Mississippi storm reports for May 18, 2021

Name: NOAA storm reports, Mississippi, May 18, 2021
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 3 tornado reports in Mississippi on May 18, 2021.

in Mississippi; 3
Storm reports: Highest rating EF1, near 32.06, -88.73, MS; 3
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on May 18, 2021 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot.

Reports by hour

Tornado3, most at 2 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
2:16 PM	EF1	Near 32.06, -88.73, MS	1.43 mi long, 150 yd wide
2:59 PM	EF0	About 53 miles from Jackson, MS	0.98 mi long, 300 yd wide
3:53 PM	EF0	About 32 miles from Jackson, MS	1.49 mi long, 300 yd wide

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.