National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

On this day in 1959, an F1 tornado was reported in Montgomery County. In 1961, an F1 tornado was reported in Rankin County and an F2 tornado injured one person in Jones County. In 1983, an F1 tornado injured 3 people in Rankin County. In 1989, an F2 tornado was reported in Lamar County and a 50 mile per hour wind gust was reported in Jones County. Fifteen tornadoes, including seven F4 tornadoes, were reported in Central Mississippi during the early morning hours of November 22, 1992. These followed the 10 tornadoes reported from the previous evening. The F4 tornadoes were reported in Jasper, Attala, Scott, Smith, Newton, Leake, and Choctaw Counties. Over the two day period, these storms killed 15 people and injured 267 more.