Mississippi

Storm History: Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi

313 episodes, 477 events since 1961

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Jefferson Davis 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
477
Deaths
8
Injuries
21
Damage
$212 million
Episodes
313

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
Tornado226620$39 million
Hail9800$1.1 million
Flash Flood7700$1.9 million
Thunderstorm Wind3400$455,000
Drought1100$2.7 million
Heavy Snow700$970,000
Ice Storm510$690,000
Tropical Storm400$90,000
Heat400
Flood300$3,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)200$165 million
High Wind100$25,000
Cold/Wind Chill100$200,000
Excessive Heat100
Strong Wind100$7,000
Sleet100$20,000
Winter Storm111$75,000

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 Jefferson Davis County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Jefferson Davis CountyEvery warning in Jefferson Davis 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.