Mississippi

Storms in Mississippi in 1977

127 events in 42 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Mississippi in 1977, 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 1977 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

Open the live radar over Mississippi

The year

Events
127
Deaths
2
Injuries
21
Damage
$5.7 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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind7500
Tornado37221$5.7 million
Hail1500

Every episode, month by month

January 1977

February 1977

March 1977

April 1977

May 1977

June 1977

July 1977

August 1977

September 1977

October 1977

November 1977

December 1977

More

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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.