Mississippi Storm History: Every Flood, Storm and Heat Wave Since 1950

The worst in Mississippi on the map

The deadliest and costliest episodes on record here, 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 record

Events: 42,127
Deaths: 928
Injuries: 7,911
Damage: $34 billion

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.

Every year

Tap a year for every episode 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.

Deaths each year

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Thunderstorm Wind	18,161	45	347	$466 million
Hail	8,457	0	19	$752 million
Flash Flood	3,538	19	20	$608 million
Tornado	3,532	537	7,200	$2.9 billion
Heat	1,789	29	5	$77,000
Drought	1,382	0	0	$938 million
Excessive Heat	952	11	3
Winter Weather	525	15	86	$1.3 million
Strong Wind	480	7	6	$7.6 million
Winter Storm	453	7	6	$9.3 million
Heavy Snow	441	2	2	$32 million
Lightning	393	21	53	$22 million
Ice Storm	330	9	21	$69 million
Tropical Storm	273	2	4	$88 million
Flood	260	7	2	$1.0 billion
Cold/Wind Chill	215	18	0	$21 million
High Wind	190	2	6	$9.9 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)	176	183	104	$16 billion
Funnel Cloud	126	0	0	$100
Sleet	105	0	0	$3.8 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	101	10	3
Heavy Rain	87	2	3	$313,000
Storm Surge/Tide	63	1	0	$11 billion
Tropical Depression	40	0	0	$581,000
Frost/Freeze	22	0	0
Coastal Flood	14	0	0
Waterspout	12	0	0	$2,000
Wildfire	5	0	0	$30,000
Dense Fog	3	1	21	$750,000
Astronomical Low Tide	1	0	0
Debris Flow	1	0	0	$25,000

The deadliest

The costliest

Counties

Every storm event filed in each county, including the zone-filed ones that covered it.

Counties and zones as filed

The places filed most often, as the offices named them.

County or zone	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Hinds	1,440	60	626	$502 million
Rankin	1,355	16	154	$394 million
Jones	967	17	608	$116 million
Lauderdale	899	4	106	$89 million
Madison	833	13	223	$126 million
Forrest	755	9	196	$70 million
Warren	733	41	342	$219 million
Lee	706	7	109	$139 million
Copiah	646	13	158	$28 million
Lowndes	633	6	105	$123 million
Smith	619	11	84	$72 million
Neshoba	617	4	80	$89 million
Yazoo	606	21	219	$185 million
Simpson	596	15	181	$36 million
Lamar	593	2	41	$47 million
Newton	592	1	44	$62 million
Jasper	591	4	51	$73 million
Lincoln	588	5	35	$31 million
Bolivar	567	0	122	$37 million
Harrison	563	10	90	$69 million
Clarke	560	5	28	$42 million
Washington	557	2	40	$59 million
Scott	551	4	29	$88 million
Leake	549	5	73	$93 million
De Soto	504	4	115	$71 million
Marion	493	4	69	$89 million
Monroe	469	21	205	$99 million
Attala	458	2	30	$110 million
Sunflower	449	28	352	$29 million
Jefferson Davis	443	6	20	$42 million
Leflore	435	18	207	$48 million
Lawrence	431	9	58	$22 million
Covington	429	2	156	$83 million
Holmes	406	5	48	$95 million
Oktibbeha	398	1	44	$26 million
Grenada	397	7	11	$12 million
Jackson	396	2	32	$9.3 million
Winston	390	13	94	$150 million
Adams	386	2	54	$53 million
Pearl River	382	1	41	$15 million
Pontotoc	378	9	62	$36 million
Lafayette	367	3	35	$66 million
Pike	352	6	219	$32 million
Carroll	345	7	22	$25 million
Kemper	345	5	43	$51 million
Noxubee	336	3	58	$14 million
Hancock	316	2	18	$30 million
Itawamba	315	1	7	$6.5 million
Claiborne	315	1	12	$35 million
Panola	305	6	30	$34 million
Alcorn	304	5	94	$12 million
Union	303	6	35	$33 million
Tishomingo	302	3	9	$12 million
Franklin	283	0	10	$14 million
Montgomery	278	0	10	$20 million
Wayne	272	2	16	$30 million
Webster	271	4	33	$13 million
Marshall	268	12	63	$11 million
Clay	263	1	6	$9.4 million
Jefferson	260	0	6	$14 million
Chickasaw	259	5	34	$9.5 million
Coahoma	247	10	67	$41 million
Prentiss	245	2	42	$6.0 million
Humphreys	234	38	467	$30 million
Coahoma zone	232	1	0	$317,000
Calhoun	231	0	8	$3.4 million
Choctaw	230	9	78	$134 million
Tunica zone	229	0	0	$223,000
Tippah	225	1	14	$7.9 million
De Soto zone	224	6	52	$1.3 million
Sharkey	218	37	478	$128 million
Quitman zone	213	0	0	$248,000
Tallahatchie zone	212	0	0	$835,000
Perry	211	2	24	$4.4 million
Amite	208	1	10	$4.6 million
Panola zone	206	4	3	$1.6 million
Walthall	205	9	23	$14 million
Greene	205	1	32	$19 million
Tate zone	204	3	0	$4.2 million
Tallahatchie	203	7	69	$37 million
George	202	4	38	$4.8 million
Tate	199	2	17	$4.6 million
Stone	194	1	19	$1.7 million
Yalobusha	181	8	67	$27 million
Yalobusha zone	181	1	0	$1.3 million
Issaquena	176	0	24	$10 million
Lee zone	175	3	0	$425,000
Lafayette zone	174	5	0	$11 million
Monroe zone	171	5	2	$214,000
Marshall zone	171	2	1	$2.4 million
Chickasaw zone	165	0	0	$66,000
Calhoun zone	164	1	0	$210,000
Itawamba zone	161	2	0	$176,000
Benton zone	160	0	0	$215,000
Alcorn zone	160	4	16	$4.7 million
Union zone	157	0	0	$1.1 million
Pontotoc zone	157	2	1	$586,000
Tippah zone	156	2	0	$6.3 million
Tishomingo zone	155	2	0	$1.3 million
Tunica	154	3	13	$1.0 billion
Prentiss zone	151	1	2	$2.2 million
Wilkinson	116	2	16	$9.4 million
Benton	102	8	8	$5.6 million
Hinds zone	96	6	2	$540 million
Warren zone	93	3	1	$838 million
Quitman	80	2	26	$34 million
Rankin zone	79	1	59	$338 million
Lowndes zone	78	2	1	$119 million
Bolivar zone	78	3	0	$20 million
Madison zone	76	2	0	$293 million
Jones zone	75	10	21	$838 million
Lauderdale zone	74	4	15	$509 million
Oktibbeha zone	71	0	1	$124 million
Hancock zone	71	56	0	$4.9 billion
Copiah zone	69	3	20	$122 million
Washington zone	68	5	14	$21 million
Yazoo zone	67	5	0	$47 million
Adams zone	67	2	3	$129 million
Harrison zone	64	102	0	$8.9 billion
Newton zone	63	1	3	$157 million
Neshoba zone	62	0	0	$157 million
Forrest zone	62	2	3	$845 million
Leake zone	61	2	1	$138 million
Clay zone	60	0	0	$20 million
Sunflower zone	60	3	0	$14 million
Choctaw zone	59	0	0	$91 million
Jackson zone	59	16	0	$3.7 billion
Grenada zone	59	2	8	$17 million
Carroll zone	59	0	0	$22 million
Holmes zone	58	1	0	$22 million
Attala zone	58	0	0	$77 million
Winston zone	58	1	1	$98 million
Scott zone	58	0	0	$153 million
Jasper zone	58	1	2	$206 million
Wilkinson zone	58	0	2	$19 million
Leflore zone	58	5	1	$24 million
Amite zone	57	1	0	$77 million
Pearl River zone	57	1	1	$1.1 billion
Lincoln zone	56	3	1	$143 million
Webster zone	56	0	0	$32 million
Noxubee zone	55	0	0	$55 million
Sharkey zone	53	2	1	$23 million
Kemper zone	53	0	2	$145 million
Montgomery zone	53	0	1	$65 million
Smith zone	52	0	3	$157 million
Clarke zone	52	1	0	$147 million
Covington zone	52	1	10	$257 million
Issaquena zone	51	0	0	$21 million
Claiborne zone	51	0	0	$42 million
Simpson zone	49	1	0	$146 million

Every year

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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.