Tornadoes in Mississippi, February 20, 1954

Name: Tornadoes in Mississippi, February 20, 1954
Start: 1954-02-20T00:35
End: 1954-02-20T01:50
Location: Mississippi

February 20, 1954 · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

4 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 20
Property damage: $1.0 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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.

Event by event

4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Lamar

When: February 20, 12:35 AM CST
Where: Lamar County
Rating: F2
Path length: 13.1 mi
Path width: 200 yd
Injuries: 10 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 31.280, -89.650

Tornado, Covington

When: February 20, 1:00 AM CST
Where: Covington County
Rating: F2
Path length: 24 mi
Path width: 200 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 31.430, -89.520

Tornado, Newton

When: February 20, 1:30 AM CST
Where: Newton County
Rating: F2
Path length: 15.6 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Injuries: 5 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 32.430, -89.230

Tornado, Neshoba

When: February 20, 1:50 AM CST
Where: Neshoba County
Rating: F2
Path length: 3.6 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Injuries: 5 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 32.570, -89.020

What these are

Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Tornado in Florida, February 20, 1954$3,000 · F1 · 1 event

Every storm in Mississippi in 1954 Every state in 1954 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Mississippi, 1954

Sources

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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10047321, 10047322, 10047323, 10047324.