Storms in Mississippi in 1983
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Mississippi in 1983, 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 1983 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
- 169
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 32
- Damage
- $15 million
- Episodes
- 45
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 | 121 | 0 | 7 | |
| Hail | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 23 | 0 | 25 | $15 million |
Every episode, month by month
January 1983
February 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, February 1, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, February 5, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, February 21, 1983
March 1983
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 4, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 5, 1983
- Tornado in Mississippi, March 20, 1983
April 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 1, 1983
- Hail in Mississippi, April 4, 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 5, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 6, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 7, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 13, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 14, 1983
May 1983
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 3, 1983
- Hail in Mississippi, May 8, 1983
- Tornado in Mississippi, May 14, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 15, 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 18, 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 19, 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 20, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 21, 1983
- Hail in Mississippi, May 22, 1983
- Hail in Mississippi, May 28, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 29, 1983
June 1983
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 3, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 4, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 16, 1983
August 1983
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 5, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 7, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 29, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 31, 1983
September 1983
October 1983
November 1983
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, November 14, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, November 15, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, November 19, 1983
- Tornado in Mississippi, November 20, 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, November 22, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, November 23, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, November 27, 1983
December 1983
More
Every year in MississippiEvery state in 1983Tornadoes in Mississippi in 198319821984
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.