2005 tornadoes in Mississippi

105 tornadoes touched down in Mississippi in 2005, 180 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 1 people and injured 22.

2004 2006 The whole country in 2005

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

F040 to 72 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
F173 to 112 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
F2113 to 157 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
F3158 to 206 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
F4207 to 260 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
F5261 to 318 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

Every tornado in Mississippi in 2005

January 7 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
January 7	5:17 PM CST	F1	Hinds	0.6	100	$50,000
January 7	6:55 PM CST	F1	Lincoln	2.0	200	$60,000
January 7	8:10 PM CST	F0	Walthall	0.2	20	$4,000
January 7	9:35 PM CST	F2	Lamar	3.0	300	$200,000
January 7	9:53 PM CST	F1	Forrest	2.0	100	$120,000

January 13 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 13	7:07 AM CST	F1	Monroe	0.4	40			$50,000
January 13	8:35 AM CST	F0	Pearl River	0.1	20			$10,000

March 22 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
March 22	7:06 AM CST	F0	Lincoln	1.0	50		$40,000
March 22	8:33 AM CST	F1	Jones	5.0	100		$800,000
March 22	5:10 PM CST	F0	DeSoto	1.0	75		$50,000
March 22	5:13 PM CST	F1	DeSoto	0.1	50	1	$150,000

March 26 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
March 26	5:36 PM CST	F1	Adams	8.0	75	$140,000
March 26	5:40 PM CST	F1	Adams	8.0	75	$500,000
March 26	6:15 PM CST	F1	Jefferson	8.0	75	$70,000
March 26	6:27 PM CST	F1	Claiborne	2.0	75	$20,000
March 26	6:40 PM CST	F1	Claiborne	4.5	75	$20,000
March 26	8:43 PM CST	F1	Jefferson Davis	2.0	75	$20,000

April 6 18 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 6	7:10 AM CDT	F3	Rankin	15.0	600	6	$11 million
April 6	7:36 AM CDT	F0	Madison	2.5	30		$1,000
April 6	7:50 AM CDT	F2	Pike	16.0	100	2	$500,000
April 6	7:58 AM CDT	F1	Rankin	1.0	200		$10,000
April 6	8:00 AM CDT	F1	Scott	6.0	200		$700,000
April 6	8:26 AM CDT	F1	Leake	23.0	300		$500 million
April 6	8:32 AM CDT	F1	Lawrence	3.5	50		$80,000
April 6	9:06 AM CDT	F1	Simpson	7.0	50		$4,000
April 6	9:42 AM CDT	F2	Smith	13.5	500		$160,000
April 6	10:06 AM CDT	F0	Lincoln	0.7	50		$10,000
April 6	10:10 AM CDT	F3	Covington	28.0	600		$8.0 million
April 6	11:23 AM CDT	F0	Smith	0.5	30		$2,000
April 6	11:35 AM CDT	F1	Hancock	1.5	30		$50,000
April 6	12:49 PM CDT	F1	Clarke	2.0	75		$40,000
April 6	3:10 PM CDT	F1	Leake	3.0	200		$250,000
April 6	3:43 PM CDT	F1	Smith	3.0	75		$30,000
April 6	5:53 PM CDT	F0	Covington	0.5	50		$10,000
April 6	9:12 PM CDT	F1	Smith	6.0	75		$300,000

April 11 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 11	6:55 PM CDT	F0	Walthall	0.1	25

April 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 22	8:10 PM CDT	F0	Greene	0.5	200			$30,000

April 29 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 29	9:35 PM CDT	F0	Sunflower	1.0	60	$50,000
April 29	9:59 PM CDT	F1	Leflore	3.0	100	$400,000
April 29	10:25 PM CDT	F0	Carroll	0.5	50
April 29	12:42 AM CDT	F1	Monroe	2.0	75	$30,000

April 30 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 30	3:30 AM CDT	F0	Covington	3.0	50			$50,000
April 30	4:20 AM CDT	F0	Marion	4.0	50			$10,000

May 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 29	3:03 PM CDT	F0	Hancock	0.1	20

August 29 11 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
August 29	11:25 AM CDT	F1	Forrest	0.5	50	$2,000
August 29	12:00 PM CDT	F1	Newton	13.0	100	$200,000
August 29	12:06 PM CDT	F2	Newton	1.0	75	$50,000
August 29	12:14 PM CDT	F1	Lauderdale	3.0	75	$30,000
August 29	12:22 PM CDT	F1	Lauderdale	3.0	50	$60,000
August 29	12:27 PM CDT	F2	Neshoba	3.0	100	$70,000
August 29	12:36 PM CDT	F1	Neshoba	3.0	75	$50,000
August 29	12:39 PM CDT	F1	Neshoba	3.0	50	$80,000
August 29	12:48 PM CDT	F1	Neshoba	4.0	150	$100,000
August 29	1:05 PM CDT	F1	Neshoba	2.0	75	$10,000
August 29	1:21 PM CDT	F1	Leake	2.0	75	$10,000

September 24 29 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 24	9:15 AM CDT	F0	Franklin	0.5	100
September 24	11:14 AM CDT	F0	Hinds	2.0	75
September 24	11:20 AM CDT	F0	Hinds	0.5	50
September 24	11:21 AM CDT	F1	Warren	1.8	75
September 24	1:30 PM CDT	F0	Hinds	0.7	50
September 24	2:10 PM CDT	F2	Washington	2.0	300			$680,000
September 24	3:12 PM CDT	F0	Washington	0.5	100
September 24	3:13 PM CDT	F0	Bolivar	3.5	100
September 24	3:35 PM CDT	F0	Humphreys	4.0	50			$10,000
September 24	4:18 PM CDT	F1	Humphreys	1.5	75			$150,000
September 24	4:25 PM CDT	F1	Humphreys	3.5	100	1	2	$50,000
September 24	4:34 PM CDT	F2	Humphreys	18.0	800		3	$2.5 million
September 24	4:35 PM CDT	F0	Bolivar	1.0	50			$30,000
September 24	4:40 PM CDT	F0	Sunflower	1.0	50
September 24	5:02 PM CDT	F1	Sunflower	1.0	100			$20,000
September 24	5:03 PM CDT	F1	Bolivar	9.0	200			$400,000
September 24	5:20 PM CDT	F1	Leflore	1.0	100
September 24	5:35 PM CDT	F0	Sunflower	1.0	100			$10,000
September 24	5:37 PM CDT	F2	Bolivar	12.0	200			$800,000
September 24	5:56 PM CDT	F0	Leflore	2.0	50
September 24	6:00 PM CDT	F2	Leflore	9.0	250
September 24	6:17 PM CDT	F1	Leflore	1.0	75			$200,000
September 24	6:25 PM CDT	F0	Holmes	1.0	50			$10,000
September 24	6:40 PM CDT	F0	Carroll	3.0	75
September 24	6:55 PM CDT	F0	Franklin	2.0	75
September 24	7:45 PM CDT	F2	Newton	0.8	100			$1.0 million
September 24	8:37 PM CDT	F0	Sharkey	1.0	100
September 24	8:40 PM CDT	F1	Sharkey	3.0	100			$400,000
September 24	12:40 AM CDT	F0	Bolivar	1.0	50			$10,000

September 25 20 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
September 25	3:17 AM CDT	F2	Jefferson	10.0	600		$180,000
September 25	3:37 AM CDT	F1	Jefferson	1.0	75
September 25	3:49 AM CDT	F2	Jefferson	5.0	800	1	$300,000
September 25	3:54 AM CDT	F2	Claiborne	2.0	800		$20,000
September 25	4:44 AM CDT	F0	Jefferson	4.0	50		$40,000
September 25	8:02 AM CDT	F1	Claiborne	0.7	50		$70,000
September 25	9:21 AM CDT	F0	Warren	1.5	100		$10,000
September 25	12:26 PM CDT	F0	Warren	0.5	50		$30,000
September 25	1:55 PM CDT	F0	Attala	2.0	75		$50,000
September 25	2:05 PM CDT	F0	Madison	3.0	75
September 25	2:25 PM CDT	F0	Smith	1.0	50		$30,000
September 25	2:38 PM CDT	F1	Oktibbeha	3.5	75	7	$2.0 million
September 25	2:47 PM CDT	F1	Leake	1.5	100		$200,000
September 25	3:01 PM CDT	F0	Jasper	1.0	50
September 25	3:28 PM CDT	F0	Hinds	1.0	75
September 25	3:58 PM CDT	F1	Rankin	2.0	75		$400,000
September 25	4:14 PM CDT	F0	Oktibbeha	1.0	50
September 25	4:21 PM CDT	F1	Lauderdale	1.8	150		$250,000
September 25	5:07 PM CDT	F0	Rankin	1.0	50		$10,000
September 25	5:24 PM CDT	F0	Noxubee	1.0	50

November 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 28	1:56 AM CST	F0	Washington	1.0	30			$50,000

Nearby

Every tornado in Mississippi since 1950 Warnings in force in Mississippi The live radar over Mississippi

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.