Mississippi

Storm History: Leflore County, Mississippi

359 episodes, 493 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Leflore 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
493
Deaths
23
Injuries
208
Damage
$72 million
Episodes
359

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
Tornado21717207$43 million
Hail11110$1.4 million
Thunderstorm Wind5700$508,000
Flash Flood5400$3.2 million
Drought1500$6.0 million
Heavy Snow1000$560,000
Ice Storm911$3.5 million
Heat510
Hurricane (Typhoon)300$13 million
Winter Weather310$21,000
Winter Storm220
Strong Wind200$22,000
Tropical Storm100$2,000
High Wind100$2,000
Cold/Wind Chill100$600,000
Excessive Heat100
Sleet100

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 Leflore County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Leflore CountyEvery warning in Leflore 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.