Mississippi

Storm History: Lamar County, Mississippi

415 episodes, 634 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Lamar 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
634
Deaths
2
Injuries
51
Damage
$531 million
Episodes
415

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
Tornado247139$35 million
Hail15301$1.7 million
Flash Flood12701$11 million
Thunderstorm Wind6210$760,000
Drought1000$1.7 million
Tropical Storm900$245,000
Heavy Snow500$215,000
Flood500$7,000
High Wind300$803,000
Heat300
Ice Storm300$100,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)2010$480 million
Lightning100
Cold/Wind Chill100$250,000
Strong Wind100$25,000
Excessive Heat100
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 Lamar County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Lamar CountyEvery warning in Lamar 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.