Storm History: Bolivar County, Mississippi
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 247 | 0 | 121 | $26 million |
| Hail | 164 | 0 | 0 | $2.7 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 90 | 0 | 1 | $3.9 million |
| Flash Flood | 77 | 0 | 0 | $4.5 million |
| Ice Storm | 14 | 0 | 0 | $1.4 million |
| Heavy Snow | 12 | 1 | 0 | $797,000 |
| Drought | 12 | 0 | 0 | $8.3 million |
| Winter Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 3 | 0 | 0 | $15,000 |
| Flood | 3 | 0 | 0 | $2.8 million |
| Winter Weather | 3 | 0 | 0 | $7,000 |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 2 | 0 | 0 | $5.9 million |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $30,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | $11,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | $350,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Sleet | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, November 24, 2001
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 29, 2005
- Drought, October 1, 2006
- Tornado, January 11, 2020
- Tornado, September 25, 2011
- Tornado, September 12, 1982
- Flash Flood, June 6, 2021
- Tornado, February 24, 2001
- Flood, March 9, 1997
- Flood, May 4, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2019
- Hail, April 7, 2006
- Tornado, June 16, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Tornado, September 24, 2005
- Tornado, May 2, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 29, 2008
- Flash Flood, October 12, 2009
- Tornado, January 22, 2012
- Flash Flood, November 28, 2001
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2023
- Hail, March 1, 2023
- Hail, March 28, 2020
- Hail, March 30, 2015
- Hail, March 13, 2005
- Hail, April 27, 1998
- Hail, April 30, 1978
- Hail, May 25, 1973
- Hail, April 7, 2006
- Flash Flood, May 17, 2025
- Hail, June 11, 2023
- Hail, October 12, 2022
- Flash Flood, March 27, 2014
- Hail, October 12, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2011
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 26, 2011
- Tornado, April 17, 1978
- Tornado, March 12, 1986
- Tornado, January 19, 1988
- Tornado, March 9, 1992
- Tornado, November 24, 2001
- Tornado, April 12, 2020
- Tornado, March 24, 2023
- Tornado, March 14, 2025
- Tornado, March 20, 1976
- Tornado, November 19, 1988
- Tornado, March 22, 1991
- Tornado, November 11, 1995
- Tornado, May 2, 1997
- Tornado, April 6, 2005
Every episode, newest first
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Hail, March 15, 2026
- Ice Storm, January 24, 2026
- Tornado, July 1, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2025
- Tornado, May 25, 2025
- Tornado, May 18, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 17, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 6, 2025
- Hail, April 27, 2025
- Tornado, April 5, 2025
- Tornado, March 23, 2025
- Tornado, March 14, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 19, 2025
- Tornado, February 12, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 9, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 12, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Tornado, June 16, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2023
- Hail, June 11, 2023
- Tornado, March 24, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 2023
- Hail, March 1, 2023
- High Wind, March 1, 2023
- Tornado, January 3, 2023
- Tornado, December 13, 2022
- Strong Wind, October 25, 2022
- Hail, October 12, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2022
- Hail, June 16, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 15, 2022
- Hail, May 12, 2022
- Tornado, April 13, 2022
- Tornado, March 30, 2022
- Heavy Snow, March 11, 2022
- Flash Flood, February 3, 2022
- Tropical Storm, August 29, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 6, 2021
- Tornado, May 4, 2021
- Tornado, April 9, 2021
- Tornado, March 27, 2021
- Tornado, March 17, 2021
- Flash Flood, February 17, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 15, 2021
- Flash Flood, February 11, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 11, 2021
- Heavy Snow, January 10, 2021
- Tropical Storm, August 27, 2020
- Hail, June 5, 2020
- Tornado, April 12, 2020
- Hail, March 28, 2020
- Hail, March 22, 2020
- Tornado, January 11, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2019
- Tornado, May 8, 2019
- Hail, March 13, 2019
- Tornado, February 23, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 20, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2018
- Hail, July 19, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2018
- Hail, June 3, 2018
- Tornado, April 14, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 3, 2018
- Hail, March 17, 2018
- Tornado, March 10, 2018
- Flash Flood, February 21, 2018
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2018
- Hail, November 3, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2017
- Tornado, April 2, 2017
- Tornado, March 29, 2017
- Hail, March 25, 2017
- Drought, November 15, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2016
- Hail, July 4, 2016
- Hail, June 17, 2016
- Tornado, March 9, 2016
- Hail, January 9, 2016
- Tornado, December 24, 2015
- Tornado, December 23, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 13, 2015
- Tornado, November 17, 2015
- Hail, October 9, 2015
- Drought, October 1, 2015
- Drought, September 15, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2015
- Tornado, April 24, 2015
- Hail, April 2, 2015
- Hail, March 30, 2015
- Sleet, March 5, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 23, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 1, 2015
- Hail, October 12, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2014
- Hail, April 27, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 4, 2014
- Flash Flood, March 27, 2014
- Tornado, February 20, 2014
- Tornado, December 20, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2013
- Hail, June 27, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 29, 2013
- Tornado, January 29, 2013
- Ice Storm, January 15, 2013
- Ice Storm, January 13, 2013
- Flash Flood, January 13, 2013
- Tornado, October 17, 2012
- Tornado, August 28, 2012
- Hail, August 13, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2012
- Hail, June 4, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2012
- Strong Wind, March 8, 2012
- Hail, February 1, 2012
- Tornado, January 22, 2012
- Winter Weather, December 7, 2011
- Hail, September 27, 2011
- Tornado, September 25, 2011
- Tornado, September 3, 2011
- Hail, August 9, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2011
- Flood, May 4, 2011
- Tornado, April 26, 2011
- Tornado, April 26, 2011
- Tornado, April 20, 2011
- Tornado, April 4, 2011
- Hail, March 26, 2011
- Tornado, February 24, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2011
- Ice Storm, January 9, 2011
- Flash Flood, October 24, 2010
- Drought, October 1, 2010
- Drought, September 1, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2010
- Drought, August 1, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2010
- Drought, July 15, 2010
- Hail, May 17, 2010
- Tornado, April 24, 2010
- Hail, April 3, 2010
- Flash Flood, January 24, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 7, 2010
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2010
- Flash Flood, October 12, 2009
- Tornado, October 9, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2009
- Hail, June 12, 2009
- Hail, May 27, 2009
- Hail, May 9, 2009
- Tornado, May 5, 2009
- Flash Flood, April 12, 2009
- Hail, April 9, 2009
- Hail, April 2, 2009
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2009
- Tornado, February 27, 2009
- Tornado, December 9, 2008
- Hail, August 3, 2008
- Hail, August 2, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2008
- Hail, June 25, 2008
- Hail, June 1, 2008
- Hail, May 24, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 2008
- Tornado, May 2, 2008
- Hail, March 31, 2008
- Heavy Snow, March 7, 2008
- Tornado, February 5, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 29, 2008
- Ice Storm, January 25, 2008
- Tornado, January 8, 2008
- Hail, December 28, 2007
- Hail, November 13, 2007
- Tornado, October 17, 2007
- Heat, August 5, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2007
- Hail, May 15, 2007
- Hail, May 6, 2007
- Tornado, February 24, 2007
- Tornado, November 14, 2006
- Hail, October 31, 2006
- Drought, October 1, 2006
- Heat, July 15, 2006
- Hail, June 21, 2006
- Hail, May 10, 2006
- Flash Flood, May 10, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 2006
- Hail, May 10, 2006
- Hail, May 10, 2006
- Hail, May 9, 2006
- Hail, April 7, 2006
- Hail, April 7, 2006
- Hail, April 7, 2006
- Hail, April 7, 2006
- Hail, April 7, 2006
- Hail, March 31, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 9, 2006
- Ice Storm, February 18, 2006
- Flood, January 22, 2006
- Hail, December 4, 2005
- Hail, December 4, 2005
- Hail, November 15, 2005
- Funnel Cloud, November 15, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 25, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 25, 2005
- Flash Flood, September 25, 2005
- Tornado, September 24, 2005
- Tornado, September 24, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 24, 2005
- Tornado, September 24, 2005
- Tornado, September 24, 2005
- Tornado, September 24, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 29, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2005
- Heat, August 17, 2005
- Heat, July 23, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2005
- Hail, June 8, 2005
- Tornado, April 29, 2005
- Flash Flood, April 11, 2005
- Tornado, April 6, 2005
- Tornado, March 26, 2005
- Hail, March 13, 2005
- Ice Storm, December 22, 2004
- Tornado, December 7, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2004
- Tornado, April 29, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 20, 2004
- Tornado, November 18, 2003
Earlier years, state by state:
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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.