Mississippi

Storm History: Jackson County, Mississippi

336 episodes, 473 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Jackson 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
473
Deaths
3
Injuries
32
Damage
$9.4 million
Episodes
336

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
Tornado143126$5.6 million
Thunderstorm Wind9101$245,000
Hail8800$16,000
Excessive Heat4500
Flash Flood4002$2.6 million
Drought2000
Lightning1713$224,000
Funnel Cloud700
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Hurricane (Typhoon)300$200,000
Tropical Storm300$130,000
Waterspout200$2,000
Flood200$100,000
Storm Surge/Tide200$250,000
Heavy Rain200
Winter Weather200
Heavy Snow210

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 Jackson County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Jackson CountyEvery warning in Jackson 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.