Mississippi, 2000Tornadoes in Mississippi, January 3, 2000
January 3, 2000 · NWS MEG · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
3 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 7
- Property damage
- $450,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Tornado, Yalobusha
- When
- January 3, 1:30 PM CST to 1:40 PM CST
- Where
- Yalobusha County, 5 mi E of Water Vly
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.2 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 34.167, -89.550
The tornado first developed just south of Highway 315 in the community of Hawkins Crossing and moved northeast across the northeast corner of Yalobusha county. The tornado continued into southwest Lafayette county and continued to travel northeast ending in Union county. One home was blown three feet off its foundation with only the west facing wall left standing. Two mobile homes were completely destroyed. Nine other homes and one barn recieved moderate to extensive damage.
Tornado, Lafayette
- When
- January 3, 1:40 PM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County, 3 mi W of Paris
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 21 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 34.183, -89.517
The tornado first developed just south of Highway 315 in the community of Hawkins Crossing and moved northeast across the northeast corner of Yalobusha county. The tornado continued into southwest Lafayette county and continued to travel northeast ending in Union county. In the town of Paris in the southwest part of the county, a frame house was lifted off its foundation with the back end of the house completely blown out. One person in the house was injured. A nearby house under construction was severly damaged. Several other homes in the area received minor damage and numerous trees were snapped or uprooted. The tornado also produced some damage in the towns of Denmark and Lafayette Springs.
Tornado, Union
- When
- January 3, 2:00 PM CST to 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Union County, 4 mi SW of Pinedale
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 20 mi
- Path width
- 600 yd
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 34.383, -89.250
The tornado first developed just south of Highway 315 in the community of Hawkins Crossing and moved northeast across the northeast corner of Yalobusha county. The tornado continued into southwest Lafayette county and continued to travel northeast ending in Union county. In the town of Pinedale in southwest Union county, a new brick and vinyl siding home was obliterated. The debris extended up to 400 yards where a large freezer landed in a lake. A nearby pickup truck was rolled 20 yards and sustained extensive damage. Trees two to three feet in diameter were completely uprooted. In the town of Enterprise, a mobile home was completely destroyed and a conventional home sustained severe damage. Four other homes received extensive structural damage. The West Union School had minor roof damage and had numerous windows blown out. In the town of Myrtle, two mobile homes were destroyed and another mobile home was flipped on its side. In all, more than 60 homes were damaged in Union county.
- 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.
- Tornado in Kentucky, January 3, 200018 injured · $64 million · F3 · 1 event
- Tornadoes in Kentucky, January 3, 20003 injured · $7.4 million · F3 · 2 events
- Tornado in Mississippi, January 3, 2000$125,000 · F2 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, January 3, 2000$1.3 million · 4 events
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, January 3, 2000$593,000 · 10 events
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, January 3, 20003 injured · $250,000 · 83 kt wind · 1 event
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Indiana, January 3, 2000$62,000 · F1 · 29 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, January 3, 2000$384,000 · 78 kt wind · 12 events
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, January 3 to 4, 2000$153,000 · 14 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Indiana, January 3 to 4, 2000$157,000 · 50 kt wind · 6 events
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, January 3, 2000$150,000 · 100 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, January 3, 2000$101,000 · 1.75 in hail · 9 events
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: 5129620, 5129728, 5129729.