Mississippi

Storms in Mississippi in 2006

1,010 events in 483 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Mississippi in 2006, 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 2006 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
1,010
Deaths
4
Injuries
23
Damage
$157 million
Episodes
483

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 Wind403012$32 million
Hail34411$31 million
Heat4810$77,000
Drought4700$61 million
Tornado3609$24 million
Flash Flood3100$4.1 million
Winter Storm2200$22,000
Lightning2011$830,000
Strong Wind1800$204,000
Funnel Cloud1200
High Wind1210$3.6 million
Ice Storm1000$1.4 million
Heavy Rain300$30,000
Dense Fog100
Flood100$300,000
Wildfire100
Coastal Flood100

Every episode, month by month

January 2006

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May 2006

June 2006

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September 2006

October 2006

November 2006

December 2006

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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.