Funnel Cloud in Mississippi
Every funnel cloud event the National Weather Service has filed in Mississippi, year by year, with the most significant episodes. A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
The most significant on the map
The most significant funnel cloud episodes in Mississippi.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 126
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $100
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, April 6, 2005Significant straight line winds caused damage in an area from Anguilla to Nitta Yuma to Delta City. In Anguilla, a home sustained damage. In Nitta Yuma, a church had part of its roof blown off. Additionally, several trees across the area were blown down and uprooted.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, April 6 to 7, 2003To put the entire event into perspective, areas just to the N of Interstate 20 and extending W to E across the entire state, experienced a 125 year rainfall event. Rainfall totals ranged from 7 to 12 inches which all fell in about 18 hours.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, January 10, 2008The second week of January 2008 was quite active with respect to severe weather. Two events impacted the region in a span of 3 days which produced several tornadoes, large hail and wind damage across the area.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, November 29 to 30, 2010During the evening hours of November 29th and the overnight/early morning period of the 30th, the region was impacted by an outbreak of tornadoes. This outbreak brought 13 tornadoes to the forecast area.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, April 24 to 25, 2003Penny sized hail covered the ground in and around Raymond.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, February 20 to 21, 2014During the afternoon of the 20th and into the early morning hours of the 21st, a large part of the central United States experienced severe weather.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, October 9, 2009A potent complex of thunderstorms raced across the northwest portion of the forecast area and brought a line severe storms to the Delta region.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Mississippi, April 13, 2022A few rounds of severe thunderstorms moved across portions of Mississippi from late in the evening of April 12th through the evening of April 13th. These storms produced wind damage and several tornadoes before a cold front brought an end to storms from west to east.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, December 13 to 14, 2022Severe storms approached mostly northern portions the area into the evening and overnight on the 13th with flash flooding across areas of the Mississippi River Delta and several storms producing tornadoes.
- Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in Mississippi, September 1 to 4, 2008Hurricane Gustav was the 2nd major hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season. It took shape as a tropical depression on the morning of August 25th just southeast of Haiti, and rapidly strengthened to hurricane status by the morning of August 26th.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, November 29 to 30, 2022As a low pressure system moved from the High Plains toward the Great Lakes on November 29th, a warm front lifted north from the Gulf Coast.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, March 26, 2005This supercell thunderstorm moved out of northern Marion county, then across southeast Jefferson Davis county before moving into central Covington county.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 20 to 22, 2005Many large limbs were blown down from the rear flank downdraft of the supercell storm.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, April 6 to 7, 2018A warm front was stretched across the region on April 6th. As a disturbance rode along this stalled front, it brought copious amounts of rain to the region thanks to ample moisture in place.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, September 25 to 26, 2011An anomalous early autumn storm system brought severe weather to portions of the ArkLaMiss. Tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail occurred in the ArkLaMiss Delta during the evening hours of September twenty fifth.
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Mississippi, July 24 to 25, 2017Showers and thunderstorms occurred in a warm and very moist air mass. Very heavy rainfall resulted in a significant localized flooding event, with some locations receiving over 6 inches of rain in a short period of time.
- Hurricane and Tornadoes in Mississippi, October 3 to 4, 2002Hurricane Lili made landfall along the South-Central Louisiana coast during the morning hours of October third as a category 2 system.
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, January 3, 2023A line of storms produce damaging winds and tornadoes.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Mississippi, February 23, 2016A strong storm system brought produced numerous thunderstorms across southeast Mississippi. Damaging winds and tornadoes were observed along with very heavy rain.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Mississippi, May 7, 2003A few powerlines were downed and a trailer truck was flipped over.
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, March 1, 2007Another powerful spring storm system developed over the plains and spread eastward causing severe weather from the Mid West to the south-central Gulf Coast states to the Southeast United States.
- Hail in Mississippi, April 7, 2006The long lived damaging supercell thunderstorm moved out of northeast Carroll County and into northern Montgomery County just southwest of Duck Hill. A swath of golf ball to baseball sized hail fell with this storm until the storm was just east of Duck Hill.
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, December 27 to 28, 2015Anomalously warm and moist conditions continued over the ArkLaMiss region. Another upper level disturbance moved through the region on the 27th, bringing some severe weather. A stalled front finally pushed through on the 28th, which brought a final round of storms.
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, April 7, 2006A swath of large hail occurred across central Washington County as a supercell moved east-northeast across the county.
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, May 25 to 26, 2011A powerful, late season, low pressure system brought numerous thunderstorms to the Deep South starting late in the evening of May 25th, continuing into the early morning hours of May 26th. Several of these storms produced large hail and damaging winds.
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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.