Storms in Mississippi in 1970
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Mississippi in 1970, 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 1970 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
- 124
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 110
- Damage
- $3.3 million
- Episodes
- 32
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 80 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 28 | 4 | 110 | $3.3 million |
| Hail | 16 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
February 1970
March 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 3, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 19, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 25, 1970
April 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 1, 1970
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 19, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 24, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 25, 1970
- Tornado in Mississippi, April 26, 1970
May 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, May 10, 1970
- Hail in Mississippi, May 29, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 31, 1970
June 1970
- Tornado in Mississippi, June 1, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, June 4, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 13, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 15, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 18, 1970
- Tornado in Mississippi, June 20, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 21, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 25, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 28, 1970
July 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 4, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 9, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 10, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 31, 1970
August 1970
September 1970
October 1970
November 1970
December 1970
More
Every year in MississippiEvery state in 1970Tornadoes in Mississippi in 197019691971
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.