Mississippi

Storms in Mississippi in 2011

1,739 events in 144 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Mississippi in 2011, 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 2011 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
1,739
Deaths
50
Injuries
232
Damage
$1.2 billion
Episodes
144

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 Wind69711$2.1 million
Hail368219$7.2 million
Flash Flood17321$4.2 million
Tornado13636201$116 million
Ice Storm7149$17 million
Excessive Heat6000
Winter Storm4411
Heavy Snow4100$9.2 million
Winter Weather2900
Lightning2410
Strong Wind2100
Flood2110$1.0 billion
Heavy Rain1700
Drought1400
High Wind800
Tropical Storm700$55,000
Funnel Cloud300
Storm Surge/Tide300$30,000
Cold/Wind Chill110
Heat110

Every episode, month by month

January 2011

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November 2011

December 2011

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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.