Mississippi storm events
Tornadoes, hurricanes, hail, and severe storms recorded in Mississippi between 1950 and 2025, sourced from NOAA's Storm Events Database.
40,740
Storm events
3,432
Tornadoes
176
Hurricanes
905
Deaths
Significant recent events in Mississippi
Events with deaths, multiple injuries, $1M+ property damage, or EF3+ tornadoes.
Flood water covered N Canal Street and entered at least three businesses in Natchez including the Natchez Democrat, Blankensteins Supplies and Equipment, and the Natchez Convention Center. Two adults were swept off their feet by flood water near the intersection of Aldrich St. an…
An intense supercell storm produced a swath of significant hail across the north side of Starkville. Hail size ranged from ping pong ball size to 2.25 inches diameter. This hail damaged homes and vehicles along with the stripping of foliage along a portion Highway 82 and near Ree…
A man was struck and killed by lightning while fishing on the Ross Barnett Reservoir.
This brief, but strong, EF-2 tornado began just south of County Road 540 where it did minor tree damage with a mix of hardwood and softwood trees snapped. As it tracked north, it quickly intensified as it snapped and uprooted hardwood and softwood trees in a concentrated corridor…
This strong, deadly tornado began near Summerland where a few trees were uprooted along highway 28. The tornado progressed northeastward across mostly rural portions of Jones County, crossing into Jasper County near County Road 7 where structural damage began to be observed, prim…
The tornado crossed into Union County near Flatwood. Trees and a few homes/outbuildings sustained damage along McLaughlin Road and County Road 102, as well as in the Bald Hill and Fairview areas. The tornado weakened as it crossed Highway 15, with damage becoming more sporadic. T…
A tornado touched down near Highway 311, southwest of Slayden, uprooting trees and snapping trunks near Drew Road. As the tornado moved northeast, additional tree damage and some roof damage to a home occurred along Isom Chapel Road. The tornado began to intensify, causing all ex…
A tornado touched down just west of Cypress Corner Road, uprooting several trees before continuing its northeast path towards Linwood. The tornado began to intensify along Brownsferry Road, snapping trunks of several trees. Further intensification continued where the worst of the…
This tornado touched down near Jefftown Road and Hwy 13 in Marion County. The tornado started of small causing some minor tree damage near the starting point. The tornado then traveled northeastward through the forest before crossing Beach Road. There was noticeable tree damage a…
A tornado entering Walthal County from Pike County, already over a half a mile wide, was still strengthening. Pockets of EF3 damaged occurred all along the path as it continued through Walthall County. West of Tylertown on the north side of Mississippi Highway 98, a well built, w…
At 1:24 pm, approximately 45 minutes after a violent EF-4 tornado had passed through the nearby area, yet another tornado would develop in Walthall County, MS near Claude Smith Road. Patchy tree damage was identified on high resolution satellite imagery away from the road over la…
Tornado EF3 Tornado
An EF-4 tornado touched down in Tangipahoa Parish just northeast of Kentwood, LA and produced EF-1 damage northeast through most of Southeast Pike County in Mississippi. As it crossed into Walthall County, EF-2 damage was noted. Pockets of EF-3 damaged occurred all along the path…
An EF-4 tornado touched down in Tangipahoa Parish just northeast of Kentwood, LA and produced EF-1 damage northeast through most of Southeast Pike County in Mississippi. As it crossed into Walthall County, EF-2 damage was noted. Pockets of EF-3 damaged occurred all along the path…
An EF-4 tornado touched down in Tangipahoa Parish just northeast of Kentwood, LA and produced EF-1 damage northeast through most of Southeast Pike County in Mississippi. As it crossed into Walthall County, EF-2 damage was noted. Pockets of EF-3 damaged occurred all along the path…
An EF-2 tornado touched down west of Hopewell near Roscoe McDaniel Road in Covington County where it damaged trees. It moved northeast, damaged the roof of a home, and destroyed a barn on Cole Road. The tornado then moved along Jones Chapel Road where numerous mobile homes were d…
Counties and zones
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Adams (438)
Alcorn (444)
Amite (248)
Attala (504)
Benton (252)
Bolivar (635)
Calhoun (377)
Carroll (392)
Chickasaw (404)
Choctaw (280)
Claiborne (356)
Claiborne and Copiah (1)
Clarke (598)
Clay (313)
Coahoma (463)
Copiah (700)
Covington (463)
De Soto (696)
Forrest (803)
Franklin (314)
George (217)
Greene (217)
Grenada (443)
Hancock (358)
Harrison (591)
Hinds (1,491)
Hinds and Rankin (1)
Holmes (455)
Humphreys (271)
Issaquena (222)
Issaquena and Sharkey (1)
Itawamba (455)
Jackson (443)
Jasper (629)
Jefferson (297)
Jefferson Davis (463)
Jones (1,019)
Kemper (389)
Lafayette (521)
Lamar (615)
Lauderdale (958)
Lawrence (455)
Leake (597)
Lee (840)
Leflore (484)
Lincoln (610)
Lowndes (696)
Madison (885)
Marion (526)
Marshall (422)
Monroe (622)
Montgomery (320)
Msz067 - 075 - 076 (1)
Msz067 - 075 - 076 - 078 - 079 (1)
Neshoba (662)
Neshoba and Kemper (1)
Newton (641)
Northern Hancock County (30)
Northern Harrison County (30)
Northern Jackson County (35)
Noxubee (387)
Oktibbeha (460)
Panola (490)
Pearl River (390)
Perry (225)
Pike (385)
Pontotoc (515)
Prentiss (378)
Quitman (277)
Rankin (1,390)
Rankin and Scott (1)
Scott (597)
Sharkey (259)
Simpson (629)
Simpson, Smith and Jasper (1)
Smith (655)
Southern Hancock County (34)
Southern Harrison County (36)
Southern Jackson County (38)
Stone (208)
Sunflower (498)
Tallahatchie (397)
Tate (386)
Tippah (368)
Tishomingo (440)
Tunica (363)
Tunica and Desoto (1)
Union (448)
Walthall (240)
Walthall and Marion (1)
Warren (807)
Warren and Claiborne (1)
Washington (607)
Wayne (285)
Webster (316)
Wilkinson (164)
Winston (438)
Yalobusha (343)
Yazoo (651)
Yazoo and Holmes (1)