2011 tornadoes in Mississippi

94 tornadoes touched down in Mississippi in 2011, 150 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 42 people and injured 298. 3 were rated F4 or EF4 and above.

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The rating scale

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

EF065 to 85 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
EF186 to 110 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
EF2111 to 135 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.
EF3136 to 165 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
EF4166 to 200 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
EF5over 200 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 2011

January 1 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
January 1	12:02 AM CST	EF3	Attala	23.4	1,300	2	$3.0 million
January 1	12:40 AM CST	EF1	Choctaw	0.6	75		$65,000
January 1	12:46 AM CST	EF1	Choctaw	6.5	75		$20,000
January 1	1:15 AM CST	EF1	Oktibbeha	1.3	250		$3.0 million
January 1	2:00 AM CST	EF2	Kemper	6.1	860		$800,000
January 1	2:25 AM CST	EF3	Noxubee	9.6	1,330	1	$1.5 million
January 1	2:56 AM CST	EF1	Kemper	11.1	440		$110,000

February 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 24	7:50 PM CST	EF2	Sharkey	7.3	400			$1.0 million

March 9 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
March 9	1:08 AM CST	EF1	Hinds	6.0	250	$150,000
March 9	1:34 AM CST	EF2	Hinds	2.2	150	$500,000
March 9	5:25 AM CST	EF1	Pearl River	3.0	100	$20,000
March 9	7:34 AM CST	EF1	Harrison	1.0	30	$20,000
March 9	7:47 AM CST	EF1	Harrison	0.3	30	$100,000

March 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 14	2:06 PM CDT	EF0	Rankin	1.6	75			$40,000

April 4 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 4	4:42 PM CDT	EF1	Hinds	4.0	440	$20,000
April 4	5:36 PM CDT	EF1	Simpson	7.4	1,320	$550,000
April 4	5:48 PM CDT	EF1	Lincoln	17.3	600	$1.5 million
April 4	7:43 PM CDT	EF1	Pearl River	0.3	50	$30,000
April 4	7:43 PM CDT	EF1	Greene	19.4	100	$500,000
April 4	8:45 PM CDT	EF1	Jackson	0.1	75	$35,000

April 15 18 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 15	6:26 AM CDT	EF0	Issaquena	1.7	75			$50,000
April 15	10:11 AM CDT	EF0	Wayne	0.0	50
April 15	10:51 AM CDT	EF3	Hinds	16.5	528		10	$8.0 million
April 15	11:22 AM CDT	EF1	Rankin	7.4	200			$6,000
April 15	11:41 AM CDT	EF1	Washington to AL	5.1	200			$312,000
April 15	11:43 AM CDT	EF1	Rankin	7.6	200			$400,000
April 15	11:58 AM CDT	EF1	Scott	7.0	200			$375,000
April 15	12:53 PM CDT	EF3	Neshoba to AL	48.5	1,760		5	$19 million
April 15	1:39 PM CDT	EF0	Copiah	1.0	200			$2,000
April 15	1:47 PM CDT	EF1	Smith	3.8	100			$18,000
April 15	1:54 PM CDT	EF1	Holmes	6.1	150			$10,000
April 15	2:19 PM CDT	EF2	Attala	3.7	200		2	$35,000
April 15	2:23 PM CDT	EF1	Smith	6.9	150			$15,000
April 15	2:33 PM CDT	EF0	Attala	4.5	75
April 15	3:04 PM CDT	EF1	Jasper	1.2	440			$25,000
April 15	4:08 PM CDT	EF1	Clarke to AL	24.5	470			$200,000
April 15	4:59 PM CDT	EF1	Jasper	1.6	880			$35,000
April 15	7:45 PM CDT	EF3	Greene to AL	18.3	500	4	28	$13 million

April 20 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 20	8:09 PM CDT	EF1	Webster	3.3	150			$100,000

April 26 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 26	6:41 AM CDT	EF1	Covington	0.3	50		$45,000
April 26	7:12 AM CDT	EF1	Jones	1.2	100		$180,000
April 26	12:35 AM CDT	EF0	Sharkey	2.2	100		$15,000
April 26	12:43 AM CDT	EF2	Sunflower	11.8	440	3	$300,000

April 27 35 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 27	1:12 AM CDT	EF1	Yazoo	9.7	250			$70,000
April 27	1:15 AM CDT	EF1	Leflore	27.7	50			$50,000
April 27	1:24 AM CDT	EF1	Leflore	3.2	100			$50,000
April 27	1:40 AM CDT	EF2	Holmes	12.3	1,760			$100,000
April 27	1:40 AM CDT	EF3	Holmes	23.0	1,760			$700,000
April 27	1:51 AM CDT	EF2	Attala	23.0	860			$553,000
April 27	1:51 AM CDT	EF0	Holmes	1.7	50			$25,000
April 27	1:59 AM CDT	EF2	Holmes	8.8	880			$10,000
April 27	2:06 AM CDT	EF1	Grenada	1.9	150			$60,000
April 27	2:17 AM CDT	EF2	Montgomery	11.7	1,760			$425,000
April 27	2:20 AM CDT	EF1	Attala	0.5	50			$25,000
April 27	2:25 AM CDT	EF2	Choctaw	6.8	1,750		2	$350,000
April 27	2:29 AM CDT	EF1	Winston	4.2	150			$85,000
April 27	2:29 AM CDT	EF3	Choctaw	58.7	1,800		25	$5.4 million
April 27	2:37 AM CDT	EF2	Webster	13.3	1,320	1	5	$605,000
April 27	2:47 AM CDT	EF1	Winston	7.3	200			$60,000
April 27	3:20 AM CDT	EF1	Noxubee	6.2	150			$300,000
April 27	3:43 AM CDT	EF2	Tishomingo	9.3	150		1	$500,000
April 27	4:03 AM CDT	EF2	Kemper to AL	35.2	1,410			$3.2 million
April 27	1:36 PM CDT	EF3	Lafayette	13.6	440		8	$1.5 million
April 27	2:28 PM CDT	EF0	Union	0.4	25			$10,000
April 27	2:30 PM CDT	EF5	Philadelphia tornado	28.3	900	3	6	$1.1 million
April 27	2:48 PM CDT	EF3	Webster	51.5	1,320	4	25	$3.3 million
April 27	2:50 PM CDT	EF0	Alcorn	2.3	50			$100,000
April 27	2:59 PM CDT	EF0	Pontotoc	1.0	75			$100,000
April 27	3:11 PM CDT	EF2	Copiah	10.5	440		2	$1.0 million
April 27	3:17 PM CDT	EF0	Panola	1.6	25
April 27	3:18 PM CDT	EF1	Noxubee	8.3	500			$200,000
April 27	3:42 PM CDT	EF5	Smithville tornado	37.3	1,320	23	137	$14 million
April 27	3:47 PM CDT	EF3	Kemper to AL	23.7	1,056		2	$3.1 million
April 27	4:27 PM CDT	EF3	Smith	8.9	440			$300,000
April 27	4:40 PM CDT	EF1	Tippah	2.1	100			$30,000
April 27	5:08 PM CDT	EF3	Newton	10.3	440			$1.0 million
April 27	5:42 PM CDT	EF4	Enterprise tornado	122.0	1,050	7	17	$26 million
April 27	5:45 PM CDT	EF0	Lauderdale	11.5	100			$100,000

May 26 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 26	3:23 PM CDT	EF0	Jackson	2.9	50			$20,000

June 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 22	12:50 PM CDT	EF1	Calhoun	1.1	100		1	$35,000

September 3 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 3	10:20 PM CDT	EF0	Hancock	0.1	30			$30,000

September 4 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
September 4	7:43 AM CDT	EF1	Pearl River	0.6	100		$50,000
September 4	8:05 AM CDT	EF0	Lamar	0.0	40		$500
September 4	12:42 PM CDT	EF1	Harrison	3.6	75		$20,000
September 4	7:10 PM CDT	EF1	Stone	8.8	100	1	$100,000
September 4	7:45 PM CDT	EF0	Forrest	0.0	40		$500
September 4	8:05 PM CDT	EF1	Covington	3.9	50		$25,000
September 4	10:45 PM CDT	EF0	Smith	0.6	50		$3,000

September 19 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 19	12:47 PM CDT	EF0	Harrison	0.1	25

September 25 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 25	8:04 PM CDT	EF1	Bolivar	10.2	800			$2.7 million
September 25	8:29 PM CDT	EF1	Sunflower	1.4	200			$20,000

November 16 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
November 16	4:11 AM CST	EF1	Marion	9.6	440		$300,000
November 16	5:03 AM CST	EF1	Jones	2.2	50		$60,000
November 16	5:12 AM CST	EF2	Jones	12.9	300	15	$650,000

Crossed into Mississippi

Tornadoes that touched down in a neighboring state and ran into Mississippi. They are counted under the state they began in.

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 4	3:43 PM CDT	EF2	Tensas Parish, LA to MS	28.0	880	1	$4.0 million
April 26	6:10 PM CDT	EF0	Phillips, AR to MS	27.9	200		$92,000
April 26	6:29 PM CDT	EF0	Phillips, AR to MS	30.8	200		$75,000

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.