Mississippi

Storm History: Jefferson County, Mississippi

242 episodes, 318 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Jefferson 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
318
Deaths
2
Injuries
6
Damage
$66 million
Episodes
242

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
Tornado13003$13 million
Hail7103$896,000
Flash Flood4300$1.8 million
Thunderstorm Wind3000$333,000
Drought1300$3.2 million
Ice Storm710$385,000
Heavy Snow600$400,000
Flood500$524,000
Heat300
Tropical Storm300$114,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)200$45 million
Sleet200$100,000
Cold/Wind Chill100$200,000
Excessive Heat110
Winter Storm100

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 Jefferson County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Jefferson CountyEvery warning in Jefferson 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.