Mississippi

Storm History: Calhoun County, Mississippi

284 episodes, 395 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Calhoun 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
395
Deaths
1
Injuries
8
Damage
$3.6 million
Episodes
284

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
Tornado8904$2.8 million
Excessive Heat6500
Hail6400$181,000
Flash Flood4900$329,000
Heat3410
Thunderstorm Wind2904$51,000
Drought2600
Winter Storm1500$21,000
Winter Weather700
Cold/Wind Chill400
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Ice Storm200$65,000
High Wind200$15,000
Tropical Storm200$105,000
Strong Wind200$4,000
Heavy Snow100
Flood100

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 Calhoun County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Calhoun CountyEvery warning in Calhoun 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.