Mississippi

Storm History: Tishomingo County, Mississippi

329 episodes, 457 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Tishomingo 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
457
Deaths
5
Injuries
9
Damage
$13 million
Episodes
329

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
Tornado11017$10 million
Hail8201$501,000
Excessive Heat5900
Thunderstorm Wind5700$418,000
Flash Flood5120$167,000
Heat2710
Drought2200
Winter Storm2000$22,000
Winter Weather700
Lightning401$90,000
Ice Storm410$1.0 million
Cold/Wind Chill400$75,000
High Wind300$215,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Frost/Freeze200
Heavy Snow100$100
Tropical Storm100$10,000

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 Tishomingo County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Tishomingo CountyEvery warning in Tishomingo 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.