Storms in Mississippi in 1974
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Mississippi in 1974, 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 1974 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
- 134
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 27
- Damage
- $1.6 million
- Episodes
- 56
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 | 73 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 35 | 0 | 27 | $1.6 million |
| Hail | 26 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1974
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, January 19, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, January 26, 1974
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, January 28, 1974
February 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, February 6, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, February 7, 1974
- Tornado in Mississippi, February 14, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, February 18, 1974
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, February 21, 1974
March 1974
- Hail in Mississippi, March 19, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 20, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 21, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 28, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 29, 1974
April 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 1, 1974
- Tornado in Mississippi, April 2, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, April 3, 1974
- Hail in Mississippi, April 4, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 8, 1974
- Tornado in Mississippi, April 12, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 13, 1974
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 22, 1974
May 1974
- Hail in Mississippi, May 3, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 4, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 22, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 26, 1974
- Tornado in Mississippi, May 31, 1974
June 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, June 5, 1974
- Tornado in Mississippi, June 6, 1974
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 7, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 9, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 10, 1974
- Hail in Mississippi, June 12, 1974
- Tornado in Mississippi, June 13, 1974
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 15, 1974
- Tornado in Mississippi, June 20, 1974
July 1974
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 11, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 14, 1974
- Hail in Mississippi, July 15, 1974
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 16, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 20, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 22, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 23, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 26, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 30, 1974
August 1974
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 13, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, August 16, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 21, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 27, 1974
September 1974
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, September 1, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, September 5, 1974
- Tornado in Mississippi, September 8, 1974
- Tornado in Mississippi, September 9, 1974
- Tornado in Mississippi, September 28, 1974
October 1974
November 1974
More
Every year in MississippiEvery state in 1974Tornadoes in Mississippi in 197419731975
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.