Storms in Mississippi in 1953

Events

26

Deaths

39

Injuries

310

Damage

$28 million

Episodes

14

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

January 1953

• Tornadoes in Mississippi, January 22, 19531 injured · $500,000 · F2 · 2 events

February 1953

• Tornadoes in Mississippi, February 20, 19533 injured · $55,000 · F2 · 4 events

March 1953

• Tornado in Mississippi, March 14, 19531 death · $25,000 · F2 · 1 event
• Tornado in Mississippi, March 21, 1953$25,000 · F1 · 1 event
• Tornadoes in Mississippi, March 22, 19531 injured · $3,000 · F2 · 3 events

April 1953

• Tornado in Mississippi, April 4, 1953$25,000 · F2 · 1 event
• Tornado in Mississippi, April 14, 1953$25,000 · 1 event
• Tornado in Mississippi, April 24, 1953$25,000 · F2 · 1 event

May 1953

• Tornadoes in Mississippi, May 4, 19533 injured · $100,000 · F2 · 4 events
• Tornadoes in Mississippi, May 14, 19531 injured · F2 · 2 events

August 1953

• Tornado in Mississippi, August 8, 1953$3,000 · 1 event
• Tornado in Mississippi, August 9, 1953$3,000 · 1 event

December 1953

• Tornadoes in Mississippi, December 3, 195320 injured · $2.5 million · F3 · 2 events
• Tornadoes in Mississippi, December 5, 195338 deaths · 281 injured · $25 million · F5 · 2 events

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.