Mississippi

Storm History: Pearl River County, Mississippi

338 episodes, 439 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Pearl River 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
439
Deaths
2
Injuries
42
Damage
$1.1 billion
Episodes
338

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
Tornado132138$11 million
Thunderstorm Wind11703$5.6 million
Hail9100$38,000
Flash Flood3210$1.3 million
Excessive Heat2000
Funnel Cloud700
Lightning601$90,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)600$1.1 billion
Tropical Storm600$7.3 million
Heavy Snow500
Drought500
Flood300$500,000
Cold/Wind Chill200
Winter Storm200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Tropical Depression100
Strong Wind100$5,000
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 Pearl River County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Pearl River CountyEvery warning in Pearl River 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.