Storm History: Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Tallahatchie 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
- 415
- Deaths
- 7
- Injuries
- 69
- Damage
- $38 million
- Episodes
- 309
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excessive Heat | 80 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 70 | 0 | 3 | $343,000 |
| Tornado | 66 | 6 | 64 | $33 million |
| Heat | 54 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 41 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 36 | 0 | 0 | $3.2 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 25 | 1 | 2 | $195,000 |
| Winter Storm | 14 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Winter Weather | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 6 | 0 | 0 | $156,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | $125,000 |
| Strong Wind | 3 | 0 | 0 | $75,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | $580,000 |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| High Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, April 21, 1984
- Tornado, April 24, 1973
- Tornado, March 12, 1986
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2021
- Flash Flood, March 9, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2007
- Ice Storm, January 23, 2026
- Tornado, December 27, 1988
- Tornado, June 24, 1980
- Tornado, May 18, 1983
- Tornado, April 17, 1988
- Tornado, April 24, 1992
- Tornado, February 24, 2001
- Tornado, May 10, 2008
- Tornado, May 30, 2004
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 31, 2026
- Flood, June 1, 2018
- Tornado, January 11, 2020
- Tornado, April 5, 2025
- Hail, April 13, 2007
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, October 25, 1997
- Hail, June 13, 1970
- Hail, June 8, 1996
- Hail, May 24, 1972
- Hail, February 20, 1976
- Hail, May 15, 2022
- Hail, June 19, 1992
- Hail, October 12, 2022
- Hail, March 31, 2016
- Flash Flood, April 19, 2011
- Hail, April 12, 2009
- Hail, July 7, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 5, 2003
- Hail, July 13, 2003
- Flood, May 5, 1999
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 25, 2011
- Tornado, March 12, 1986
- Tornado, January 19, 1988
- Tornado, March 9, 1992
- Tornado, April 21, 1984
- Tornado, April 2, 1982
- Tornado, March 22, 1991
- Tornado, February 24, 2001
- Tornado, February 5, 2008
- Tornado, May 8, 2008
- Tornado, March 24, 2023
- Tornado, December 27, 1968
- Tornado, December 21, 1967
- Tornado, April 24, 1973
- Tornado, March 12, 1975
Every episode, newest first
- Heat, June 29, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2026
- Heat, June 13, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Drought, February 1, 2026
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2026
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 31, 2026
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 24, 2026
- Ice Storm, January 23, 2026
- Drought, January 1, 2026
- Drought, November 1, 2025
- Drought, October 1, 2025
- Excessive Heat, August 16, 2025
- Heat, August 13, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 29, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 26, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 23, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 22, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2025
- Heat, July 18, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 16, 2025
- Heat, June 22, 2025
- Heat, June 20, 2025
- Hail, May 25, 2025
- Tornado, May 18, 2025
- Hail, May 16, 2025
- Strong Wind, May 6, 2025
- Tornado, April 5, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2025
- Drought, December 1, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 1, 2024
- Strong Wind, September 12, 2024
- Drought, September 1, 2024
- Heat, August 29, 2024
- Drought, August 20, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 18, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 15, 2024
- Heat, August 5, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 30, 2024
- Heat, July 15, 2024
- Heat, July 8, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 3, 2024
- Excessive Heat, June 28, 2024
- Heat, June 25, 2024
- Heat, June 23, 2024
- Drought, March 1, 2024
- Drought, February 1, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2024
- Drought, January 1, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, September 19, 2023
- Heat, September 6, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 20, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 11, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 2, 2023
- Heat, July 27, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2023
- Heat, July 13, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2023
- Excessive Heat, June 25, 2023
- Hail, June 14, 2023
- Tornado, March 24, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Hail, October 12, 2022
- Heat, August 15, 2022
- Heat, August 2, 2022
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2022
- Hail, July 18, 2022
- Excessive Heat, July 16, 2022
- Excessive Heat, July 4, 2022
- Heat, June 26, 2022
- Heat, June 21, 2022
- Excessive Heat, June 12, 2022
- Hail, May 15, 2022
- Tornado, March 30, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 11, 2022
- Excessive Heat, August 21, 2021
- Heat, August 9, 2021
- Heat, August 1, 2021
- Heat, July 30, 2021
- Excessive Heat, July 29, 2021
- Heat, July 24, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2021
- Tornado, June 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 11, 2021
- Heat, August 29, 2020
- Heat, July 15, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2020
- Flash Flood, April 12, 2020
- Tornado, January 11, 2020
- Hail, November 30, 2019
- Heat, August 19, 2019
- Excessive Heat, August 11, 2019
- Heat, August 7, 2019
- Heat, July 20, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2019
- Heat, July 8, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2019
- Heat, June 22, 2019
- Heat, June 21, 2019
- Heat, August 16, 2018
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2018
- Heat, July 11, 2018
- Heat, July 4, 2018
- Heat, July 1, 2018
- Excessive Heat, June 30, 2018
- Excessive Heat, June 26, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2018
- Flood, June 1, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 15, 2018
- Heat, August 20, 2017
- Heat, July 25, 2017
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 2, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 25, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Tornado, November 29, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- Drought, October 1, 2016
- Drought, September 1, 2016
- Excessive Heat, August 5, 2016
- Excessive Heat, August 4, 2016
- Drought, August 1, 2016
- Drought, July 5, 2016
- Hail, March 31, 2016
- Flash Flood, March 9, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2016
- Flash Flood, December 25, 2015
- Drought, October 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2015
- Drought, September 17, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 21, 2013
- Tornado, January 29, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 14, 2013
- Hail, October 17, 2012
- Flash Flood, September 6, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2012
- Hail, July 7, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Drought, June 19, 2012
- Hail, May 21, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 8, 2012
- Excessive Heat, August 3, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 10, 2011
- Hail, June 24, 2011
- Hail, June 13, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2011
- Tornado, April 25, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 19, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 15, 2011
- Drought, April 1, 2011
- Drought, March 22, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2011
- Drought, December 28, 2010
- Drought, November 1, 2010
- Drought, October 12, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 19, 2010
- Heat, August 16, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 8, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2010
- Heat, July 29, 2010
- Heat, July 25, 2010
- Heat, July 14, 2010
- Heat, June 18, 2010
- Heat, June 12, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 3, 2010
- Flash Flood, September 22, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 17, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 14, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2009
- Tornado, June 12, 2009
- Strong Wind, May 7, 2009
- Tornado, May 5, 2009
- Hail, April 12, 2009
- Tornado, April 2, 2009
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2009
- Hail, June 1, 2008
- Tornado, May 10, 2008
- Tornado, May 8, 2008
- Hail, April 22, 2008
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2008
- Tornado, February 5, 2008
- High Wind, January 29, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 21, 2007
- Drought, October 1, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2007
- Excessive Heat, August 5, 2007
- Drought, July 1, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2007
- Drought, June 1, 2007
- Flash Flood, May 10, 2007
- Drought, May 1, 2007
- Hail, April 13, 2007
- Flash Flood, February 24, 2007
- Winter Weather, February 1, 2007
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2007
- Hail, May 10, 2006
- Tornado, April 7, 2006
- Tornado, March 9, 2006
- Tropical Storm, August 29, 2005
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2005
- Hail, February 23, 2005
- Hail, July 7, 2004
- Tornado, June 3, 2004
- Tornado, May 30, 2004
- Flash Flood, April 22, 2004
- Hail, July 13, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2003
- Flash Flood, May 16, 2003
- Tornado, May 6, 2003
- Flash Flood, May 5, 2003
- Hail, April 20, 2003
- Hail, March 13, 2003
- Flash Flood, September 26, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 2, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 28, 2001
- Hail, August 19, 2001
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2001
- Tornado, February 24, 2001
- Hail, July 20, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2000
- Tornado, February 18, 2000
- Hail, February 17, 2000
- Heavy Snow, January 27, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 1999
- Flood, July 26, 1999
- Flood, May 5, 1999
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Tallahatchie CountyEvery warning in Tallahatchie 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.