2022 tornadoes in Mississippi

136 tornadoes touched down in Mississippi in 2022, 262 percent above the average of the record for the state. None of them killed anybody.

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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 2022

March 22 27 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
March 22	11:29 AM CDT	EF0	Warren	0.6	50	$25,000
March 22	11:43 AM CDT	EF0	Warren	1.1	50	$15,000
March 22	11:58 AM CDT	EF1	Warren	14.8	350	$175,000
March 22	12:04 PM CDT	Unrated	Yazoo	0.7	50
March 22	12:11 PM CDT	EF2	Hinds	7.8	500	$225,000
March 22	12:13 PM CDT	EF2	Hinds	8.6	880	$2,000
March 22	12:20 PM CDT	EF1	Hinds	9.1	800	$70,000
March 22	12:24 PM CDT	EF1	Hinds	3.3	300	$15,000
March 22	12:29 PM CDT	EF1	Madison	2.6	350	$75,000
March 22	12:30 PM CDT	EF1	Yazoo	5.5	600	$10,000
March 22	12:35 PM CDT	EF1	Yazoo	1.4	550	$40,000
March 22	12:42 PM CDT	EF1	Madison	5.0	250	$75,000
March 22	12:44 PM CDT	EF1	Yazoo	6.5	200	$10,000
March 22	12:49 PM CDT	EF1	Holmes	7.4	700	$50,000
March 22	12:49 PM CDT	EF0	Copiah	4.9	100	$75,000
March 22	12:52 PM CDT	EF1	Holmes	14.2	700	$600,000
March 22	12:59 PM CDT	EF1	Madison	6.4	200	$50,000
March 22	1:09 PM CDT	EF1	Attala	1.5	100	$15,000
March 22	1:14 PM CDT	EF1	Attala	3.4	200
March 22	1:16 PM CDT	EF0	Carroll	6.3	400	$2,000
March 22	1:45 PM CDT	EF0	Scott	1.6	100	$5,000
March 22	2:34 PM CDT	EF0	Smith	1.5	100
March 22	2:35 PM CDT	EF3	Kemper	9.2	800	$400,000
March 22	3:04 PM CDT	EF1	Clay	15.5	650	$115,000
March 22	3:17 PM CDT	EF1	Noxubee	11.6	450	$55,000
March 22	4:04 PM CDT	EF0	Lauderdale	1.5	25	$5,000
March 22	5:34 PM CDT	EF1	Clarke	3.7	100	$20,000

March 30 29 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
March 30	3:19 PM CDT	EF1	Bolivar	7.9	450		$60,000
March 30	3:31 PM CDT	EF1	Bolivar	1.0	75	1	$110,000
March 30	3:41 PM CDT	EF1	Warren	6.0	100		$20,000
March 30	3:58 PM CDT	EF1	Yazoo	16.6	700		$110,000
March 30	4:21 PM CDT	EF1	Holmes	11.5	1,700	1	$140,000
March 30	4:26 PM CDT	EF1	Hinds	6.4	350		$45,000
March 30	4:37 PM CDT	EF1	Panola	16.2	200	1	$140,000
March 30	4:41 PM CDT	EF1	Hinds	2.9	350		$175,000
March 30	4:43 PM CDT	EF1	Hinds	8.5	200		$280,000
March 30	4:52 PM CDT	EF1	Carroll	6.1	250		$30,000
March 30	4:56 PM CDT	EF1	Madison	5.3	350		$20,000
March 30	5:24 PM CDT	EF1	Calhoun	7.6	100		$60,000
March 30	5:32 PM CDT	EF2	Leake	10.7	1,200		$850,000
March 30	7:16 PM CDT	EF0	Monroe	7.7	150		$50,000
March 30	7:44 PM CDT	EF1	Lamar	1.9	425		$20,000
March 30	7:44 PM CDT	EF0	Lamar	7.3	25		$35,000
March 30	8:01 PM CDT	EF0	Clarke	2.1	125		$35,000
March 30	8:06 PM CDT	EF1	Clarke	3.7	50		$152,000
March 30	8:08 PM CDT	EF2	Noxubee	11.0	400	2	$250,000
March 30	8:11 PM CDT	EF2	Forrest	11.3	500		$250,000
March 30	8:24 PM CDT	EF1	Lauderdale	6.8	200		$50,000
March 30	8:31 PM CDT	EF1	Lauderdale	3.9	250		$75,000
March 30	8:43 PM CDT	EF1	Wayne	0.5	50
March 30	8:45 PM CDT	EF1	Wayne	0.2	50
March 30	8:46 PM CDT	EF2	Perry	2.0	250
March 30	8:47 PM CDT	EF1	Wayne	1.9	30
March 30	8:55 PM CDT	EF1	Wayne	0.3	50
March 30	9:47 PM CDT	EF1	Jackson	2.5	100		$250,000
March 30	10:25 PM CDT	EF0	Jackson	4.1	50

April 5 13 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 5	6:46 AM CDT	EF1	Scott	7.6	100	$40,000
April 5	7:00 AM CDT	EF1	Scott	4.7	300	$25,000
April 5	7:06 AM CDT	EF1	Jefferson Davis	3.1	100	$40,000
April 5	7:09 AM CDT	EF1	Scott	2.1	100	$25,000
April 5	7:09 AM CDT	EF2	Jefferson Davis	14.8	400	$150,000
April 5	7:16 AM CDT	EF1	Newton	4.0	100	$75,000
April 5	7:22 AM CDT	EF1	Covington	16.5	440	$81,000
April 5	7:56 AM CDT	EF1	Jones	8.6	250	$50,000
April 5	8:06 AM CDT	EF1	Clarke	2.9	250	$150,000
April 5	8:14 AM CDT	EF2	Wayne	2.2	250
April 5	8:18 AM CDT	EF0	Lauderdale	2.5	25	$30,000
April 5	8:19 AM CDT	EF1	Wayne	2.6	100
April 5	8:36 AM CDT	EF1	Wayne	0.3	50

April 13 16 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 13	4:38 PM CDT	EF1	Warren	1.3	200	$10,000
April 13	5:01 PM CDT	Unrated	Yazoo	1.6	50
April 13	6:19 PM CDT	EF0	Rankin	2.8	25	$1,000
April 13	6:45 PM CDT	EF0	Alcorn	0.2	25	$30,000
April 13	7:35 PM CDT	EF1	Rankin	4.9	250	$25,000
April 13	7:57 PM CDT	EF1	Rankin	9.7	670	$35,000
April 13	8:05 PM CDT	EF1	Leake	10.5	400	$27,000
April 13	8:17 PM CDT	EF1	Scott	2.3	200	$2,000
April 13	8:21 PM CDT	EF1	Neshoba	24.7	1,500	$170,000
April 13	8:29 PM CDT	EF1	Newton	2.6	250	$5,000
April 13	8:36 PM CDT	EF2	Jasper	43.1	1,800	$740,000
April 13	8:44 PM CDT	EF1	Jones	14.6	500	$75,000
April 13	8:51 PM CDT	EF1	Oktibbeha	5.8	700	$6,000
April 13	8:51 PM CDT	EF1	Oktibbeha	10.7	150	$8,000
April 13	9:03 PM CDT	EF1	Oktibbeha	9.3	450	$40,000
April 13	9:11 PM CDT	EF1	Noxubee	7.5	1,000	$320,000

April 17 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 17	7:00 PM CDT	EF1	Simpson	0.8	75		$5,000
April 17	8:01 PM CDT	EF1	Jones	2.9	150		$3,000
April 17	8:19 PM CDT	EF1	Perry	0.3	50
April 17	8:52 PM CDT	EF2	Perry	1.7	275
April 17	9:02 PM CDT	EF2	Greene	1.8	400	1

May 25 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 25	12:53 PM CDT	EF0	Leake	2.5	150			$50,000
May 25	1:16 PM CDT	EF0	Neshoba	2.3	100			$10,000

June 26 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 26	7:09 PM CDT	EF0	Rankin	0.5	25
June 26	7:29 PM CDT	EF1	Lincoln	2.3	300			$75,000

August 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 24	1:04 PM CDT	EF0	Lamar	0.0	25

October 29 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
October 29	1:35 PM CDT	EF0	Harrison	1.6	50	$2,000
October 29	2:21 PM CDT	EF0	Jackson	5.1	75
October 29	4:24 PM CDT	EF0	Jackson	3.1	50	$10,000
October 29	4:28 PM CDT	EF1	Jackson	1.5	125	$5,000
October 29	5:04 PM CDT	Unrated	Jackson	3.9	25
October 29	5:33 PM CDT	Unrated	Jackson	2.8	25

November 29 8 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
November 29	4:23 PM CST	EF1	Lawrence	2.0	200	$15,000
November 29	5:03 PM CST	EF0	Jefferson Davis	3.4	70	$5,000
November 29	5:11 PM CST	EF1	Choctaw	6.8	330	$100,000
November 29	5:13 PM CST	EF1	Jefferson Davis	3.9	400	$60,000
November 29	6:26 PM CST	EF2	Lowndes	8.4	1,100	$1.0 million
November 29	6:30 PM CST	EF2	Jasper	11.8	330	$450,000
November 29	6:47 PM CST	EF1	Winston	5.1	300	$11,000
November 29	7:35 PM CST	EF1	Lowndes	2.5	250	$3,000

November 30 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
November 30	12:38 AM CST	EF1	Amite	18.4	250	$200,000
November 30	1:49 AM CST	EF2	Marion	6.0	150	$150,000
November 30	2:27 AM CST	EF3	Greene to AL	20.1	700

December 13 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
December 13	11:12 PM CST	EF2	Sharkey	1.1	250	3	$1.0 million
December 13	11:21 PM CST	EF2	Issaquena	10.3	400		$410,000
December 13	11:56 PM CST	EF1	Humphreys	3.1	200		$100,000

December 14 20 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
December 14	1:04 AM CST	EF0	Holmes	5.9	100	$10,000
December 14	2:54 AM CST	EF1	Adams	5.2	300	$75,000
December 14	3:24 AM CST	EF1	Jefferson	4.5	300	$50,000
December 14	4:44 AM CST	EF0	Forrest	0.2	50	$40,000
December 14	5:09 AM CST	EF1	Jones	4.0	50	$20,000
December 14	5:14 AM CST	EF0	Hinds	0.8	70	$1,000
December 14	5:48 AM CST	EF1	Copiah	6.3	150	$10,000
December 14	6:02 AM CST	EF1	Madison	9.0	1,000	$51,000
December 14	6:30 AM CST	EF0	Rankin	3.8	400	$50,000
December 14	6:44 AM CST	EF2	Rankin	3.6	250	$700,000
December 14	7:37 AM CST	EF1	Scott	5.2	400	$40,000
December 14	7:58 AM CST	EF1	Scott	0.8	200	$50,000
December 14	7:58 AM CST	EF1	Jefferson Davis	6.5	250	$50,000
December 14	12:08 PM CST	EF2	Jasper	25.0	600	$311,000
December 14	1:13 PM CST	EF2	Forrest	1.9	125	$100,000
December 14	1:57 PM CST	EF1	Lauderdale	8.1	300	$40,000
December 14	2:19 PM CST	EF2	Clarke	19.5	1,000	$300,000
December 14	3:28 PM CST	EF1	Forrest	3.9	50	$40,000
December 14	3:56 PM CST	EF0	Pearl River	2.0	75
December 14	5:52 PM CST	EF1	Harrison	2.3	100

December 30 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
December 30	6:52 AM CST	EF1	Lincoln	8.9	250			$75,000

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
March 22	11:23 AM CDT	EF1	Madison Parish, LA to MS	6.6	100			$5,000
March 30	2:51 PM CDT	EF2	Madison Parish, LA to MS	17.3	300			$270,000

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.