Tornado and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, November 8 to 9, 2000

Name: Tornado and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, November 8 to 9, 2000
Start: 2000-11-08T13:20
End: 2000-11-09T12:05
Location: Mississippi

November 8 to 9, 2000 · NWS JAN · 24 events in 18 counties and zones

13 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 5 flash flood, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $148,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 24

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.

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Event by event

13 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 5 flash flood, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hinds

When: November 8, 1:20 PM CST
Where: Hinds County, 1 mi SW of Bolton
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 32.333, -90.483

A few trees were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Warren

When: November 8, 3:25 PM CST
Where: Warren County, Vicksburg
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 32.350, -90.883

Several trees and power lines were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Warren

When: November 8, 3:45 PM CST
Where: Warren County, 5 mi N of Vicksburg
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 32.417, -90.883

Several trees and power lines were blown down.

Hail, Attala

When: November 8, 3:45 PM CST
Where: Attala County, 1 mi E of Kosciusko
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 33.050, -89.567

Hail, Carroll

When: November 8, 4:10 PM CST
Where: Carroll County, Carrollton
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 33.500, -89.917

Thunderstorm Wind, Neshoba

When: November 8, 4:19 PM CST
Where: Neshoba County, 5 mi N of Philadelphia
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 32.833, -89.117

About 15 trees were blown down in a rural area.

Thunderstorm Wind, Adams

When: November 8, 4:40 PM CST
Where: Adams County, Sibley
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 31.383, -91.400

Several trees and power lines were blown down in a mostly rural area.

Hail, Grenada

When: November 8, 4:44 PM CST
Where: Grenada County, Grenada
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $8,000
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 33.783, -89.817

Several homes and other buildings received minor roof damage.

Thunderstorm Wind, Claiborne

When: November 8, 5:30 PM CST
Where: Claiborne County, Carlisle
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 32.000, -90.783

Several trees were blown down in a rural area.

Hail, Rankin

When: November 8, 6:21 PM CST
Where: Rankin County, 1 mi S of Brandon
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 32.250, -89.983

Thunderstorm Wind, Hinds

When: November 8, 7:10 PM CST
Where: Hinds County, Jackson
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.333, -90.167

A few trees were blown down.

Flash Flood, Hinds

When: November 8, 7:35 PM CST to November 9, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Hinds County, Countywide
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.267, -90.443 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Torrential rains fell in many portions of the county...up to 4 inches of rain per hour and over 6 inches in several hours. Many roads were flooded...and some homes and businesses received water damage.

Thunderstorm Wind, Leake

When: November 8, 8:00 PM CST to 8:30 PM CST
Where: Leake County, Countywide
Property damage: $25,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.717, -89.517

Numerous trees were blown down and caused damage to homes and power lines. A greenhouse and a chicken house were damaged. Several sheds were damaged. Several homes received damage to roofs and to attached porches.

Flash Flood, Madison

When: November 8, 8:21 PM CST to November 9, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Madison County, Countywide
Property damage: $40,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.635, -90.034 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Torential rains occurred in much of the county over a period of several hours. Numerous roads were flooded and many small streams rose above the banks. Several homes and businesses in the towns of Madison and Ridgeland received flood damage.

Flash Flood, Rankin

When: November 8, 8:30 PM CST to November 9, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Rankin County, Countywide
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.264, -89.946 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Torrential rains over a period of 2-3 hours caused some street flooding. Several homes and businesses received minor water damage.

Flash Flood, Copiah

When: November 8, 11:01 PM CST to November 9, 12:30 AM CST
Where: Copiah County, Hazlehurst
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 31.869, -90.449 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Over 6 inches of rain fell in a 3 to 5 hour period and caused significant street flooding.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln

When: November 8, 11:20 PM CST
Where: Lincoln County, 3 mi S of Brookhaven
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 31.533, -90.450

Three trees were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence

When: November 9, 12:05 AM CST to 12:05 PM CST
Where: Lawrence County, Topeka
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 31.417, -90.183

Several trees were blown down in a rural area.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lamar

When: November 9, 1:30 AM CST
Where: Lamar County, Oak Grove
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 31.283, -89.417

Several trees were blown down.

Hail, Lamar

When: November 9, 1:40 AM CST
Where: Lamar County, 1 mi W of Hattiesburg
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 31.317, -89.333

Brief period of golfball sized hail caused some roof damage.

Tornado, Lamar

When: November 9, 1:50 AM CST
Where: Lamar County, 3 mi SW of Purvis
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.5 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 31.117, -89.450

This F0 tornado knocked down some trees in a rural area.

Thunderstorm Wind, Forrest

When: November 9, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Forrest County, Hattiesburg
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 31.317, -89.317

Several trees and power lines were blown down.

Flash Flood, Marion

When: November 9, 3:00 AM CST to 3:30 AM CST
Where: Marion County, Columbia
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 31.231, -89.822 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Some streets had significant flooding.

Thunderstorm Wind, Clarke

When: November 9, 3:10 AM CST
Where: Clarke County, Quitman
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 32.050, -88.733

Several trees were blown down and caused minor damage to several homes. Several power lines were knocked down by fallen trees and limbs.

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.
Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Mississippi in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Mississippi, 2000 Warnings in Mississippi, November 2000

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: 5161075, 5161077, 5161076, 5161078, 5161079, 5161080, 5161159, 5161160, 5161161, 5161162, 5161163, 5161164, 5161165, 5161166, 5161167, 5161170, 5161168, 5161348, 5161350, 5161351, 5161349, 5161353, 5161169, 5161352.