Mississippi

Storm History: Claiborne County, Mississippi

285 episodes, 367 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Claiborne 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
367
Deaths
1
Injuries
12
Damage
$76 million
Episodes
285

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
Tornado170112$30 million
Hail5300$2.2 million
Thunderstorm Wind5000$553,000
Flash Flood4500$1.7 million
Drought1700$4.4 million
Ice Storm700$465,000
Heavy Snow700$600,000
Flood400$471,000
Heat400
Hurricane (Typhoon)200$35 million
Sleet200$50,000
Tropical Storm200$40,000
Cold/Wind Chill100$150,000
Excessive Heat100
Winter Storm100
Winter Weather100$3,000

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 Claiborne County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Claiborne CountyEvery warning in Claiborne 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.