Storms in Mississippi in 1979
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Mississippi in 1979, 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 1979 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
- 81
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $2.8 million
- Episodes
- 35
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 | 62 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 6 | 0 | 0 | $2.8 million |
Every episode, month by month
January 1979
February 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, February 24, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, February 28, 1979
March 1979
April 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 2, 1979
- Hail in Mississippi, April 3, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 4, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 8, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, April 11, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, April 12, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 22, 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 23, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 26, 1979
May 1979
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 3, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, May 4, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 7, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 11, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 30, 1979
June 1979
July 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 1, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 5, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 6, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 13, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 18, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 24, 1979
August 1979
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 8, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 21, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 23, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 28, 1979
September 1979
October 1979
November 1979
December 1979
More
Every year in MississippiEvery state in 1979Tornadoes in Mississippi in 197919781980
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.