Mississippi

Storm History: Marion County, Mississippi

376 episodes, 538 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Marion 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
538
Deaths
4
Injuries
69
Damage
$457 million
Episodes
376

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
Tornado217468$37 million
Hail12201$27 million
Flash Flood10400$25 million
Thunderstorm Wind5200$635,000
Drought1100$1.4 million
Tropical Storm700$44,000
Heavy Snow600$305,000
Ice Storm400$100,000
Flood300$52,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)300$365 million
Heat300
High Wind200$101,000
Cold/Wind Chill100$250,000
Strong Wind100$25,000
Excessive Heat100
Winter Storm100$50,000

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 Marion County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Marion CountyEvery warning in Marion 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.