Storms in Mississippi in 1972

Events

105

Deaths

0

Injuries

96

Damage

$4.6 million

Episodes

36

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 1972

• Tornado in Mississippi, January 4, 1972$25,000 · F2 · 1 event
• Tornadoes in Mississippi, January 9, 197214 injured · $2.6 million · F3 · 7 events

March 1972

• Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 1, 19721.75 in hail · 2 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, March 2, 19722 injured · $275,000 · F2 · 7 events
• Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, March 8, 1972$3,000 · F1 · 3 events
• Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 16, 197255 kt wind · 4 events
• Hail in Mississippi, March 18, 19721.75 in hail · 6 events
• Hail in Mississippi, March 25, 19720.75 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 27, 197260 kt wind · 4 events
• Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 28, 19721 event

April 1972

• Tornado in Mississippi, April 3, 1972$25,000 · F1 · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 7, 19721.75 in hail · 3 events
• Tornado in Mississippi, April 15, 197262 injured · $250,000 · F2 · 1 event
• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 21, 19728 injured · $275,000 · F3 · 9 events
• Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 22, 19721 event

May 1972

• Tornadoes in Mississippi, May 7, 19723 injured · $130,000 · F2 · 10 events
• Hail in Mississippi, May 24, 19722.75 in hail · 6 events

June 1972

• Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 7, 19721.75 in hail · 3 events
• Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 9, 19721 event
• Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 17, 19721 event
• Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 20, 19721 event
• Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 22, 197270 kt wind · 2 events
• Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 25, 197260 kt wind · 8 events
• Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 28, 19722 events
• Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, June 29, 19723 injured · $25,000 · F1 · 2 events

July 1972

• Hail in Mississippi, July 1, 19721.75 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 3, 197266 kt wind · 3 events
• Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 16, 19721 event
• Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 19, 19721 event
• Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 26, 19721 event
• Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 27, 19721 event

August 1972

• Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 24, 19721 event

September 1972

• Damaging Wind in Mississippi, September 21, 19721 event
• Tornadoes in Mississippi, September 29, 19724 injured · $750,000 · F3 · 4 events

November 1972

• Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, November 13, 1972$275,000 · F2 · 3 events

December 1972

• Tornado in Mississippi, December 20, 1972$3,000 · F1 · 1 event

Every year in MississippiEvery state in 1972Tornadoes in Mississippi in 197219711973

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.