Mississippi

Storm History: Rankin County, Mississippi

715 episodes, 1,435 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Rankin 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
1,435
Deaths
17
Injuries
213
Damage
$732 million
Episodes
715

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
Tornado63115153$209 million
Flash Flood29300$16 million
Hail28110$166 million
Thunderstorm Wind16003$2.9 million
Drought1700$8.6 million
Ice Storm900$1.2 million
Heavy Snow900$1.2 million
Flood500$1,000
Strong Wind500$40,000
Tropical Storm400$97,000
Heat400
Winter Weather400$19,000
Winter Storm3117$300,000
High Wind200$308,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)2040$325 million
Sleet200$400,000
Funnel Cloud100
Lightning100$300,000
Cold/Wind Chill100$600,000
Excessive Heat100

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 Rankin County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Rankin CountyEvery warning in Rankin 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.