Storm History: George County, Mississippi
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in George 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
- 222
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 38
- Damage
- $35 million
- Episodes
- 171
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 | 58 | 0 | 6 | $81,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 56 | 0 | 10 | $567,000 |
| Tornado | 45 | 0 | 15 | $1.7 million |
| Flash Flood | 39 | 3 | 7 | $2.4 million |
| Lightning | 5 | 1 | 0 | $135,000 |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 4 | 0 | 0 | $30 million |
| Winter Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Depression | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 25, 1998
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2021
- Flash Flood, April 14, 2018
- Tornado, February 12, 1971
- Tornado, March 27, 1976
- Tornado, May 19, 1980
- Tornado, March 29, 1987
- Tornado, January 13, 1992
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2001
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 14, 2004
- Tornado, June 11, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 1998
- Tornado, October 7, 2017
- Tornado, October 25, 1997
- Lightning, June 5, 1998
- Hail, March 25, 1994
- Lightning, July 3, 1996
- Tornado, April 4, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 31, 2008
- Tornado, September 13, 1973
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, November 3, 1968
- Tornado, February 21, 1974
- Tornado, March 27, 1976
- Tornado, May 19, 1980
- Tornado, May 2, 1967
- Tornado, March 11, 1968
- Tornado, February 12, 1971
- Tornado, February 26, 1971
- Tornado, April 7, 1973
- Tornado, February 10, 1981
- Tornado, September 23, 1985
- Tornado, December 25, 2012
- Tornado, March 4, 2025
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, March 11, 2026
- Tornado, March 4, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 10, 2024
- Tornado, January 8, 2024
- Hail, June 17, 2023
- Hail, April 27, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 15, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 30, 2022
- Flash Flood, February 3, 2022
- Hail, January 9, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 6, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 24, 2021
- Flash Flood, April 10, 2021
- Tropical Storm, October 28, 2020
- Tornado, June 24, 2020
- Tornado, April 23, 2020
- Tornado, March 31, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 11, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 25, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 18, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 13, 2019
- Tropical Storm, September 4, 2018
- Hail, May 17, 2018
- Flash Flood, April 14, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2018
- Heavy Snow, December 8, 2017
- Tornado, October 7, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2017
- Hail, June 16, 2017
- Hail, April 3, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 2016
- Hail, March 17, 2016
- Flash Flood, March 11, 2016
- Hail, February 15, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 28, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 1, 2013
- Tornado, December 25, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 20, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2011
- Hail, June 3, 2011
- Tornado, April 4, 2011
- Flash Flood, March 9, 2011
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2010
- Hail, April 24, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2010
- Flash Flood, February 4, 2010
- Flash Flood, March 28, 2009
- Winter Weather, December 11, 2008
- Tropical Depression, September 1, 2008
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2008
- Flash Flood, April 5, 2008
- Hail, March 29, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 31, 2008
- Flash Flood, January 31, 2008
- Flash Flood, October 22, 2007
- Heat, August 8, 2007
- Tornado, November 15, 2006
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 29, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 27, 2005
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2005
- Tropical Storm, July 5, 2005
- Flash Flood, April 1, 2005
- Tornado, October 19, 2004
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 14, 2004
- Lightning, June 21, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2004
- Hail, April 29, 2004
- Hail, February 24, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2003
- Hail, May 3, 2003
- Hail, April 25, 2003
- Hail, March 9, 2003
- Flash Flood, December 31, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 31, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 19, 2002
- Flash Flood, October 28, 2002
- Flash Flood, October 28, 2002
- Flash Flood, October 27, 2002
- Lightning, August 19, 2002
- Hail, July 7, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 8, 2002
- Hail, March 31, 2002
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 13, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 13, 2001
- Tornado, June 11, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 12, 2001
- Flash Flood, March 3, 2001
- Hail, January 19, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2000
- Hail, August 30, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2000
- Heat, July 1, 2000
- Hail, April 24, 2000
- Hail, March 11, 2000
- Hail, July 30, 1999
- Hail, July 30, 1999
- Hail, June 8, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 2, 1999
- Flash Flood, September 28, 1998
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 25, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 1998
- Lightning, June 5, 1998
- Hail, March 7, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 22, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 1, 1997
- Tornado, October 25, 1997
- Lightning, July 28, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 1997
- Hail, April 22, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 24, 1997
- Hail, January 8, 1997
- Lightning, July 3, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 1996
- Hail, March 30, 1996
- Hail, February 19, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 19, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 26, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 18, 1995
- Hail, July 9, 1995
- Hail, July 8, 1995
- Hail, June 28, 1995
- Hail, May 12, 1995
- Tornado, May 9, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 21, 1995
- Hail, March 28, 1995
- Hail, March 15, 1995
- Tornado, March 7, 1995
- Hail, March 25, 1994
- Tornado, January 13, 1992
- Hail, June 5, 1991
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 3, 1990
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 1990
- Hail, May 21, 1990
- Hail, March 15, 1990
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 1988
- Hail, May 24, 1988
- Hail, April 18, 1988
- Tornado, March 29, 1987
- Tornado, March 17, 1987
- Tornado, September 23, 1985
- Tornado, February 10, 1981
- Tornado, May 19, 1980
- Tornado, March 7, 1980
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 1976
- Tornado, March 27, 1976
- Tornado, February 21, 1974
- Tornado, September 13, 1973
- Tornado, April 7, 1973
- Tornado, February 26, 1971
- Tornado, February 12, 1971
- Tornado, November 3, 1968
- Tornado, March 11, 1968
- Tornado, May 2, 1967
- Hail, May 5, 1960
- Hail, April 29, 1959
More
Tornadoes in George CountyEvery warning in George 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.