Mississippi

Storm History: Bolivar County, Mississippi

428 episodes, 645 events since 1959

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Bolivar County, Mississippi: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
645
Deaths
3
Injuries
122
Damage
$57 million
Episodes
428

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Tornado2470121$26 million
Hail16400$2.7 million
Thunderstorm Wind9001$3.9 million
Flash Flood7700$4.5 million
Ice Storm1400$1.4 million
Heavy Snow1210$797,000
Drought1200$8.3 million
Winter Storm600
Heat410
High Wind300$15,000
Flood300$2.8 million
Winter Weather300$7,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)200$5.9 million
Strong Wind200$30,000
Tropical Storm200$11,000
Funnel Cloud100
Cold/Wind Chill100$350,000
Excessive Heat110
Sleet100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Bolivar County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Bolivar CountyEvery warning in Bolivar County since 1986Every county in Mississippi

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.