As a part of Tornado Awareness Month, the Jackson Weather Examiner will review severe storms that affected the state throughout the month of November.

On these dates -November 14th-15th:

(November 14)

In 1957,   an 100 yard wide, F-3 tornado touched down and tracked 8 miles across Montgomery County, causing $25,000 in property damage.  

In 1983, an F-1 tornado created a path 2 miles long and 150 yards wide, causing $250,000 in property damage in Wayne County.  Seven  people were injured. 

(November 15)

In 1961, three tornadoes were reported across portions of West Central Mississippi.  

Two 50 yard wide, F-2 tornadoes tracked 2 miles with one tornado track in Hinds County and a second tornado track in Warren County. One person was injured in Hinds County.   An F-1 tornado was also reported in Humphreys County.

In 1989, several severe thunderstorms swept across Mississippi with mainly hail and high winds with one tornado reported.  

A weak 17 yard wide, F-0 tornado tracked 5 miles in Kemper County, causing over $2,000 in property damage.  High wind gusts over 50 mph was reported in Sunflower County.   Large hail over 1 inch was also reported in several counties.

Tornado Counties: Montgomery, Wayne, Hinds, Humphreys, Warren, Kemper

Damaging Wind Counties: Alcorn, Itawamba, Leake, Lee, Neshoba, Newton, Sunflower, Yalobusha

Hail Counties:  Harrison, Jones, Lafayette, Lincoln, Marion, Monroe, Panola, Pontotoc

Mississippi Storm History: [November 4th--November 5th --November 6th--November 7th--November 8th--November 9th--November 10th--November 11th--November 12th--November 13th]