Mississippi

Storms in Mississippi in 2018

1,124 events in 115 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Mississippi in 2018, 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 2018 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
1,124
Deaths
4
Injuries
59
Damage
$29 million
Episodes
115

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 Wind53707$2.6 million
Flash Flood14000$6.6 million
Heat12400
Hail8200$1.5 million
Winter Weather72244
Tornado6417$17 million
Lightning1800$355,000
Winter Storm1400
Heavy Snow1401$270,000
Flood1400$396,000
Tropical Depression1100
Excessive Heat1000
Strong Wind900$75,000
Tropical Storm500
Sleet300
Funnel Cloud200
Heavy Rain200
Storm Surge/Tide200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill110

Every episode, month by month

January 2018

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November 2018

December 2018

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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.