Mississippi

Storms in Mississippi in 2015

863 events in 126 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Mississippi in 2015, 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 2015 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
863
Deaths
18
Injuries
68
Damage
$29 million
Episodes
126

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 Wind36212$1.2 million
Hail9300$145,000
Flash Flood8111$3.5 million
Drought6800$8.8 million
Tornado581164$15 million
Winter Storm5200
Strong Wind4600$127,000
Winter Weather3221$19,000
Sleet2400$3,000
Heavy Snow2030$39,000
Lightning1300$60,000
Heavy Rain500
Funnel Cloud400
Coastal Flood400
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.