Lyman, MS Natural Disasters and Weather Extremes
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The chance of earthquake damage in Lyman is about the same as Mississippi average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in Lyman is lower than Mississippi average and is much higher than the national average.
Earthquake Index, #30
| Lyman, MS | 0.13 |
| Mississippi | 0.05 |
| U.S. | 1.81 |
The earthquake index value is calculated based on historical earthquake events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the earthquake level in a region. A higher earthquake index value means a higher chance of an earthquake.
Volcano Index, #1
| Lyman, MS | 0.0000 |
| Mississippi | 0.0000 |
| U.S. | 0.0023 |
The volcano index value is calculated based on the currently known volcanoes using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the possibility of a region being affected by a possible volcano eruption. A higher volcano index value means a higher chance of being affected.
Tornado Index, #370
| Lyman, MS | 210.78 |
| Mississippi | 280.40 |
| U.S. | 136.45 |
The tornado index value is calculated based on historical tornado events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the tornado level in a region. A higher tornado index value means a higher chance of tornado events.
Other Weather Extremes Events
A total of 1,469 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of Lyman, MS were recorded from 1950 to 2010. The following is a break down of these events:
| Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count |
| Avalanche: | 0 | Blizzard: | 0 | Cold: | 0 | Dense Fog: | 0 | Drought: | 0 |
| Dust Storm: | 0 | Flood: | 136 | Hail: | 407 | Heat: | 0 | Heavy Snow: | 0 |
| High Surf: | 0 | Hurricane: | 0 | Ice Storm: | 0 | Landslide: | 0 | Strong Wind: | 0 |
| Thunderstorm Winds: | 793 | Tropical Storm: | 0 | Wildfire: | 0 | Winter Storm: | 0 | Winter Weather: | 0 |
| Other: | 133 | ||||||||
Volcanos Nearby
No volcano is found in or near Lyman, MS.
Historical Earthquake Events
No historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near Lyman, MS.
No historical earthquake events found in or near Lyman, MS.
Historical Tornado Events
A total of 59 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near Lyman, MS.
| Distance (miles) | Date | Magnitude | Start Lat/Log | End Lat/Log | Length | Width | Fatalities | Injuries | Property Damage | Crop Damage | Affected County |
| 5.2 | 1980-05-19 | 3 | 30°23'N / 89°11'W | 30°29'N / 89°03'W | 10.60 Miles | 800 Yards | 0 | 4 | 2.5M | 0 | Harrison |
| 5.6 | 1972-05-07 | 2 | 30°28'N / 89°03'W | 0.80 Mile | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Harrison | |
| 5.6 | 1994-04-12 | 2 | 30°28'N / 89°03'W | 2.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 2 | 15 | 5.0M | 0 | Harrison | |
| Brief Description: Twenty mobile homes were totally destroyed and four brick homes were partially destroyed. At least four businesses were damaged. The two deaths and the fifteen injuries all occurred in mobile homes. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. Damage was estimated at near one million dollars. F57M M08M | |||||||||||
| 5.9 | 1985-09-23 | 2 | 30°26'N / 89°05'W | 1.00 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Harrison | |
| 5.9 | 2004-11-24 | 2 | 30°26'N / 89°05'W | 30°26'N / 89°05'W | 1.50 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3.0M | 0 | Harrison |
| Brief Description: A tornado traveled east to west on path along Dedeaux Road between Highway 49 and Three Rivers Road in the Orange Grove community. Most of the damage was rated a F1 intensity by a NWS ground survey, however there were areas of F2 damage. A large church under-construction was heavily damaged or destroyed. Three homes and five businesses received major damage while twenty homes had minor damage. Early estimates were that damage would approach 3 million dollars. | |||||||||||
| 7.9 | 1980-05-16 | 3 | 30°22'N / 89°09'W | 30°27'N / 88°59'W | 11.50 Miles | 800 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Harrison |
| 9.0 | 1967-10-30 | 3 | 30°23'N / 89°05'W | 2.00 Miles | 400 Yards | 4 | 17 | 25.0M | 0 | Harrison | |
| 9.7 | 1980-04-13 | 3 | 30°22'N / 89°06'W | 30°30'N / 88°53'W | 15.90 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 25 | 25.0M | 0 | Harrison |
| 10.1 | 1968-11-03 | 3 | 30°22'N / 89°05'W | 2.00 Miles | 123 Yards | 0 | 5 | 0K | 0 | Harrison | |
| 13.0 | 1972-05-07 | 2 | 30°21'N / 89°15'W | 1.20 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Harrison | |
| 13.8 | 1972-05-07 | 2 | 30°20'N / 89°18'W | 30°23'N / 89°16'W | 4.30 Miles | 23 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Harrison |
| 14.0 | 1980-05-19 | 2 | 30°27'N / 88°55'W | 30°29'N / 88°53'W | 3.60 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Harrison |
| 14.0 | 1982-04-20 | 2 | 30°18'N / 89°19'W | 30°21'N / 89°09'W | 13.00 Miles | 133 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Harrison |
| 14.6 | 1970-02-01 | 2 | 30°19'N / 89°14'W | 2.00 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 3 | 0K | 0 | Harrison | |
| 15.5 | 1977-09-05 | 2 | 30°19'N / 89°16'W | 0.10 Mile | 77 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Harrison | |
| 15.6 | 1988-03-03 | 2 | 30°24'N / 88°54'W | 1.20 Miles | 30 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Harrison | |
| 15.7 | 1980-05-19 | 2 | 30°29'N / 88°53'W | 30°32'N / 88°51'W | 4.30 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Jackson |
| 17.2 | 1972-05-07 | 2 | 30°18'N / 89°20'W | 30°20'N / 89°18'W | 3.30 Miles | 23 Yards | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Hancock |
| 17.4 | 1958-02-26 | 2 | 30°25'N / 88°52'W | 30°25'N / 88°51'W | 1.30 Miles | 30 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Harrison |
| 19.5 | 1987-11-16 | 2 | 30°31'N / 89°29'W | 30°32'N / 89°26'W | 3.00 Miles | 73 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Hancock |
| 19.7 | 1977-05-02 | 2 | 30°17'N / 89°24'W | 30°20'N / 89°20'W | 5.40 Miles | 20 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Hancock |
| 19.7 | 1971-05-08 | 2 | 30°25'N / 88°49'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Jackson | |||
| 20.2 | 1968-11-03 | 2 | 30°48'N / 89°19'W | 30°48'N / 88°55'W | 23.70 Miles | 183 Yards | 0 | 3 | 25K | 0 | Stone |
| 20.3 | 1982-04-20 | 2 | 30°16'N / 89°23'W | 30°18'N / 89°19'W | 5.00 Miles | 133 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Hancock |
| 20.4 | 1980-05-19 | 3 | 30°14'N / 89°27'W | 30°23'N / 89°19'W | 13.10 Miles | 800 Yards | 0 | 8 | 25.0M | 0 | Hancock |
| 21.5 | 1972-03-02 | 2 | 30°18'N / 89°26'W | 30°18'N / 89°22'W | 4.10 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 2 | 250K | 0 | Hancock |
| 22.0 | 1985-05-21 | 2 | 30°23'N / 88°49'W | 30°25'N / 88°45'W | 3.50 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Jackson |
| 22.2 | 1973-04-07 | 2 | 30°28'N / 89°30'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Hancock | |||
| 23.6 | 1953-04-04 | 2 | 30°51'N / 89°08'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Stone | |||
| 25.8 | 1966-04-27 | 2 | 30°33'N / 88°42'W | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Jackson | |||
| 27.1 | 1980-04-13 | 2 | 30°14'N / 89°37'W | 30°22'N / 89°25'W | 15.10 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Hancock |
| 27.6 | 1958-02-26 | 2 | 30°25'N / 88°51'W | 30°39'N / 88°29'W | 27.10 Miles | 30 Yards | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Jackson |
| 29.1 | 1968-11-03 | 2 | 30°48'N / 89°39'W | 30°48'N / 89°19'W | 19.80 Miles | 180 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Pearl River |
| 30.0 | 1969-05-08 | 2 | 30°53'N / 89°23'W | 2.00 Miles | 30 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Pearl River | |
| 30.9 | 1973-05-26 | 2 | 30°42'N / 89°36'W | 0 | 4 | 25K | 0 | Pearl River | |||
| 33.4 | 1987-02-15 | 2 | 30°29'N / 89°42'W | 30°31'N / 89°41'W | 3.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 2 | 250K | 0 | Pearl River |
| 34.2 | 1972-05-07 | 2 | 30°51'N / 89°32'W | 30°54'N / 89°30'W | 4.30 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Pearl River |
| 34.5 | 1981-02-10 | 2 | 30°31'N / 88°33'W | 0.50 Mile | 50 Yards | 0 | 2 | 250K | 0 | Jackson | |
| 36.4 | 1958-02-26 | 2 | 30°48'N / 89°39'W | 30°59'N / 89°27'W | 17.40 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 4 | 250K | 0 | Pearl River |
| 36.6 | 1982-04-25 | 2 | 30°23'N / 88°32'W | 0 | 3 | 250K | 0 | Jackson | |||
| 36.7 | 1964-10-03 | 2 | 30°48'N / 89°39'W | 30°50'N / 89°37'W | 3.30 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Pearl River |
| 36.8 | 1968-11-03 | 2 | 31°00'N / 89°22'W | 2.00 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 5 | 0K | 0 | Pearl River | |
| 37.0 | 1996-02-19 | 2 | 30°49'N / 89°40'W | 31°01'N / 89°24'W | 23.00 Miles | 430 Yards | 0 | 10 | 700K | 0 | Pearl River |
| Brief Description: A strong tornado touched down just northwest of the White Sand community. The most significant damage occurred in the initial 2.2 miles just to the north of the White Sand community where ten people were injured; five seriously, requiring hospitalization. The most serious was a woman who suffered a broken back, broken ribs and a punctured lung. The tornado continued on the ground continuously to just north of Poplarville, then intermittently to near Hillsdale. The county suffered considerable property damage with five houses destroyed, 10 had major damage and 14 minor damage. Nine mobile homes were destroyed, 3 sustained major damage and 5 minor damage. Numerous barns and other buildings were damaged. Several farm animals were killed. Large areas of 8 to 12 inch diameter trees were downed. The tornado path was surveyed by National Weather Service employees. | |||||||||||
| 37.1 | 1976-03-27 | 2 | 30°54'N / 89°37'W | 30°59'N / 89°23'W | 15.00 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Pearl River |
| 37.4 | 1980-05-19 | 2 | 30°50'N / 89°38'W | 0.30 Mile | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Pearl River | |
| 37.5 | 1975-01-10 | 2 | 30°30'N / 88°30'W | 0.10 Mile | 70 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Jackson | |
| 38.6 | 1971-02-12 | 2 | 30°44'N / 88°47'W | 30°59'N / 88°28'W | 25.50 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 2 | 250K | 0 | George |
| 39.2 | 1958-02-26 | 2 | 30°59'N / 89°27'W | 31°03'N / 89°24'W | 5.70 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 5 | 250K | 0 | Lamar |
| 39.5 | 1977-05-02 | 2 | 30°28'N / 88°30'W | 30°31'N / 88°26'W | 5.20 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Jackson |
| 40.7 | 1989-11-22 | 2 | 31°03'N / 89°24'W | 2.50 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Lamar | |
| 41.2 | 1980-05-19 | 3 | 30°54'N / 88°39'W | 30°57'N / 88°37'W | 4.30 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | George |
| 41.5 | 1973-04-07 | 2 | 30°54'N / 88°36'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | George | |||
| 41.6 | 1961-09-11 | 2 | 30°20'N / 89°46'W | 30°20'N / 89°50'W | 4.30 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 2 | 25K | 0 | St. Tammany |
| 42.3 | 1967-05-02 | 2 | 30°54'N / 88°35'W | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | George | |||
| 43.7 | 2004-11-24 | 2 | 30°18'N / 89°51'W | 30°21'N / 89°49'W | 4.00 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 4 | 750K | 0 | St. Tammany |
| Brief Description: A tornado touched down along an intermittent path approximately 4 miles long on the northwest side of Slidell. A NWS ground survey indicated that minor damage occurred to the south of US Highway 190 and near Centennial Park subdivision. The tornado continued to track north-northeast with the greatest damage, F2 intensity, occurring just southwest of the airport. The tornado damaged about 152 houses in the Bel Air subdivision off Airport Road with nine of the homes being declared uninhabitable. Four people received injuries during the storm and were treated at an area hospital and released. A wind gust of 70 mph (61 knots) was recorded at the automated weather equipment (ASOS) at the Slidell Airport. | |||||||||||
| 46.4 | 1972-11-13 | 2 | 31°08'N / 89°25'W | 0.80 Mile | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Lamar | |
| 46.5 | 1971-02-12 | 2 | 30°57'N / 88°35'W | 31°00'N / 88°33'W | 4.30 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | George |
| 47.2 | 1976-03-27 | 3 | 30°58'N / 88°40'W | 30°59'N / 88°26'W | 13.90 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | George |
| 48.8 | 1977-03-28 | 2 | 31°12'N / 89°18'W | 0.10 Mile | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Forrest | |
* The information on this page is based on the global volcano database, the U.S. earthquake database of 1638-1985, and the U.S. Tornado and Weather Extremes database of 1950-2010.