Storms in Mississippi in 1971
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Mississippi in 1971, 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 1971 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
- 128
- Deaths
- 118
- Injuries
- 1,490
- Damage
- $34 million
- Episodes
- 47
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 | 56 | 118 | 1,490 | $34 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 50 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 22 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1971
February 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, February 4, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, February 7, 1971
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, February 12, 1971
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, February 21, 1971
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, February 26, 1971
March 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 2, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 6, 1971
- Hail in Mississippi, March 12, 1971
- Hail in Mississippi, March 22, 1971
April 1971
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 1, 1971
- Tornado in Mississippi, April 12, 1971
- Hail in Mississippi, April 20, 1971
- Hail in Mississippi, April 22, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 29, 1971
May 1971
- Tornado in Mississippi, May 5, 1971
- Hail in Mississippi, May 6, 1971
- Hail in Mississippi, May 7, 1971
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, May 8, 1971
- Tornado in Mississippi, May 9, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 10, 1971
- Tornado in Mississippi, May 11, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 12, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 20, 1971
- Tornado in Mississippi, May 24, 1971
June 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 1, 1971
- Tornado in Mississippi, June 4, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 6, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 13, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 15, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 16, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 18, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 23, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 26, 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 27, 1971
- Hail in Mississippi, June 29, 1971
July 1971
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 3, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 6, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 13, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 16, 1971
August 1971
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 22, 1971
- Tornado in Mississippi, August 25, 1971
- Tornado in Mississippi, August 27, 1971
September 1971
October 1971
December 1971
More
Every year in MississippiEvery state in 1971Tornadoes in Mississippi in 197119701972
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.