Mississippi

Storms in Mississippi in 2010

1,579 events in 143 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Mississippi in 2010, 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 2010 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
1,579
Deaths
32
Injuries
193
Damage
$476 million
Episodes
143

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 Wind48902$491,000
Hail29001$1.3 million
Heat18210
Flash Flood13501$9.9 million
Excessive Heat11591
Drought9000$28 million
Tornado5616170$404 million
Cold/Wind Chill4730$15 million
Winter Weather46318
Heavy Snow4000$18 million
Winter Storm3500$70,000
Lightning1700$4,000
Strong Wind1500$103,000
Heavy Rain1100
Ice Storm400
Coastal Flood400
Funnel Cloud200
Flood100

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.