Storms in Mississippi in 2005

1,382 events in 317 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Mississippi in 2005, 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 2005 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

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The year

Events: 1,382
Deaths: 187
Injuries: 135
Damage: $26 billion
Episodes: 317

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	447	0	2	$35 million
Thunderstorm Wind	411	0	0	$4.8 million
Tornado	120	2	25	$54 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)	106	181	104	$15 billion
Flash Flood	104	1	4	$35 million
Heat	87	2	0
Tropical Storm	48	0	0	$10 million
Funnel Cloud	26	0	0
Lightning	21	1	0	$90,000
Storm Surge/Tide	6	0	0	$11 billion
Heavy Rain	3	0	0
Flood	3	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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September 2005

November 2005

December 2005

Every year in Mississippi Every state in 2005 Tornadoes in Mississippi in 2005 Warnings in Mississippi in 2005 2004 2006

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.