Storm History: Sharkey County, Mississippi
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Sharkey 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
- 271
- Deaths
- 39
- Injuries
- 479
- Damage
- $151 million
- Episodes
- 221
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 122 | 37 | 477 | $125 million |
| Hail | 44 | 0 | 0 | $218,000 |
| Flash Flood | 28 | 0 | 1 | $958,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 26 | 0 | 0 | $1.6 million |
| Drought | 17 | 0 | 0 | $6.4 million |
| Ice Storm | 12 | 0 | 0 | $850,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 6 | 0 | 0 | $275,000 |
| Heat | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 2 | 0 | 0 | $16 million |
| Flood | 2 | 0 | 0 | $153,000 |
| High Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sleet | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| Winter Weather | 1 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Winter Storm | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 1 | 1 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, March 24, 2023
- Tornado, February 21, 1971
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 29, 2005
- Tornado, September 1, 2008
- Drought, October 1, 2006
- Tornado, April 24, 2010
- Tornado, December 13, 2022
- Tornado, May 14, 2008
- Tornado, February 24, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 2006
- Tornado, October 16, 2006
- Drought, June 1, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 1994
- Drought, August 1, 2010
- Drought, September 1, 2010
- Drought, October 1, 2010
- Tornado, March 3, 2008
- Tornado, September 24, 2005
- Drought, May 1, 2007
- Drought, September 15, 2015
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, March 18, 2013
- Hail, April 20, 2005
- Flash Flood, March 17, 2016
- Flash Flood, April 14, 2015
- Flash Flood, March 23, 2013
- Hail, July 3, 2011
- Hail, May 10, 2006
- Hail, March 2, 1999
- Hail, June 19, 1992
- Hail, May 6, 1976
- Hail, March 14, 2008
- Flash Flood, April 11, 2005
- Hail, November 1, 1997
- Hail, September 16, 2025
- Hail, April 27, 2014
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, February 21, 1971
- Tornado, April 26, 2011
- Tornado, March 24, 2023
- Tornado, March 9, 1992
- Tornado, November 21, 1992
- Tornado, April 24, 2010
- Tornado, April 28, 2014
- Tornado, April 12, 2020
- Tornado, April 18, 2020
- Tornado, March 14, 2025
- Tornado, December 3, 1953
- Tornado, January 21, 1959
- Tornado, March 20, 1976
- Tornado, March 28, 1977
- Tornado, November 19, 1988
Every episode, newest first
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Tornado, May 22, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Hail, March 15, 2026
- Flash Flood, March 7, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2026
- Ice Storm, January 24, 2026
- Hail, September 16, 2025
- Tornado, May 25, 2025
- Hail, May 24, 2025
- Tornado, March 23, 2025
- Tornado, March 14, 2025
- Tornado, December 28, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 12, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Tornado, March 24, 2023
- Tornado, December 13, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2022
- Hail, May 12, 2022
- Tornado, April 13, 2022
- Tornado, March 30, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 16, 2022
- Flood, September 17, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 9, 2021
- Tornado, May 4, 2021
- Flash Flood, February 17, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 15, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2021
- Heavy Snow, January 10, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2020
- Tornado, June 21, 2020
- Hail, June 5, 2020
- Tornado, April 18, 2020
- Tornado, April 12, 2020
- Tornado, March 4, 2020
- Flash Flood, January 13, 2020
- Tornado, December 16, 2019
- Tornado, June 23, 2019
- Tornado, April 12, 2019
- Flash Flood, September 26, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 20, 2018
- Tornado, March 28, 2018
- Flash Flood, February 21, 2018
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2018
- Tornado, January 1, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Drought, November 15, 2016
- Flash Flood, March 17, 2016
- Tornado, March 9, 2016
- Strong Wind, November 17, 2015
- Drought, October 1, 2015
- Drought, September 15, 2015
- Tornado, April 24, 2015
- Flash Flood, April 14, 2015
- Sleet, March 5, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 23, 2015
- Tornado, April 28, 2014
- Hail, April 27, 2014
- Flash Flood, April 14, 2014
- Tornado, April 6, 2014
- Ice Storm, February 11, 2014
- Flash Flood, September 24, 2013
- Tornado, April 18, 2013
- Flash Flood, March 23, 2013
- Hail, March 18, 2013
- Ice Storm, January 15, 2013
- Ice Storm, January 13, 2013
- Flash Flood, January 10, 2013
- Tornado, October 17, 2012
- Tornado, August 28, 2012
- Tornado, September 25, 2011
- Hail, July 3, 2011
- Flood, May 4, 2011
- Tornado, April 26, 2011
- Tornado, April 15, 2011
- Tornado, February 24, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2011
- Ice Storm, February 3, 2011
- Ice Storm, January 9, 2011
- Hail, December 11, 2010
- Tornado, November 29, 2010
- Drought, October 1, 2010
- Drought, September 1, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2010
- Drought, August 1, 2010
- Drought, July 15, 2010
- Tornado, April 24, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 11, 2010
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2010
- Hail, July 30, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2009
- Hail, July 26, 2009
- Tornado, May 10, 2009
- Hail, May 9, 2009
- High Wind, April 18, 2009
- Tornado, February 27, 2009
- Tornado, December 9, 2008
- Tornado, September 1, 2008
- Hail, August 2, 2008
- Hail, June 24, 2008
- Tornado, May 14, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 18, 2008
- Hail, March 14, 2008
- Heavy Snow, March 7, 2008
- Tornado, March 3, 2008
- Ice Storm, January 25, 2008
- Heat, August 5, 2007
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2007
- Drought, July 1, 2007
- Drought, June 1, 2007
- Hail, May 15, 2007
- Hail, May 3, 2007
- Drought, May 1, 2007
- Hail, April 25, 2007
- Tornado, October 16, 2006
- Drought, October 1, 2006
- Heat, July 15, 2006
- Hail, June 21, 2006
- Hail, May 10, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 9, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 28, 2005
- Hail, November 28, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 25, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 24, 2005
- Tornado, September 24, 2005
- Tornado, September 24, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 24, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 24, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 29, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2005
- Heat, August 17, 2005
- Heat, July 23, 2005
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2005
- Hail, May 9, 2005
- Hail, April 20, 2005
- Flash Flood, April 11, 2005
- Tornado, April 6, 2005
- Tornado, December 7, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2004
- Tornado, April 29, 2004
- Tornado, November 18, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2003
- Tornado, June 2, 2003
- Tornado, May 7, 2003
- Tornado, April 24, 2003
- Tornado, April 6, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2002
- Hail, May 9, 2002
- Tornado, February 19, 2002
- Tornado, December 13, 2001
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2001
- Hail, May 21, 2001
- Tornado, February 24, 2001
- Tornado, April 1, 2000
- Hail, March 29, 2000
- Ice Storm, January 27, 2000
- Tornado, May 5, 1999
- Tornado, April 14, 1999
- Hail, March 2, 1999
- Flash Flood, January 29, 1999
- Tornado, January 8, 1999
- Ice Storm, December 22, 1998
- Tornado, June 15, 1998
- Hail, June 5, 1998
- Tornado, February 10, 1998
- Hail, November 1, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 1997
- Tornado, May 2, 1997
- Hail, July 8, 1996
- Hail, April 20, 1996
- Hail, April 14, 1996
- Ice Storm, February 1, 1996
- Tornado, November 11, 1995
- Tornado, April 22, 1995
- Tornado, April 20, 1995
- Tornado, March 6, 1995
- Tornado, January 18, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 1994
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 1993
- Hail, April 25, 1993
- Tornado, March 30, 1993
- Tornado, February 15, 1993
- Tornado, November 21, 1992
- Tornado, October 10, 1992
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 1992
- Tornado, August 26, 1992
- Hail, June 19, 1992
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 1992
- Tornado, March 22, 1992
- Tornado, March 9, 1992
- Tornado, November 8, 1989
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 1989
- Tornado, December 27, 1988
- Tornado, November 19, 1988
- Tornado, November 16, 1987
- Hail, May 6, 1987
- Tornado, March 18, 1986
- Tornado, November 20, 1983
- Tornado, October 17, 1980
- Tornado, March 20, 1980
- Tornado, March 28, 1977
- Hail, May 6, 1976
- Tornado, March 20, 1976
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 6, 1975
- Tornado, February 16, 1975
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 1975
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 16, 1973
- Tornado, February 21, 1971
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 27, 1969
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 9, 1964
- Tornado, January 21, 1959
- Tornado, December 3, 1953
- Tornado, June 9, 1951
More
Tornadoes in Sharkey CountyEvery warning in Sharkey 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.