 4, 1997
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $17,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Humphreys
- When
- July 4, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Humphreys County, Belzoni
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.180, -90.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Yazoo
- When
- July 4, 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Yazoo County, 3 mi N of Bentonia
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 32.680, -90.370
Several trees were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- July 4, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Winona
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 33.480, -89.730
Numerous power lines and trees were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Leake
- When
- July 4, 10:45 PM CST
- Where
- Leake County, Edinburg
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Coordinates
- 32.800, -89.330
Several trees were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Winston
- When
- July 4, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Winston County, Noxapater
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 33.000, -89.050
Several trees were blown down.
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.
- 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
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- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 4, 1997
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 4, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 4, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 4, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 4, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 4, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 4, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 4, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 4, 1997
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: 5607021, 5607022, 5607023, 5607026, 5607024, 5607025.