Storm History: Clay County, Mississippi
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Clay 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
- 323
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 6
- Damage
- $29 million
- Episodes
- 258
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 91 | 0 | 1 | $1.5 million |
| Tornado | 89 | 1 | 5 | $7.0 million |
| Flash Flood | 48 | 0 | 0 | $665,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 41 | 0 | 0 | $361,000 |
| Drought | 17 | 0 | 0 | $6.8 million |
| Heavy Snow | 9 | 0 | 0 | $435,000 |
| Ice Storm | 7 | 0 | 0 | $582,000 |
| Winter Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | $23,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | $135,000 |
| Heat | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 3 | 0 | 0 | $11 million |
| Winter Weather | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | $200,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sleet | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 29, 2005
- Tornado, January 19, 1988
- Drought, June 1, 2007
- Drought, May 1, 2007
- Tornado, April 26, 2011
- Drought, October 1, 2006
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Tornado, April 15, 2011
- Hail, July 25, 1994
- Drought, October 1, 2010
- Hail, March 18, 2013
- Tornado, January 10, 2008
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2011
- Ice Storm, December 22, 1998
- Tornado, February 27, 2009
- Tornado, April 3, 1956
- Tornado, March 20, 1976
- Tornado, November 29, 2010
- Drought, August 6, 2007
- Ice Storm, January 25, 2008
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, March 18, 2013
- Hail, April 11, 2008
- Hail, May 28, 1998
- Hail, June 11, 2023
- Flash Flood, April 6, 2019
- Hail, October 12, 2014
- Hail, April 20, 2006
- Hail, March 2, 1999
- Hail, April 26, 1967
- Hail, April 27, 2023
- Hail, March 1, 2017
- Hail, June 17, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 17, 2013
- Hail, July 4, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2010
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 26, 2011
- Tornado, January 10, 1975
- Tornado, January 19, 1988
- Tornado, April 12, 2020
- Tornado, March 20, 1976
- Tornado, February 27, 1999
- Tornado, January 10, 2008
- Tornado, November 29, 2010
- Tornado, April 15, 2011
- Tornado, April 11, 2013
- Tornado, February 23, 2019
- Tornado, March 22, 2022
- Tornado, December 28, 2024
- Tornado, March 27, 1950
- Tornado, May 14, 1953
Every episode, newest first
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Hail, March 15, 2026
- Hail, March 9, 2026
- Ice Storm, January 24, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2025
- Tornado, May 18, 2025
- Hail, May 1, 2025
- Hail, April 10, 2025
- Flash Flood, March 4, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 9, 2025
- Tornado, December 28, 2024
- Tropical Storm, September 12, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 12, 2024
- Tornado, December 9, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Tornado, June 16, 2023
- Hail, June 11, 2023
- Hail, April 27, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2022
- Tornado, May 25, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 24, 2022
- Tornado, March 22, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 2, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2021
- Tropical Storm, August 29, 2021
- Tornado, May 4, 2021
- Tornado, March 27, 2021
- Tornado, March 17, 2021
- Flash Flood, February 17, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 15, 2021
- Heavy Snow, January 10, 2021
- Hail, June 5, 2020
- Tornado, April 12, 2020
- Hail, March 22, 2020
- Flash Flood, February 18, 2020
- Tornado, January 11, 2020
- Flash Flood, October 30, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 26, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2019
- Tornado, June 17, 2019
- Tornado, April 18, 2019
- Tornado, April 12, 2019
- Flash Flood, April 6, 2019
- Hail, March 13, 2019
- Tornado, February 23, 2019
- Flash Flood, February 19, 2019
- Tornado, December 27, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 9, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2018
- Hail, May 15, 2018
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 31, 2017
- Winter Storm, December 7, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2017
- Tornado, March 29, 2017
- Hail, March 1, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Tornado, November 28, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- Drought, October 1, 2016
- Drought, September 1, 2016
- Drought, August 1, 2016
- Drought, July 26, 2016
- Tornado, July 9, 2016
- Hail, June 17, 2016
- Tornado, March 30, 2016
- Sleet, March 5, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 23, 2015
- Hail, October 12, 2014
- Hail, July 2, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 4, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 17, 2013
- Tornado, April 11, 2013
- Hail, March 18, 2013
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 20, 2012
- Tornado, December 8, 2012
- Hail, August 1, 2012
- Hail, July 4, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2012
- Hail, March 14, 2012
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Hail, August 9, 2011
- Hail, June 16, 2011
- Hail, June 5, 2011
- Tornado, April 26, 2011
- Tornado, April 20, 2011
- Tornado, April 15, 2011
- Tornado, February 24, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2011
- Ice Storm, January 9, 2011
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2010
- Tornado, November 29, 2010
- Drought, October 1, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 25, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2010
- Hail, June 25, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2010
- Tornado, April 24, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 7, 2010
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2010
- Tornado, October 9, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 22, 2009
- Hail, July 30, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2009
- Hail, June 12, 2009
- Hail, May 12, 2009
- Flash Flood, April 12, 2009
- Hail, April 9, 2009
- Hail, April 2, 2009
- Tornado, March 27, 2009
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2009
- Tornado, February 27, 2009
- Flash Flood, January 6, 2009
- Tornado, December 9, 2008
- Hail, August 2, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2008
- Hail, June 1, 2008
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2008
- Hail, May 24, 2008
- Hail, April 11, 2008
- Tornado, February 5, 2008
- Ice Storm, January 25, 2008
- Tornado, January 10, 2008
- Tornado, January 8, 2008
- Drought, August 6, 2007
- Heat, August 5, 2007
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2007
- Drought, July 1, 2007
- Hail, June 30, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2007
- Drought, June 1, 2007
- Hail, May 10, 2007
- Drought, May 1, 2007
- Drought, April 25, 2007
- Drought, April 12, 2007
- Hail, April 11, 2007
- Drought, October 1, 2006
- Hail, July 19, 2006
- Heat, July 15, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 2006
- Hail, May 9, 2006
- Hail, May 9, 2006
- Hail, May 4, 2006
- Hail, April 20, 2006
- Hail, April 19, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 7, 2006
- Hail, April 7, 2006
- Tornado, March 13, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 9, 2006
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 29, 2005
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2005
- Heat, August 17, 2005
- Heat, July 23, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), July 10, 2005
- Tropical Storm, June 11, 2005
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2005
- Flash Flood, March 30, 2005
- Flash Flood, January 13, 2005
- Tornado, October 18, 2004
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 16, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2004
- Hail, May 17, 2004
- Hail, October 17, 2003
- Hail, July 13, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2003
- Tornado, June 2, 2003
- Tornado, May 5, 2003
- Hail, May 2, 2003
- Flash Flood, February 21, 2003
- Hail, August 20, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 30, 2002
- Hail, April 8, 2002
- Hail, October 24, 2001
- Hail, June 2, 2001
- Tornado, February 16, 2001
- Ice Storm, December 21, 2000
- Tornado, December 16, 2000
- Hail, July 20, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2000
- Flash Flood, May 2, 2000
- Heavy Snow, January 27, 2000
- Tornado, May 5, 1999
- Hail, April 24, 1999
- Hail, March 2, 1999
- Hail, February 27, 1999
- Tornado, February 27, 1999
- Ice Storm, December 22, 1998
- Hail, June 15, 1998
- Tornado, June 5, 1998
- Hail, May 28, 1998
- Hail, June 16, 1997
- Flash Flood, May 2, 1997
- Flash Flood, May 2, 1997
- Tornado, May 2, 1997
- Hail, April 21, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 27, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 29, 1996
- Hail, April 21, 1996
- Hail, April 20, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 20, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 14, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 14, 1996
- Winter Storm, February 1, 1996
- Tornado, April 20, 1995
- Hail, January 27, 1995
- Hail, July 25, 1994
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 1994
- Tornado, June 9, 1994
- Tornado, March 30, 1993
- Tornado, October 10, 1992
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 1992
- Hail, March 30, 1992
- Tornado, May 5, 1991
- Hail, April 28, 1991
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 30, 1990
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 9, 1990
- Hail, June 18, 1990
- Hail, August 6, 1989
- Tornado, May 18, 1989
- Tornado, February 20, 1989
- Tornado, May 22, 1988
- Tornado, January 19, 1988
- Tornado, August 25, 1985
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 1985
- Hail, May 31, 1982
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 14, 1980
- Tornado, March 20, 1980
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 1977
- Tornado, March 20, 1976
- Tornado, January 10, 1975
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 26, 1974
- Tornado, June 21, 1969
- Hail, October 24, 1967
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Clay CountyEvery warning in Clay 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.