2023 tornadoes in Mississippi

63 tornadoes touched down in Mississippi in 2023, 68 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 24 people and injured 263. 1 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 2023

January 3 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
January 3	6:05 AM CST	EF0	DeSoto	1.4	100	$25,000
January 3	9:07 AM CST	EF1	Union	1.9	150	$75,000
January 3	10:47 PM CST	EF1	Jones	2.6	365	$50,000

January 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 12	6:29 AM CST	EF1	Monroe	2.4	50			$75,000

February 8 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
February 8	7:11 PM CST	EF0	Walthall	1.0	40	$10,000
February 8	7:22 PM CST	EF0	Lawrence	0.7	75	$30,000
February 8	7:30 PM CST	EF1	Lawrence	0.2	50	$40,000
February 8	8:06 PM CST	EF1	Simpson	3.7	300	$40,000
February 8	8:22 PM CST	EF0	Simpson	4.2	100	$75,000

February 16 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
February 16	11:16 AM CST	EF1	Lincoln	1.1	75		$100,000
February 16	1:24 PM CST	EF1	Smith	0.2	50		$140,000
February 16	1:33 PM CST	EF2	Tippah	11.0	500	1	$500,000
February 16	2:27 PM CST	EF0	Jefferson Davis	0.1	50		$40,000
February 16	3:52 PM CST	EF1	Monroe	1.6	100		$25,000

March 3 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 3	9:30 AM CST	EF1	Itawamba	2.3	125			$75,000

March 24 8 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 24	7:57 PM CDT	EF4	Rolling Fork–Silver City tornado	59.2	1,320	17	165	$96 million
March 24	8:25 PM CDT	EF1	Panola	8.4	100			$75,000
March 24	8:38 PM CDT	EF1	Panola	6.2	150			$140,000
March 24	8:47 PM CDT	EF1	Panola	3.9	125			$80,000
March 24	9:12 PM CDT	EF3	Carroll	29.4	1,550	3	5	$9.9 million
March 24	9:38 PM CDT	EF1	Union	0.7	125		1	$55,000
March 24	9:45 PM CDT	EF1	Lee	14.7	250			$300,000
March 24	10:38 PM CDT	EF3	Chickasaw	36.6	1,600	2	55	$80 million

March 31 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
March 31	7:31 PM CDT	EF2	Tunica	22.7	1,200	$2.3 million
March 31	8:27 PM CDT	EF1	Marshall	8.1	100	$100,000
March 31	12:46 AM CDT	EF2	Union	13.1	750	$1.0 million
March 31	12:52 AM CDT	EF2	Pontotoc	6.0	475	$3.0 million

April 1 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 1	1:00 AM CDT	EF2	Pontotoc	16.9	475	1	5
April 1	1:00 AM CDT	EF2	Lee	1.6	750
April 1	1:28 AM CDT	EF1	Lee	2.1	375			$105 million
April 1	1:30 AM CDT	EF0	Tishomingo	1.4	80			$50,000

April 3 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 3	4:37 AM CDT	EF1	Simpson	4.5	430			$20,000
April 3	5:45 AM CDT	EF1	Jones	3.5	220			$20,000

June 11 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 11	9:34 PM CDT	EF1	Chickasaw	0.9	100			$50,000

June 16 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 16	4:40 AM CDT	EF1	Warren	8.5	900			$85,000
June 16	4:54 AM CDT	EF1	Hinds	6.5	800			$25,000

June 18 14 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 18	10:54 AM CDT	EF1	Clarke	2.0	250			$75,000
June 18	7:38 PM CDT	EF0	Madison	1.6	250			$15,000
June 18	7:57 PM CDT	EF1	Madison	1.4	300			$500,000
June 18	8:04 PM CDT	EF1	Scott	6.5	350			$10,000
June 18	8:29 PM CDT	EF1	Rankin	2.0	300			$25,000
June 18	8:58 PM CDT	EF0	Rankin	1.0	50			$1,000
June 18	9:05 PM CDT	EF2	Rankin	6.1	400			$200,000
June 18	9:21 PM CDT	EF0	Rankin	0.9	100			$2,000
June 18	9:25 PM CDT	EF1	Rankin	5.5	450			$15,000
June 18	10:23 PM CDT	EF0	Smith	0.5	100			$2,000
June 18	10:27 PM CDT	EF0	Smith	2.6	100			$5,000
June 18	10:52 PM CDT	EF1	Smith	2.5	400			$75,000
June 18	10:59 PM CDT	EF1	Smith	4.5	800			$25,000
June 18	11:29 PM CDT	EF3	Jasper	6.5	1,350	1	25	$5.0 million

June 19 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 19	8:49 AM CDT	EF0	Marion	2.0	200			$60,000
June 19	2:48 PM CDT	EF2	Jackson	2.4	300		6	$773,000

November 20 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
November 20	6:01 PM CST	EF1	Madison	2.3	350	$60,000
November 20	6:29 PM CST	EF1	Lincoln	9.0	100	$300,000
November 20	6:36 PM CST	EF0	Leake	0.8	50	$1,000
November 20	6:36 PM CST	EF0	Simpson	3.3	75	$20,000
November 20	7:43 PM CST	EF0	Simpson	0.2	50	$5,000
November 20	8:09 PM CST	EF1	Smith	2.9	200	$500,000
November 20	9:22 PM CST	EF1	Franklin	1.2	100	$50,000

December 1 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
December 1	6:10 AM CST	EF0	Pearl River	0.3	75			$4,000

December 9 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
December 9	9:18 PM CST	EF0	Simpson	13.9	350	$30,000
December 9	9:44 PM CST	EF0	Smith	3.7	75	$20,000
December 9	10:04 PM CST	EF1	Jasper	27.2	350	$25,000

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.