Mississippi

Storms in Mississippi in 1997

771 events in 339 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Mississippi in 1997, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Mississippi in 1997 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
771
Deaths
2
Injuries
37
Damage
$41 million
Episodes
339

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 Wind37911$726,000
Hail24702$2.2 million
Flash Flood5000$26 million
Tornado35133$4.9 million
Heavy Snow1600$50,000
High Wind1300$20,000
Flood1300$7.3 million
Lightning1201$20,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)300
Funnel Cloud100
Waterspout100
Heavy Rain100

Every episode, month by month

January 1997

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May 1997

June 1997

July 1997

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September 1997

October 1997

November 1997

December 1997

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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.