2021 tornadoes in Mississippi

75 tornadoes touched down in Mississippi in 2021, 100 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 1 people and injured 2.

2020 2022 The whole country in 2021

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 2021

March 16 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 16	7:03 PM CDT	EF1	Copiah	1.4	100			$12,000
March 16	7:58 PM CDT	EF0	Simpson	0.5	50			$5,000

March 17 9 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
March 17	12:03 PM CDT	EF2	Wayne	13.1	325
March 17	1:16 PM CDT	EF1	Lincoln	6.2	120		$20,000
March 17	3:44 PM CDT	EF2	Wayne to AL	36.6	500	2
March 17	4:07 PM CDT	EF1	Wilkinson	6.8	100
March 17	6:16 PM CDT	EF0	Lamar	1.4	300		$75,000
March 17	7:25 PM CDT	EF0	Chickasaw	0.5	50		$25,000
March 17	7:31 PM CDT	EF0	Chickasaw	1.4	100		$25,000
March 17	7:39 PM CDT	EF0	Lee	4.9	60		$35,000
March 17	7:56 PM CDT	EF0	Kemper	0.2	80		$5,000

March 25 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 25	1:35 PM CDT	EF1	Noxubee to AL	6.6	515

March 27 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
March 27	10:45 PM CDT	EF1	Tate	2.0	100	$200,000
March 27	11:26 PM CDT	EF0	Bolivar	0.4	35	$50,000
March 27	11:46 PM CDT	EF2	Bolivar	2.9	50	$250,000

March 30 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 30	6:04 PM CDT	EF0	Covington	3.5	150			$5,000
March 30	12:24 AM CDT	EF0	Calhoun	1.2	80			$150,000

March 31 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 31	1:49 AM CDT	EF1	Monroe	4.3	200			$200,000

April 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 8	3:26 AM CDT	EF0	Hancock	0.7	75			$25,000

April 9 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 9	8:04 PM CDT	EF1	Attala	0.9	250	$150,000
April 9	8:28 PM CDT	EF0	Rankin	11.0	50	$15,000
April 9	11:37 PM CDT	EF1	Lincoln	4.4	530	$80,000
April 9	12:31 AM CDT	EF1	Marion	7.6	1,200	$90,000

May 2 17 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 2	5:46 PM CDT	EF1	Issaquena	30.1	300	$505,000
May 2	5:53 PM CDT	EF1	Holmes	10.6	450	$40,000
May 2	5:55 PM CDT	EF1	Jefferson	14.0	650	$30,000
May 2	6:31 PM CDT	EF2	Holmes	6.0	510	$75,000
May 2	6:44 PM CDT	EF0	Yazoo	8.2	100	$15,000
May 2	7:20 PM CDT	EF1	Holmes	4.2	300	$100,000
May 2	7:22 PM CDT	EF1	Hinds	6.9	1,000	$200,000
May 2	7:41 PM CDT	EF1	Madison	3.4	250	$8,000
May 2	7:42 PM CDT	EF1	Attala	7.5	110	$20,000
May 2	8:08 PM CDT	EF0	Calhoun	1.3	50	$10,000
May 2	8:17 PM CDT	EF0	Leake	2.9	50	$10,000
May 2	8:23 PM CDT	EF0	Choctaw	2.1	60	$5,000
May 2	8:30 PM CDT	EF1	Calhoun	2.1	50	$500,000
May 2	9:15 PM CDT	EF0	Chickasaw	7.5	50	$25,000
May 2	9:40 PM CDT	EF1	Pontotoc	4.5	150	$125,000
May 2	9:53 PM CDT	EF1	Lee	12.7	400	$1.0 million
May 2	10:22 PM CDT	EF0	Lee	2.0	100	$25,000

May 4 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 4	9:01 AM CDT	EF1	Rankin	9.7	75	$35,000
May 4	2:22 PM CDT	EF0	Yazoo	9.2	250	$25,000
May 4	2:24 PM CDT	EF1	Hinds	30.7	880	$855,000
May 4	3:06 PM CDT	EF1	Leake	15.0	1,050	$100,000
May 4	3:43 PM CDT	EF1	Newton	5.5	400	$25,000
May 4	4:08 PM CDT	EF1	Lauderdale	3.5	450	$55,000

May 18 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 18	2:16 PM CDT	EF1	Clarke	1.4	150	$50,000
May 18	2:59 PM CDT	EF0	Jefferson Davis	1.0	300	$75,000
May 18	3:53 PM CDT	EF0	Simpson	1.5	300	$15,000

June 8 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 8	2:26 PM CDT	EF0	Lee	0.5	50	$5,000
June 8	2:28 PM CDT	EF0	Lee	0.4	50	$50,000
June 8	2:42 PM CDT	EF0	Lee	0.4	50	$10,000

June 18 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 18	12:37 AM CDT	EF0	Harrison	0.5	50			$50,000

June 19 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 19	2:31 AM CDT	EF0	Harrison	1.2	75	$50,000
June 19	5:08 AM CDT	EF0	Jackson	0.5	25	$15,000
June 19	5:35 AM CDT	EF1	Jackson	0.8	50	$5,000

August 21 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 21	6:09 PM CDT	EF1	Tishomingo	3.5	200			$250,000
August 21	6:22 PM CDT	EF0	Tishomingo	0.5	50			$5,000

August 29 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
August 29	6:23 AM CDT	EF1	Harrison	2.1	150	$50,000
August 29	6:25 AM CDT	EF1	Hancock	1.7	150	$10,000
August 29	5:15 PM CDT	EF0	Harrison	0.7	50	$100,000
August 29	6:59 PM CDT	EF0	Hancock	10.6	75	$50,000
August 29	10:11 PM CDT	EF0	Hancock	3.3	200	$250,000
August 29	10:15 PM CDT	EF0	Hancock	2.9	200	$20,000
August 29	10:37 PM CDT	EF0	Harrison	0.5	75	$100,000

August 30 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
August 30	4:18 AM CDT	EF0	Harrison	0.2	150	$50,000
August 30	5:55 AM CDT	EF0	Harrison	0.5	100	$50,000
August 30	7:44 AM CDT	EF0	Harrison	0.5	100	$50,000
August 30	7:49 AM CDT	EF0	Harrison	1.0	200	$100,000
August 30	7:50 AM CDT	EF0	Harrison	3.5	125	$100,000
August 30	7:56 AM CDT	EF0	Harrison	1.1	150	$150,000
August 30	9:37 AM CDT	EF0	Jackson	10.2	50	$200,000

October 27 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 27	6:49 PM CDT	EF1	Pearl River	2.4	125			$50,000
October 27	8:31 PM CDT	EF1	Jackson	0.9	50	1		$150,000

December 11 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
December 11	4:30 AM CST	EF1	Prentiss	4.5	100			$125,000

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	1:59 PM CDT	EF1	Madison Parish, LA to MS	17.7	600			$255,000

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.