Mississippi

Storm History: Coahoma County, Mississippi

361 episodes, 479 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Coahoma 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
479
Deaths
11
Injuries
67
Damage
$41 million
Episodes
361

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
Tornado93959$34 million
Excessive Heat8500
Hail7504$3.5 million
Heat5610
Thunderstorm Wind4714$697,000
Drought3900
Flash Flood3300$1.2 million
Winter Storm1700$22,000
Ice Storm800$115,000
Winter Weather700
Cold/Wind Chill500
Flood400$775,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
High Wind200$60,000
Tropical Storm200$15,000
Lightning100$10,000
Heavy Snow100
Strong Wind100$10,000

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 Coahoma County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Coahoma CountyEvery warning in Coahoma 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.