Storms in Mississippi in 2016
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Mississippi in 2016, 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 2016 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
The year
- Events
- 1,260
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 9
- Damage
- $42 million
- Episodes
- 119
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 event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 473 | 1 | 1 | $906,000 |
| Drought | 238 | 0 | 0 | $6.2 million |
| Hail | 209 | 0 | 1 | $1.4 million |
| Flash Flood | 198 | 0 | 2 | $19 million |
| Tornado | 57 | 1 | 4 | $14 million |
| Excessive Heat | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 17 | 0 | 0 | $500 |
| Flood | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 15 | 2 | 1 | $10,000 |
| Winter Weather | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Astronomical Low Tide | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2016
- Hail in Mississippi, January 9, 2016
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, January 9, 2016
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, January 21, 2016
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Mississippi, January 22, 2016
February 2016
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, February 2 to 3, 2016
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, February 15, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, February 15, 2016
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, February 15, 2016
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, February 23, 2016
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, February 23, 2016
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Mississippi, February 23, 2016
March 2016
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 3, 2016
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, March 9 to 13, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Mississippi, March 9 to 12, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Mississippi, March 10 to 15, 2016
- Flash Flooding in Mississippi, March 11, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, March 17 to 18, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 17, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 17, 2016
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 24, 2016
- Hail in Mississippi, March 29, 2016
- Hail in Mississippi, March 30, 2016
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, March 30 to 31, 2016
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 31, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 31, 2016
April 2016
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 1, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 1, 2016
- Hail in Mississippi, April 6, 2016
- Hail in Mississippi, April 6, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, April 11, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, April 14, 2016
- Flash Flooding in Mississippi, April 14 to 15, 2016
- Flash Flooding in Mississippi, April 14, 2016
- Flash Flood and Hail in Mississippi, April 27 to 30, 2016
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, April 27, 2016
- Flash Flood and Hail in Mississippi, April 28, 2016
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 29, 2016
May 2016
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 1, 2016
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 12, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 12, 2016
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in Mississippi, May 17, 2016
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 19, 2016
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 19 to 20, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 19 to 20, 2016
- Flash Flood and Hail in Mississippi, May 25, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 28, 2016
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 30 to 31, 2016
June 2016
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 13, 2016
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 15, 2016
- Excessive Heat in Mississippi, June 16, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 17, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 17, 2016
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 17, 2016
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Mississippi, June 27, 2016
July 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 4 to 6, 2016
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 4, 2016
- Drought in Mississippi, July 5 to 31, 2016
- Drought in Mississippi, July 5 to 31, 2016
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Mississippi, July 9 to 10, 2016
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 9, 2016
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 10, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 11 to 13, 2016
- Drought in Mississippi, July 12 to 31, 2016
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 14 to 15, 2016
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 20, 2016
- Excessive Heat in Mississippi, July 22, 2016
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Mississippi, July 22 to 24, 2016
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 22, 2016
- Drought in Mississippi, July 26 to 31, 2016
- Drought in Mississippi, July 26 to 31, 2016
- Strong Wind in Mississippi, July 27, 2016
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 31, 2016
August 2016
- Drought in Mississippi, August 1 to 31, 2016
- Drought in Mississippi, August 1 to 31, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 2 to 4, 2016
- Excessive Heat in Mississippi, August 4, 2016
- Excessive Heat in Mississippi, August 5, 2016
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 5, 2016
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Mississippi, August 5, 2016
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 6, 2016
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 6, 2016
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 7 to 11, 2016
- Drought in Mississippi, August 9 to 31, 2016
- Flash Flooding in Mississippi, August 11 to 13, 2016
- Flash Flood in Mississippi, August 11, 2016
- Flash Flooding in Mississippi, August 12, 2016
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 14 to 16, 2016
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 24 to 25, 2016
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, August 26, 2016
September 2016
- Drought in Mississippi, September 1 to 30, 2016
- Drought in Mississippi, September 1 to 30, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, September 11, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, September 25 to 26, 2016
- Drought in Mississippi, September 27 to 30, 2016
October 2016
- Drought in Mississippi, October 1 to 31, 2016
- Drought and Astronomical Low Tide in Mississippi, October 1 to 31, 2016
- Drought in Mississippi, October 1 to 31, 2016
- Drought in Mississippi, October 11 to 31, 2016
- Drought in Mississippi, October 11 to 31, 2016
- Drought in Mississippi, October 18 to 31, 2016
- Drought in Mississippi, October 18 to 31, 2016
- Drought in Mississippi, October 25 to 31, 2016
November 2016
- Drought in Mississippi, November 1 to 30, 2016
- Drought in Mississippi, November 1 to 30, 2016
- Drought in Mississippi, November 1 to 30, 2016
- Drought in Mississippi, November 8 to 30, 2016
- Drought in Mississippi, November 15 to 30, 2016
- Drought in Mississippi, November 15 to 30, 2016
- Drought in Mississippi, November 15 to 30, 2016
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, November 28 to 30, 2016
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, November 28, 2016
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, November 29, 2016
December 2016
- Drought in Mississippi, December 1 to 31, 2016
- Drought in Mississippi, December 1 to 31, 2016
- Drought in Mississippi, December 1 to 31, 2016
- Flash Flood in Mississippi, December 13, 2016
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, December 13, 2016
- Damaging Wind and Strong Wind in Mississippi, December 17 to 18, 2016
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, December 17 to 18, 2016
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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.