2019 tornadoes in Mississippi

120 tornadoes touched down in Mississippi in 2019, 220 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 2 people and injured 39.

2018 2020 The whole country in 2019

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 2019

January 19 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
January 19	6:42 AM CST	EF1	Leake	1.4	250	$45,000
January 19	7:38 AM CST	EF0	Rankin	2.7	150	$10,000
January 19	7:44 AM CST	EF1	Rankin	2.5	150	$50,000
January 19	8:43 AM CST	EF0	Neshoba	0.3	50	$10,000

February 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 12	4:53 AM CST	EF1	Leake	4.2	500			$40,000

February 23 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 23	4:37 PM CST	EF2	Tishomingo	8.3	200			$1.5 million
February 23	4:53 PM CST	EF0	Lowndes	0.5	150			$35,000
February 23	5:14 PM CST	EF3	Lowndes	9.7	440	1	11	$14 million

March 9 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
March 9	2:31 PM CST	EF0	Tippah	0.0	50
March 9	2:36 PM CST	EF0	Tippah	3.1	100	$250,000
March 9	5:16 PM CST	EF1	Tishomingo	2.2	250	$1.5 million
March 9	5:17 PM CST	EF0	Montgomery	0.4	25	$7,000

April 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 7	6:01 PM CDT	EF1	Wilkinson	2.2	175

April 13 19 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 13	4:57 PM CDT	EF2	Warren	20.2	700			$135,000
April 13	5:04 PM CDT	EF2	Warren	4.3	440			$800,000
April 13	5:08 PM CDT	EF2	Warren	2.7	175			$375,000
April 13	6:00 PM CDT	EF0	Yazoo	2.9	25			$10,000
April 13	6:42 PM CDT	EF1	Holmes	1.6	100
April 13	7:06 PM CDT	EF1	Attala	0.5	50			$20,000
April 13	7:35 PM CDT	EF1	Leake	4.9	300
April 13	8:10 PM CDT	EF1	Pike	7.5	125
April 13	9:08 PM CDT	EF1	Webster	2.7	400			$85,000
April 13	9:26 PM CDT	EF0	Webster	0.3	100			$30,000
April 13	9:39 PM CDT	EF1	Covington	4.1	250		2	$120,000
April 13	9:55 PM CDT	EF2	Oktibbeha	8.8	830			$210,000
April 13	10:18 PM CDT	EF1	Oktibbeha	4.5	400			$35,000
April 13	11:06 PM CDT	EF2	Monroe	11.3	800	1	19	$3.0 million
April 13	11:19 PM CDT	EF2	Kemper	8.4	700			$80,000
April 13	11:22 PM CDT	EF2	Monroe	13.2	800			$500,000
April 13	11:36 PM CDT	EF1	Clarke	7.0	300			$120,000
April 13	11:48 PM CDT	EF1	Clarke	4.6	200			$50,000
April 13	11:55 PM CDT	EF2	Clarke	6.1	400			$95,000

April 14 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 14	2:50 AM CDT	EF1	Jackson	1.8	75
April 14	2:56 AM CDT	EF0	Jackson	2.1	30

April 18 43 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 18	1:13 PM CDT	EF1	Jefferson	8.4	1,100	$16,000
April 18	1:58 PM CDT	EF1	Copiah	6.6	500	$50,000
April 18	1:59 PM CDT	EF2	Hinds	11.0	1,320	$400,000
April 18	2:06 PM CDT	EF2	Hinds	12.8	1,320	$30,000
April 18	2:35 PM CDT	EF0	Lincoln	0.6	200	$10,000
April 18	2:36 PM CDT	EF1	Simpson	28.4	600	$221,000
April 18	2:41 PM CDT	EF1	Hinds	2.3	150	$50,000
April 18	2:51 PM CDT	EF1	Rankin	3.1	50	$10,000
April 18	2:54 PM CDT	EF1	Simpson	11.3	400	$6,000
April 18	3:01 PM CDT	EF2	Simpson	9.4	600	$105,000
April 18	3:07 PM CDT	EF1	Rankin	1.1	50	$30,000
April 18	3:13 PM CDT	EF1	Rankin	4.5	1,100	$100,000
April 18	3:15 PM CDT	EF0	Rankin	1.6	450	$20,000
April 18	3:19 PM CDT	EF1	Smith	3.5	950	$200,000
April 18	3:20 PM CDT	EF0	Scott	2.4	50	$2,000
April 18	3:22 PM CDT	EF1	Rankin	4.8	150	$15,000
April 18	3:24 PM CDT	EF1	Scott	2.6	150	$15,000
April 18	3:24 PM CDT	EF1	Scott	1.4	200
April 18	3:31 PM CDT	EF2	Scott	6.0	560	$500,000
April 18	3:40 PM CDT	EF1	Leake	11.3	1,320	$13,000
April 18	3:42 PM CDT	EF1	Scott	10.3	900	$85,000
April 18	3:45 PM CDT	EF1	Scott	11.7	1,760	$30,000
April 18	3:46 PM CDT	EF1	Leake	10.3	1,000	$5,000
April 18	4:04 PM CDT	EF1	Leake	9.9	1,600	$6,000
April 18	4:19 PM CDT	EF1	Leake	2.1	300	$10,000
April 18	4:20 PM CDT	EF1	Leake	6.0	350	$5,000
April 18	4:22 PM CDT	EF1	Leake	0.6	75	$9,000
April 18	4:23 PM CDT	EF1	Neshoba	8.8	1,400	$20,000
April 18	4:25 PM CDT	EF1	Leake	1.7	180	$10,000
April 18	4:30 PM CDT	EF1	Neshoba	1.9	250	$10,000
April 18	4:34 PM CDT	EF0	Neshoba	10.9	1,000	$5,000
April 18	4:37 PM CDT	EF0	Kemper	3.3	3	$10,000
April 18	4:40 PM CDT	EF1	Neshoba	2.0	1	$2.0 million
April 18	4:40 PM CDT	EF1	Neshoba	3.1	700	$15 million
April 18	4:50 PM CDT	EF1	Winston	1.3	100	$5,000
April 18	4:54 PM CDT	EF0	Winston	9.3	1,000	$10,000
April 18	4:57 PM CDT	EF0	Winston	6.1	800	$5,000
April 18	5:04 PM CDT	EF1	Winston	2.9	100	$5,000
April 18	5:08 PM CDT	EF0	Winston	1.4	50	$2,000
April 18	5:13 PM CDT	EF1	Winston	6.7	700	$11,000
April 18	5:29 PM CDT	EF1	Noxubee	2.0	500	$50,000
April 18	5:38 PM CDT	EF1	Noxubee	9.5	600	$100,000
April 18	5:42 PM CDT	EF1	Lowndes	3.1	150	$20,000

April 25 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 25	11:22 AM CDT	EF1	Hancock	0.3	25
April 25	5:25 PM CDT	EF0	Tunica	0.2	50
April 25	6:36 PM CDT	EF0	Leake	1.4	25	$40,000

May 9 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 9	8:41 AM CDT	EF1	Hinds	3.5	550	$50,000
May 9	10:30 AM CDT	EF0	Amite	1.2	50
May 9	10:55 AM CDT	EF1	Amite	5.5	75
May 9	11:21 AM CDT	EF1	Pike	3.4	150

May 11 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 11	11:59 AM CDT	EF0	Harrison	1.4	25
May 11	1:18 PM CDT	EF0	Harrison	1.3	30

June 17 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 17	1:53 PM CDT	EF1	Hinds	2.5	150			$75,000

June 24 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 24	3:45 AM CDT	EF1	Warren	3.3	400	$70,000
June 24	3:56 AM CDT	EF1	Hinds	5.3	250	$100,000
June 24	5:57 AM CDT	EF0	Smith	0.8	50	$15,000

July 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 14	6:25 AM CDT	EF0	Forrest	0.5	25			$3,000

July 16 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 16	12:17 PM CDT	EF0	Marshall	5.3	75			$750,000

August 9 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 9	6:00 PM CDT	EF0	Quitman	0.1	50

November 26 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 26	11:57 PM CST	EF2	Rankin	11.9	500			$120,000

November 27 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 27	12:03 AM CST	EF1	Rankin	7.3	75			$45,000

December 16 18 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
December 16	11:48 AM CST	EF1	Warren	22.3	616		$502,000
December 16	2:34 PM CST	EF2	Franklin	4.2	720		$125,000
December 16	2:34 PM CST	EF3	Amite	30.3	880	3	$500,000
December 16	3:18 PM CST	EF0	Amite	5.0	50
December 16	3:39 PM CST	EF1	Amite	1.6	75
December 16	3:41 PM CST	EF1	Union	9.3	300	1	$250,000
December 16	3:45 PM CST	EF0	Calhoun	2.6	60		$10,000
December 16	3:53 PM CST	EF2	Lee	9.4	250		$750,000
December 16	3:55 PM CST	EF0	Lee	2.2	80		$10,000
December 16	4:04 PM CST	EF0	Lincoln	0.4	50		$40,000
December 16	4:14 PM CST	EF0	Prentiss	0.3	75		$50,000
December 16	4:27 PM CST	EF1	Tishomingo	3.5	150		$350,000
December 16	4:41 PM CST	EF2	Marion	7.4	350		$300,000
December 16	4:44 PM CST	EF2	Lawrence	10.7	600	1	$585,000
December 16	4:56 PM CST	EF1	Marion	6.2	440		$50,000
December 16	5:17 PM CST	EF3	Lamar	5.8	560		$510,000
December 16	5:19 PM CST	EF3	Simpson	18.6	1,320		$705,000
December 16	5:59 PM CST	EF3	Jones to AL	61.2	350	2	$1.2 million

December 29 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
December 29	2:49 PM CST	EF0	Hinds	0.9	150	$10,000
December 29	3:35 PM CST	EF1	Leake	7.3	400	$29,000
December 29	3:53 PM CST	EF1	Attala	6.6	500	$10,000
December 29	4:03 PM CST	EF1	Attala	7.7	900	$75,000
December 29	4:13 PM CST	EF1	Choctaw	3.8	200	$10,000
December 29	4:32 PM CST	EF0	Oktibbeha	2.6	200	$5,000
December 29	5:13 PM CST	EF1	Newton	3.2	125	$150,000

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)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 4	11:18 AM CDT	EF1	Saint Tammany Parish, LA to MS	4.5	200
December 16	11:08 AM CST	EF1	Claiborne, LA to MS	11.7	600			$84,000

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.