Mississippi

Storms in Mississippi in 2008

1,809 events in 156 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Mississippi in 2008, 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 2008 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
1,809
Deaths
6
Injuries
89
Damage
$390 million
Episodes
156

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 Wind82902$2.6 million
Hail46901$22 million
Flash Flood13500$17 million
Tornado126081$322 million
Heavy Snow5200$1.2 million
Winter Weather4213
Strong Wind2900$50,000
Lightning2410$35,000
High Wind2300$274,000
Winter Storm1400
Tropical Storm1400
Tropical Depression1200
Funnel Cloud1000
Ice Storm1012$2.2 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)800$22 million
Storm Surge/Tide600
Flood220$400,000
Heavy Rain200
Coastal Flood100
Heat110

Every episode, month by month

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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.