Storms in Mississippi in 1980
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Mississippi in 1980, 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 1980 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
- 99
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 54
- Damage
- $65 million
- Episodes
- 31
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 | 39 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 38 | 2 | 54 | $65 million |
| Hail | 22 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1980
March 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 7, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 20, 1980
- Hail in Mississippi, March 29, 1980
April 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 8, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 13, 1980
- Hail in Mississippi, April 18, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 25, 1980
May 1980
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 14, 1980
- Tornado in Mississippi, May 15, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 16, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 18, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, May 19, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 22, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 25, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 28, 1980
June 1980
- Hail in Mississippi, June 16, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 17, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 19, 1980
- Tornado in Mississippi, June 24, 1980
- Hail in Mississippi, June 26, 1980
July 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 7, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 15, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 18, 1980
- Hail in Mississippi, July 27, 1980
August 1980
September 1980
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, September 6, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, September 17, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, September 25, 1980
October 1980
More
Every year in MississippiEvery state in 1980Tornadoes in Mississippi in 198019791981
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.