Storms in Mississippi in 1986
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Mississippi in 1986, 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 1986 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
- 193
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 18
- Damage
- $29 million
- Episodes
- 36
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 94 | 0 | 1 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 51 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 48 | 0 | 17 | $29 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1986
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, February 4, 1986
- Hail in Mississippi, February 10, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, February 17, 1986
March 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, March 12, 1986
- Hail in Mississippi, March 15, 1986
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 18, 1986
April 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, April 8, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 12, 1986
- Hail in Mississippi, April 19, 1986
May 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, May 10, 1986
- Hail in Mississippi, May 11, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 17, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, May 18, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 24, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 25, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 26, 1986
June 1986
- Hail in Mississippi, June 16, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 18, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 19, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 24, 1986
July 1986
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 11, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 20, 1986
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 21, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 30, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 31, 1986
August 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 2, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 8, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 9, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, August 10, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 17, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 25, 1986
September 1986
October 1986
November 1986
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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.