Mississippi

Storm History: Itawamba County, Mississippi

352 episodes, 476 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Itawamba 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
476
Deaths
3
Injuries
7
Damage
$6.7 million
Episodes
352

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
Hail11801$366,000
Tornado10206$5.6 million
Excessive Heat6100
Thunderstorm Wind5100$280,000
Flash Flood4300$326,000
Heat3110
Drought2400
Winter Storm1600$22,000
Winter Weather800
Cold/Wind Chill510
Tropical Storm300$30,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Ice Storm200$51,000
Lightning210$10,000
High Wind200$20,000
Frost/Freeze200
Flood100$2,000
Heavy Snow100
Strong Wind100$3,000

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 Itawamba County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Itawamba CountyEvery warning in Itawamba 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.