Mississippi

Storm History: George County, Mississippi

171 episodes, 222 events since 1959

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.

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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
Hail5806$81,000
Thunderstorm Wind56010$567,000
Tornado45015$1.7 million
Flash Flood3937$2.4 million
Lightning510$135,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)400$30 million
Winter Storm300
Tropical Storm300
Heat200
Winter Weather200
Drought200
Heavy Snow200
Tropical Depression100

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 George County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.