Mississippi

Storm History: Newton County, Mississippi

420 episodes, 655 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Newton 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
655
Deaths
2
Injuries
47
Damage
$219 million
Episodes
420

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
Tornado292143$58 million
Hail16801$1.0 million
Flash Flood8600$2.6 million
Thunderstorm Wind5010$629,000
Drought1600$4.4 million
Heavy Snow900$700,000
Ice Storm701$940,000
Flood500$33,000
Tropical Storm500$60,000
Heat400
High Wind300$17,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)302$150 million
Strong Wind200$4,000
Cold/Wind Chill100
Excessive Heat100
Sleet100$75,000
Winter Storm100$50,000
Winter Weather100

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 Newton County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Newton CountyEvery warning in Newton 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.