Mississippi

Storm History: Choctaw County, Mississippi

237 episodes, 289 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Choctaw 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
289
Deaths
9
Injuries
78
Damage
$225 million
Episodes
237

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
Tornado95963$131 million
Hail69015$665,000
Flash Flood4500$1.9 million
Thunderstorm Wind2800$536,000
Drought1500$3.5 million
Ice Storm1000$1.1 million
Heavy Snow900$440,000
Heat400
Winter Weather400$10,000
Winter Storm300$5,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)200$85 million
Tropical Storm200$40,000
Cold/Wind Chill100$250,000
Excessive Heat100
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 Choctaw County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Choctaw CountyEvery warning in Choctaw 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.