Mississippi

Storm History: Issaquena County, Mississippi

204 episodes, 228 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Issaquena 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
228
Deaths
0
Injuries
26
Damage
$32 million
Episodes
204

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
Tornado96026$8.3 million
Hail4400$249,000
Thunderstorm Wind2300$158,000
Drought1800$4.3 million
Flash Flood1500$826,000
Ice Storm1200$870,000
Heavy Snow500$175,000
Heat400
Flood200$1.6 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)200$15 million
Winter Weather200$10,000
High Wind100$10,000
Cold/Wind Chill100$100,000
Excessive Heat100
Sleet100
Winter Storm100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Issaquena County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Issaquena CountyEvery warning in Issaquena 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.