Mississippi

Storm History: Perry County, Mississippi

189 episodes, 231 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Perry 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
231
Deaths
2
Injuries
24
Damage
$5.4 million
Episodes
189

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
Thunderstorm Wind7800$1.2 million
Hail5100$64,000
Tornado40224$1.1 million
Flash Flood3900$2.0 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)400$1.0 million
Winter Storm400
Drought300
Heat200
Heavy Snow200
Tropical Storm200
Sleet100
Funnel Cloud100
Tropical Depression100
Winter Weather100
Strong Wind100$5,000
Lightning100$60,000

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 Perry County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Perry CountyEvery warning in Perry 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.