Storm History: Yazoo County, Mississippi
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Yazoo 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
- 674
- Deaths
- 26
- Injuries
- 219
- Damage
- $232 million
- Episodes
- 416
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 | 309 | 17 | 215 | $171 million |
| Hail | 139 | 0 | 1 | $1.9 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 83 | 1 | 0 | $603,000 |
| Flash Flood | 77 | 2 | 3 | $11 million |
| Drought | 15 | 0 | 0 | $8.3 million |
| Ice Storm | 11 | 0 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| Heavy Snow | 9 | 0 | 0 | $550,000 |
| Heat | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | $517,000 |
| Flood | 4 | 2 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 3 | 0 | 0 | $35 million |
| Strong Wind | 3 | 0 | 0 | $61,000 |
| High Wind | 2 | 1 | 0 | $515,000 |
| Winter Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 | $13,000 |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $40,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sleet | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
- Tornado, February 21, 1971
- Tornado, April 24, 2010
- Flood, June 14, 2019
- Tornado, April 6, 2005
- Flash Flood, March 29, 2011
- Tornado, April 6, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 2023
- High Wind, March 1, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 16, 2009
- Heat, July 19, 2017
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 17, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2026
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, April 24, 2010
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 29, 2005
- Tornado, April 6, 2003
- Flash Flood, September 25, 2005
- Drought, October 1, 2006
- Tornado, April 30, 2017
- Tornado, November 29, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2008
- Drought, June 1, 2007
- Tornado, March 26, 2005
- Tornado, October 16, 2006
- Tornado, December 9, 2008
- Flood, May 4, 2011
- Flash Flood, January 13, 2020
- Drought, May 1, 2007
- Ice Storm, December 22, 1998
- Hail, April 20, 2005
- Tornado, May 2, 2021
- Tornado, December 9, 2023
- Tornado, March 18, 1986
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, April 20, 2005
- Hail, March 30, 2015
- Hail, July 1, 1985
- Hail, May 25, 1973
- Flash Flood, March 29, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 17, 2025
- Hail, April 15, 2022
- Flash Flood, April 6, 2019
- Flash Flood, March 23, 2013
- Hail, July 3, 2011
- Hail, May 10, 2006
- Hail, March 2, 1999
- Hail, February 16, 1995
- Hail, June 19, 1992
- Hail, April 11, 1962
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, February 21, 1971
- Tornado, April 26, 2011
- Tornado, April 24, 2010
- Tornado, January 10, 1975
- Tornado, January 19, 1988
- Tornado, February 10, 2013
- Tornado, April 28, 2014
- Tornado, April 12, 2020
- Tornado, April 18, 2020
- Tornado, April 6, 2005
- Tornado, March 20, 1976
- Tornado, April 13, 1980
- Tornado, November 4, 1988
- Tornado, March 4, 1989
- Tornado, December 21, 1990
Every episode, newest first
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Tornado, April 26, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2026
- Ice Storm, January 24, 2026
- Tornado, October 18, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2025
- Tornado, July 1, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 20, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 17, 2025
- Tornado, April 5, 2025
- Tornado, December 28, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 24, 2024
- Tropical Storm, September 12, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2024
- Tornado, May 9, 2024
- Tornado, April 9, 2024
- Tornado, March 25, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 12, 2024
- Flash Flood, January 8, 2024
- Tornado, December 9, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2023
- Tornado, June 16, 2023
- Hail, May 11, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 2023
- High Wind, March 1, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2022
- Hail, June 16, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 15, 2022
- Tornado, April 17, 2022
- Hail, April 15, 2022
- Tornado, April 13, 2022
- Tornado, March 30, 2022
- Tornado, March 22, 2022
- Heavy Snow, March 11, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 15, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2021
- Tropical Storm, August 29, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 9, 2021
- Tornado, May 4, 2021
- Tornado, May 2, 2021
- Tornado, April 9, 2021
- Tornado, March 17, 2021
- Flash Flood, February 17, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 15, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2021
- Heavy Snow, January 10, 2021
- Tornado, December 23, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 13, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2020
- Tornado, April 18, 2020
- Tornado, April 12, 2020
- Tornado, March 4, 2020
- Tornado, February 10, 2020
- Tornado, February 5, 2020
- Flash Flood, January 13, 2020
- Tornado, January 11, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 9, 2019
- Hail, July 7, 2019
- Tornado, June 23, 2019
- Flood, June 14, 2019
- Tornado, May 8, 2019
- Tornado, April 25, 2019
- Tornado, April 12, 2019
- Flash Flood, April 6, 2019
- Tornado, February 23, 2019
- Tornado, January 19, 2019
- Flood, January 3, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 27, 2018
- Tornado, December 27, 2018
- Tornado, November 1, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 20, 2018
- Hail, August 5, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2018
- Hail, July 19, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2018
- Hail, May 20, 2018
- Tornado, April 6, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 3, 2018
- Tornado, March 28, 2018
- Tornado, March 10, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 17, 2018
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 7, 2017
- Heat, July 19, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2017
- Tornado, April 30, 2017
- Tornado, April 26, 2017
- Strong Wind, April 5, 2017
- Tornado, April 2, 2017
- Hail, March 25, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Tornado, November 28, 2016
- Drought, October 18, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2016
- Hail, June 17, 2016
- Flash Flood, April 11, 2016
- Tornado, March 30, 2016
- Tornado, February 23, 2016
- Tornado, January 21, 2016
- Strong Wind, November 17, 2015
- Tornado, November 17, 2015
- Drought, October 1, 2015
- Drought, September 1, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2015
- Tornado, May 29, 2015
- Tornado, May 24, 2015
- Hail, May 15, 2015
- Tornado, April 24, 2015
- Hail, March 30, 2015
- Sleet, March 5, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 23, 2015
- Hail, October 2, 2014
- Flash Flood, September 2, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2014
- Hail, August 3, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2014
- Tornado, April 28, 2014
- Hail, April 27, 2014
- Flash Flood, April 14, 2014
- Tornado, April 6, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 14, 2014
- Ice Storm, February 11, 2014
- Tornado, December 20, 2013
- Flash Flood, September 24, 2013
- Hail, June 27, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 21, 2013
- Tornado, April 18, 2013
- Flash Flood, March 23, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 25, 2013
- Tornado, February 10, 2013
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2013
- Ice Storm, January 13, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 20, 2012
- Tornado, October 17, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2012
- Hail, May 17, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2012
- Flash Flood, April 17, 2012
- Hail, April 5, 2012
- Hail, April 2, 2012
- Tornado, March 21, 2012
- Hail, February 23, 2012
- Hail, September 11, 2011
- Hail, July 3, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2011
- Hail, June 13, 2011
- Flood, May 4, 2011
- Tornado, April 26, 2011
- Tornado, April 26, 2011
- Tornado, April 20, 2011
- Tornado, April 15, 2011
- Tornado, April 4, 2011
- Flash Flood, March 29, 2011
- Hail, March 26, 2011
- Tornado, March 8, 2011
- Tornado, February 24, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2011
- Ice Storm, February 3, 2011
- Ice Storm, January 9, 2011
- Tornado, December 31, 2010
- Strong Wind, December 12, 2010
- Hail, December 11, 2010
- Tornado, November 29, 2010
- Drought, October 1, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2010
- Tornado, May 20, 2010
- Hail, May 8, 2010
- Tornado, April 24, 2010
- Hail, March 11, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 11, 2010
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2010
- Tornado, December 8, 2009
- Flash Flood, October 12, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 20, 2009
- Hail, July 30, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 16, 2009
- Hail, May 15, 2009
- Tornado, May 10, 2009
- Hail, May 9, 2009
- Tornado, May 5, 2009
- Tornado, May 3, 2009
- Tornado, March 25, 2009
- Tornado, December 9, 2008
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2008
- Hail, August 7, 2008
- Hail, August 2, 2008
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2008
- Tornado, May 14, 2008
- Tornado, May 2, 2008
- Hail, April 26, 2008
- Tornado, April 4, 2008
- Tornado, February 5, 2008
- Tornado, January 10, 2008
- Tornado, October 17, 2007
- Heat, August 5, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2007
- Drought, July 1, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2007
- Drought, June 1, 2007
- Hail, May 15, 2007
- Hail, May 3, 2007
- Drought, May 1, 2007
- Drought, April 25, 2007
- Tornado, March 1, 2007
- Tornado, February 24, 2007
- Tornado, November 14, 2006
- Tornado, October 16, 2006
- Drought, October 1, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2006
- Heat, July 15, 2006
- Hail, May 10, 2006
- Hail, May 10, 2006
- High Wind, April 29, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 9, 2006
- Ice Storm, February 20, 2006
- Hail, February 3, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 25, 2005
- Flash Flood, September 25, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 24, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 24, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 24, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 29, 2005
- Hail, August 21, 2005
- Heat, August 17, 2005
- Heat, July 23, 2005
- Lightning, July 18, 2005
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2005
- Hail, April 20, 2005
- Tornado, April 6, 2005
- Hail, March 31, 2005
- Tornado, March 26, 2005
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Yazoo CountyEvery warning in Yazoo 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.