Mississippi

Storm History: Clarke County, Mississippi

395 episodes, 612 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Clarke 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
612
Deaths
6
Injuries
28
Damage
$189 million
Episodes
395

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
Tornado282427$39 million
Hail12600$828,000
Thunderstorm Wind7411$793,000
Flash Flood7410$1.9 million
Drought1400$5.0 million
Flood1100$146,000
Heavy Snow700$505,000
Tropical Storm700$242,000
Ice Storm400$240,000
Heat400
Hurricane (Typhoon)300$140 million
High Wind100$15,000
Cold/Wind Chill100$200,000
Excessive Heat100
Sleet100$10,000
Winter Storm100$50,000
Winter Weather100

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 Clarke County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Clarke CountyEvery warning in Clarke 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.