Hail, De Soto
- When
- February 18, 3:30 PM CST to 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- De Soto County, South Haven
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 34.967, -90.033
Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, February 18, 2000
5 hail, 3 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $5,000
- 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
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:29 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail, 3 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Marshall
- When
- February 18, 4:14 PM CST to 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County, 3 mi N of Mt Pleasant
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -89.517
A tornado briefly touched down producing little damage.
Hail, Tallahatchie
- When
- February 18, 5:00 PM CST to 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Tallahatchie County, Paynes
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.917, -90.067
Tornado, Yalobusha
- When
- February 18, 5:19 PM CST to 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Yalobusha County, Scobey
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 33.933, -89.883
A tornado briefly touched down producing little damage.
Thunderstorm Wind, Calhoun
- When
- February 18, 5:50 PM CST to 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County, Calhoun City
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 33.850, -89.317
Several trees and power lines were blown down.
Hail, Calhoun
- When
- February 18, 6:05 PM CST to 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County, Calhoun City
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.850, -89.317
Tornado, Alcorn
- When
- February 18, 6:15 PM CST to 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Alcorn County, Kendrick
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.967, -88.383
A tornado briefly touched down producing little damage.
Hail, Chickasaw
- When
- February 18, 6:40 PM CST to 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Chickasaw County, 5 mi S of Okolona
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.933, -88.750
Hail, Monroe
- When
- February 18, 7:00 PM CST to 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County, 2 mi W of Amory
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Property damage
- $100
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.983, -88.533
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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in West Virginia, February 18 to 21, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, February 18 to 21, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, February 18, 2000
- Winter Storm in New York, February 18 to 19, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, February 18, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Pennsylvania, February 18 to 20, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in West Virginia, February 18 to 19, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, February 18 to 19, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Kentucky, February 18 to 21, 2000
- Tornado in Arkansas, February 18, 2000
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, February 18, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, February 18, 2000
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: 5133811, 5133812, 5133813, 5133814, 5133815, 5133816, 5133817, 5133818, 5133819.