Storm History: Pontotoc County, Mississippi

Events

535

Deaths

11

Injuries

63

Damage

$37 million

Episodes

368

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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• Tornado, February 24, 20016 deaths · 43 injured · $28 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 1, 19971 death · 4 injured · $100,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Hail, April 8, 19981 death · $53,000 · 1.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Winter Weather, January 25, 20081 death · 1 injured · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 1, 20101 death · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 1, 20231 death · 5 injured · EF2 · 1 event here

• Tornado, February 24, 20016 deaths · 43 injured · $28 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 31, 2023$3.0 million · EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 1, 1997$650,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 7, 2006$531,000 · F0 · 4 events here
• Ice Storm, January 23, 2026$500,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 5, 20251 injured · $383,000 · EF2 · 9 events here
• Tornado, January 21, 19591 injured · $250,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 12, 1978$250,000 · F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 18, 19833 injured · $250,000 · F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 20, 19902 injured · $250,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 30, 2002$217,000 · F0 · 8 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2017$200,000 · 60 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, July 1, 2020$200,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, April 20, 2003$150,000 · 0.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 2, 2021$120,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 1, 19971 death · 4 injured · $100,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 25, 2011$100,000 · EF5 · 2 events here
• Tornado, November 17, 2015$100,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 29, 2017$100,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, October 7, 2008$96,000 · EF1 · 4 events here

• Hail, December 9, 20234 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 16, 2023$5,000 · 3 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 24, 2024$1,000 · 2.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, April 9, 20212.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, February 13, 2000$10 · 2.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 25, 19942.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 19, 19732.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 9, 20242.5 in hail · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, June 7, 20142.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 28, 1998$28,000 · 2.5 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, May 8, 20252 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, October 6, 20142 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 14, 2004$40,000 · 2 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, February 21, 2001$750 · 2 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 24, 1999$11,000 · 2 in hail · 2 events here

• Tornado, February 21, 1971F5 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 25, 2011$100,000 · EF5 · 2 events here
• Tornado, February 24, 20016 deaths · 43 injured · $28 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 18, 1957F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 21, 19591 injured · $250,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 10, 1966$25,000 · F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 20, 1976F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, December 24, 1977F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 4, 1988F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 19, 1988$25,000 · F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, December 21, 1990$25,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 22, 1991F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 1, 1997$650,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 1, 2010$50,000 · EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 24, 2023$20,000 · EF3 · 3 events here

Every tornado in Pontotoc County, with its track

• Heat, June 29, 20262 events here
• Drought, April 1, 20261 event here
• Tornado, March 15, 2026$20,000 · EF1 · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, March 9, 2026$10,000 · 1.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 20261 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 31, 2026$25,000 · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 24, 20262 events here
• Ice Storm, January 23, 2026$500,000 · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 16, 20254 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 29, 20253 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 26, 20251 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 23, 20251 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 22, 20251 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 21, 20251 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 16, 20251 event here
• Heat, June 22, 20255 events here
• Hail, June 9, 20251 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 7, 2025$22,000 · EF1 · 6 events here
• Hail, May 16, 2025$23,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, May 8, 20252 in hail · 2 events here
• Strong Wind, May 6, 2025$4,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 5, 20251 injured · $383,000 · EF2 · 9 events here
• Tornado, March 23, 2025EF0 · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 15, 2025EF1 · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, January 9, 20251 event here
• Flash Flood, December 28, 2024$500 · 54 kt wind · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, September 12, 2024$5,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20241 event here
• Heat, August 29, 20241 event here
• Drought, August 27, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 18, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 15, 20242 events here
• Excessive Heat, August 1, 20242 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 30, 20242 events here
• Heat, July 15, 20241 event here
• Heat, July 8, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 3, 20242 events here
• Excessive Heat, June 28, 20242 events here
• Heat, June 25, 20241 event here
• Heat, June 23, 20241 event here
• Hail, June 9, 20242.5 in hail · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, May 24, 2024$1,000 · 2.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Tornado, March 14, 2024$46,000 · EF1 · 6 events here
• Drought, February 1, 20241 event here
• Winter Weather, January 18, 20241 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 20241 event here
• Winter Storm, January 14, 20241 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20241 event here
• Hail, December 9, 20234 in hail · 3 events here
• Drought, December 1, 20231 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20231 event here
• Drought, October 17, 20231 event here
• Hail, September 6, 2023$7,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, August 20, 20232 events here
• Excessive Heat, August 11, 20233 events here
• Hail, August 6, 2023$57,000 · 65 kt wind · 5 events here
• Excessive Heat, August 2, 20232 events here
• Heat, July 27, 20232 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 18, 20233 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2023$5,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 1, 20232 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2023$15,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 25, 20233 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2023$25,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 16, 2023$5,000 · 3 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 1, 20231 death · 5 injured · EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 31, 2023$3.0 million · EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 24, 2023$20,000 · EF3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, March 3, 2023EF1 · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 20222 events here
• Heat, August 15, 20221 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20221 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 21, 20221 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 16, 20221 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2022$5,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, July 5, 20221 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 4, 20222 events here
• Heat, June 26, 20221 event here
• Heat, June 21, 20221 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 12, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, March 11, 20221 event here
• Strong Wind, August 30, 2021$2,000 · 1 event here
• Heat, August 9, 20211 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 29, 20211 event here
• Heat, July 24, 20211 event here
• Flash Flood, June 7, 2021$25,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 7, 2021EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 9, 2021$2,000 · 50 kt wind · 5 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 6, 2021$3,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 2, 2021$120,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, April 9, 20212.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, March 27, 2021EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 17, 2021EF0 · 4 events here
• Winter Storm, February 17, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, February 14, 20211 event here
• Winter Weather, January 11, 20211 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 202050 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heat, July 15, 20201 event here
• Flash Flood, July 1, 2020$200,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, June 5, 202050 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, April 12, 202078 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, March 28, 20201.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 11, 2020$10,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, December 16, 2019$20,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Hail, November 30, 20191.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 26, 201965 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 11, 20191 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 17, 20191 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2019$10,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heat, July 8, 20191 event here
• Flash Flood, June 27, 2019$1,000 · 55 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2019$500 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2019$500 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, February 22, 20192 events here
• Flash Flood, February 20, 20191 event here
• Tornado, November 5, 2018$15,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 26, 20182 events here
• Hail, August 20, 2018$1,000 · 1.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 19, 20181 event here
• Heat, July 11, 20181 event here
• Heat, July 1, 20181 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 30, 20181 event here
• Hail, June 28, 20181.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 26, 20181 event here
• Hail, May 30, 2018$30,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 14, 2018$10,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, April 3, 2018$25,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, January 15, 20181 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, November 18, 2017$60,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 201750 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 2, 20171 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2017$200,000 · 60 kt wind · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 29, 2017$100,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, March 9, 2017$50,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, February 7, 20171.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, December 17, 2016$15,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20161 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20161 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20161 event here
• Drought, September 27, 20161 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2016$10,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20161 event here
• Drought, July 26, 20161 event here
• Hail, June 17, 20161 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 28, 201650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 22, 20161 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, December 28, 2015$5,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 17, 2015$100,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 3, 201550 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 23, 201550 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 8, 201550 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 17, 20151 event here
• Hail, April 19, 20151.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 9, 20151 in hail · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, March 4, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, February 25, 20151 event here
• Winter Weather, February 20, 20151 event here
• Hail, October 6, 20142 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, October 2, 20141 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 30, 20141 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 12, 2014EF1 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 7, 20142.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 8, 20140.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 4, 201465 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, February 20, 20141 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, February 11, 20141 event here
• Flash Flood, May 18, 20131 event here
• Tornado, April 27, 2013EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 29, 2013EF1 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 17, 20131 event here
• Ice Storm, January 15, 20131 event here
• Winter Weather, January 14, 20131 event here
• Hail, December 8, 20121 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 2, 201256 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 20, 20121 event here
• Flash Flood, June 11, 201261 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 5, 20121 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, February 1, 2012EF0 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 201150 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 3, 20112 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 10, 20111 event here
• Hail, July 4, 20111 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 24, 201152 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 25, 20111.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 25, 2011$100,000 · EF5 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, April 19, 20111.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, April 15, 20111 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 11, 201150 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, March 26, 20111.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, February 24, 201151 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 9, 20111 event here
• Winter Storm, January 9, 20111 event here
• Winter Weather, December 25, 20101 event here
• Winter Weather, December 15, 20101 event here
• Hail, October 12, 20101.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 19, 20102 events here
• Heat, August 16, 20101 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 8, 20102 events here
• Excessive Heat, August 1, 20101 death · 1 event here
• Heat, July 29, 20101 event here
• Heat, July 25, 20101 event here
• Heat, July 14, 20101 event here
• Heat, June 18, 20101 event here
• Heat, June 12, 20101 event here
• Flash Flood, May 20, 201056 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 1, 2010$50,000 · EF3 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, January 29, 20101 event here
• Flash Flood, October 13, 2009$3,000 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 9, 2009$5,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 16, 200952 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 200952 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 12, 2009EF2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 2, 2009$25,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, April 9, 20091.75 in hail · 6 events here
• Tornado, April 2, 2009EF1 · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, March 1, 20091 event here
• Hail, January 3, 20090.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, December 9, 2008$17,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, October 7, 2008$96,000 · EF1 · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, August 21, 2008$35,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 2, 2008$17,000 · 1.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, July 26, 2008$38,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 4, 2008$22,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 10, 2008$30,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 2, 2008$5,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 7, 20081 event here
• High Wind, January 29, 2008$10,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 25, 20081 death · 1 injured · 1 event here
• Hail, October 18, 2007$10,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20071 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20071 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2007$3,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 17, 2007$2,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 5, 20071 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20071 event here
• Flash Flood, July 20, 2007$5,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20071 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2007$12,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, June 1, 20071 event here
• Flash Flood, May 10, 2007$2,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, May 1, 20071 event here
• Drought, April 5, 20071 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 2006$3,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 7, 2006$531,000 · F0 · 4 events here
• Hail, March 31, 2006$300 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 18, 2006$1,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, December 3, 2005$10 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Tropical Storm, August 29, 2005$10,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, August 21, 2005$5,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, August 5, 2005$50,000 · 55 kt wind · 2 events here

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Tornadoes in Pontotoc CountyEvery warning in Pontotoc County since 1986Every county in Mississippi

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.