Mississippi

Storm History: Lowndes County, Mississippi

453 episodes, 711 events since 1951

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Lowndes 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
711
Deaths
8
Injuries
106
Damage
$242 million
Episodes
453

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
Tornado248399$98 million
Hail18020$2.0 million
Thunderstorm Wind11016$18 million
Flash Flood10600$5.3 million
Drought1600$5.8 million
Heavy Snow900$500,000
Ice Storm600$707,000
Winter Storm500$36,000
Flood500$396,000
Tropical Storm400$105,000
Heat400
Strong Wind401$24,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)300$110 million
Winter Weather300
Cold/Wind Chill210$300,000
Excessive Heat210
Funnel Cloud100
Lightning100$120,000
Sleet100
High Wind100$1,000

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 Lowndes County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Lowndes CountyEvery warning in Lowndes 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.