Mississippi

Storms in Mississippi in 2009

1,221 events in 141 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Mississippi in 2009, 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 2009 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
1,221
Deaths
6
Injuries
45
Damage
$54 million
Episodes
141

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 Wind52111$421,000
Hail32300$1.9 million
Flash Flood18414$9.5 million
Tornado54438$41 million
Strong Wind3100$80,000
Heavy Snow2400
Winter Weather2300
Winter Storm1600
High Wind1500$365,000
Lightning1500
Funnel Cloud400
Tropical Storm400$1,000
Flood300$40,000
Heavy Rain202$25,000
Coastal Flood200

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.