Storms in Mississippi in 1959
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Mississippi in 1959, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Mississippi in 1959 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 33
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 2
- Damage
- $793,000
- Episodes
- 16
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.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 22 | 1 | 2 | $793,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1959
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, January 15, 1959
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, January 20, 1959
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, January 21, 1959
March 1959
April 1959
May 1959
June 1959
- Tornado in Mississippi, June 5, 1959
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, June 11, 1959
- Tornado in Mississippi, June 12, 1959
July 1959
October 1959
November 1959
More
Every year in MississippiEvery state in 1959Tornadoes in Mississippi in 195919581960
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.