Storms in Mississippi in 1976
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Mississippi in 1976, 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 1976 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
- 179
- Deaths
- 5
- Injuries
- 294
- Damage
- $52 million
- Episodes
- 42
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 | 87 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 50 | 5 | 294 | $52 million |
| Hail | 42 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1976
February 1976
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, February 17, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, February 18, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, February 20, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, February 21, 1976
March 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 8, 1976
- Hail in Mississippi, March 16, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, March 20, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 21, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, March 26, 1976
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 27, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, March 29, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, March 30, 1976
- Hail in Mississippi, March 31, 1976
April 1976
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 20, 1976
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 24, 1976
May 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 6, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 7, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 10, 1976
- Hail in Mississippi, May 12, 1976
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 13, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 14, 1976
- Hail in Mississippi, May 15, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 24, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 27, 1976
June 1976
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 1, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 15, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 23, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 27, 1976
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, June 29, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 30, 1976
July 1976
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 13, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 15, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 21, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 24, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 26, 1976
August 1976
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 1, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 16, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 21, 1976
September 1976
More
Every year in MississippiEvery state in 1976Tornadoes in Mississippi in 197619751977
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.