Mississippi

Storm History: Union County, Mississippi

334 episodes, 460 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Union 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
460
Deaths
6
Injuries
35
Damage
$34 million
Episodes
334

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
Tornado113532$31 million
Hail10000$754,000
Excessive Heat5700
Flash Flood5601$480,000
Thunderstorm Wind3112$717,000
Heat2600
Winter Storm1900$22,000
Drought1800
Winter Weather1000
Flood500$19,000
Strong Wind400$24,000
Cold/Wind Chill400$50,000
High Wind300$12,000
Ice Storm300$1.0 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Heavy Snow200$100
Tropical Storm200$15,000
Wildfire200
Frost/Freeze100
Lightning100$25,000

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 Union County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Union CountyEvery warning in Union 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.