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Tornadoes in Carroll County, Mississippi

27 tornadoes have crossed Carroll County since 1950, 54th of the 82 counties in Mississippi with a tornado on record, an average of one every 2.8 years. They have killed 6 people and injured 26. None was rated F4 or above.

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The United States rated tornadoes on Ted Fujita’s F scale until 31 January 2007 and on the Enhanced Fujita scale after it. Both run from 0 to 5, and both rate the damage rather than measure the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

  1. F0 / EF040 to 72 mph on the F scale, 65 to 85 mph on the EF scale

    Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.

  2. F1 / EF173 to 112 mph on the F scale, 86 to 110 mph on the EF scale

    Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.

  3. F2 / EF2113 to 157 mph on the F scale, 111 to 135 mph on the EF scale

    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.

  4. F3 / EF3158 to 206 mph on the F scale, 136 to 165 mph on the EF scale

    Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.

  5. F4 / EF4207 to 260 mph on the F scale, 166 to 200 mph on the EF scale

    Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.

  6. F5 / EF5261 to 318 mph on the F scale, over 200 mph on the EF scale

    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.

  7. 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.

Now

Tornadoes
27
Deaths
6
Injuries
26
F4 and above
0
Worst on record
EF3, March 24, 2023

The deadliest in Carroll County

  1. EF3, Carroll and Montgomery counties, MississippiMarch 24, 20233 killed, 5 injured
  2. F3, Holmes and Carroll counties, MississippiNovember 7, 19572 killed, 1 injured
  3. F3, Holmes and Carroll counties, MississippiDecember 21, 19901 killed, 15 injured

The strongest

  1. F3, Holmes and Carroll counties, MississippiNovember 7, 1957F3, 31.2 mi (50 km)
  2. EF3, Carroll and Montgomery counties, MississippiMarch 24, 2023EF3, 29.4 mi (47 km)
  3. EF3, Holmes and Carroll counties, MississippiApril 27, 2011EF3, 23.0 mi (37 km)
  4. F3, Leflore, Carroll and Grenada counties, MississippiFebruary 24, 2001F3, 22.0 mi (35 km)
  5. F3, Holmes and Carroll counties, MississippiDecember 21, 1990F3, 20.0 mi (32 km)
  6. EF2, Carroll, Grenada and Montgomery counties, MississippiMarch 14, 2025EF2, 24.2 mi (39 km)
  7. EF2, Carroll and Montgomery counties, MississippiApril 30, 2017EF2, 15.5 mi (25 km)
  8. EF2, Holmes and Carroll counties, MississippiApril 27, 2011EF2, 8.8 mi (14 km)
  9. F2, Carroll County, MississippiNovember 19, 1988F2, 7.0 mi (11 km)
  10. EF2, Holmes and Carroll counties, MississippiMay 2, 2021EF2, 6.0 mi (10 km)

Every year with a tornado

The 20 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in Carroll County. Each year links to every tornado in Mississippi that year.

YearTornadoesDeathsInjuriesStrongest
202523EF2
2023135EF3
202231EF1
20211EF2
20173EF2
20112EF3
20052F0
20041F1
20011F3
19991F0
19971F0
19961F1
19951F0
19901115F3
19881F2
19831F2
19741F2
197111F1
1957121F3
19531F1

Every tornado that crossed Carroll County

27 tornadoes, newest first.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 18, 20253:08 AM CDTEF1Carroll14.41,100$500,000
March 14, 202512:18 AM CDTEF2Carroll24.21,2003
March 24, 20239:12 PM CDTEF3Carroll29.41,55035$9.9 million
March 30, 20224:52 PM CDTEF1Carroll6.1250$30,000
March 30, 20224:21 PM CDTEF1Holmes11.51,7001$140,000
March 22, 20221:16 PM CDTEF0Carroll6.3400$2,000
May 2, 20216:31 PM CDTEF2Holmes6.0510$75,000
April 30, 20179:58 AM CDTEF2Carroll15.51,936$2.1 million
April 30, 20179:51 AM CDTEF0Carroll2.6250$40,000
April 30, 20179:38 AM CDTEF1Holmes9.1400$40,000
April 27, 20111:59 AM CDTEF2Holmes8.8880$10,000
April 27, 20111:40 AM CDTEF3Holmes23.01,760$700,000
September 24, 20056:40 PM CDTF0Carroll3.075
April 29, 200510:25 PM CDTF0Carroll0.550
December 7, 20041:51 AM CSTF1Montgomery7.2150$260,000
February 24, 20018:37 PM CSTF3Leflore22.0400$2.3 million
January 22, 19992:32 PM CSTF0Carroll1.050
May 2, 19978:50 PM CDTF0Carroll1.040$1,000
April 20, 19968:40 AM CDTF1Carroll6.0200$100,000
January 18, 19953:40 PM CSTF0Carroll1.023$500 to $5,000
December 21, 19904:50 PM CSTF3Holmes20.0880115
November 19, 19889:20 PM CSTF2Carroll7.0120$50,000 to $500,000
April 1, 19835:20 PM CSTF2Carroll1.073$5,000 to $50,000
April 1, 19747:00 PM CDTF2Carroll0.110$5,000 to $50,000
February 4, 19716:00 PM CSTF1Carroll0.1101$500 to $5,000
November 7, 195711:00 PM GMT-6F3Holmes31.230021$50,000 to $500,000
February 20, 195312:00 PM GMT-6F1Carroll16.5100$5,000 to $50,000

Nearby

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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.