Storm History: Madison County, Mississippi

540 episodes, 909 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Madison 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: 909
Deaths: 15
Injuries: 223
Damage: $418 million
Episodes: 540

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 event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Tornado	371	13	222	$112 million
Flash Flood	186	1	0	$5.3 million
Hail	173	0	1	$7.4 million
Thunderstorm Wind	115	0	0	$1.6 million
Drought	19	0	0	$14 million
Ice Storm	9	0	0	$1.2 million
Heavy Snow	9	0	0	$1.2 million
Heat	5	1	0
Strong Wind	4	0	0	$19,000
Flood	3	0	0	$21,000
Tropical Storm	3	0	0	$13,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)	3	0	0	$275 million
Sleet	2	0	0	$50,000
Winter Storm	2	0	0	$100,000
Winter Weather	2	0	0	$33,000
High Wind	1	0	0	$200,000
Cold/Wind Chill	1	0	0	$600,000
Excessive Heat	1	0	0

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 Madison County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

Tornadoes in Madison County Every warning in Madison County since 1986 Every 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.