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Tornadoes in Clarke County, Mississippi

56 tornadoes have crossed Clarke County since 1950, 1 of them surveyed so far this year and still preliminary, 25th of the 82 counties in Mississippi with a tornado on record, an average of one every 1.4 years. They have killed 13 people and injured 378. 2 were rated F4 or EF4 and 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
56
Deaths
13
Injuries
378
F4 and above
2
Worst on record
EF4, April 27, 2011

The deadliest in Clarke County

  1. EF4 Enterprise tornado, Mississippi and AlabamaApril 27, 20117 killed, 17 injured
  2. F4, Jones, Wayne and Clarke counties, MississippiFebruary 28, 19876 killed, 350 injured

The strongest

  1. EF4 Enterprise tornado, Mississippi and AlabamaApril 27, 2011EF4, 122.0 mi (196 km)
  2. F4, Jones, Wayne and Clarke counties, MississippiFebruary 28, 1987F4, 35.0 mi (56 km)
  3. EF3, Jones, Wayne, Clarke and Choctaw counties, Mississippi and AlabamaDecember 16, 2019EF3, 61.2 mi (98 km)
  4. F3, Clarke County, MississippiNovember 18, 1957F3, 9.0 mi (14 km)
  5. EF2, Jasper, Clarke and Lauderdale counties, MississippiFebruary 5, 2020EF2, 59.9 mi (96 km)
  6. EF2, Jasper, Clarke and Lauderdale counties, MississippiApril 13, 2022EF2, 43.1 mi (69 km)
  7. EF2, Clarke County, MississippiDecember 14, 2022EF2, 19.5 mi (31 km)
  8. EF2, Clarke County, MississippiApril 12, 2020EF2, 14.3 mi (23 km)
  9. F2, Lauderdale and Clarke counties, MississippiMarch 12, 1986F2, 14.0 mi (23 km)
  10. EF2, Jasper and Clarke counties, MississippiMarch 15, 2025EF2, 13.0 mi (21 km)

Every year with a tornado

The 28 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in Clarke County. Each year links to every tornado in Mississippi that year.

YearTornadoesDeathsInjuriesStrongest
20261EF1
20255EF2
20243EF1
20232EF1
20226EF2
20211EF1
202032EF2
201942EF3
20141EF0
201213EF1
20112717EF4
20082EF2
20051F1
20031F1
20013F0
19951F0
19923F0
19892F1
198716350F4
19862F2
19851F0
19781F1
19771F1
197333F2
197221F1
19711F1
19691F2
19571F3

Every tornado that crossed Clarke County

56 tornadoes, newest first. The 1 at the top is this year's, from the surveying office rather than SPC's published database, and its rating is marked as preliminary.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
January 10, 20265:41 AM CSTEF1Jasper10.4300
May 26, 20254:05 PM CDTEF1Clarke8.7200
April 6, 20256:42 AM CDTEF1Clarke1.0150$20,000
March 15, 20254:33 PM CDTEF1Clarke13.3400
March 15, 20254:09 PM CDTEF2Jasper13.0300
February 12, 20257:22 PM CSTEF0Clarke1.350$5,000
December 28, 20249:03 PM CSTEF1Clarke8.7450$45,000
December 28, 20248:56 PM CSTEF1Clarke0.480$15,000
December 28, 20248:36 PM CSTEF1Jasper11.8500$87,000
December 9, 202310:04 PM CSTEF1Jasper27.2350$25,000
June 18, 202310:54 AM CDTEF1Clarke2.0250$75,000
December 14, 20222:19 PM CSTEF2Clarke19.51,000$300,000
April 13, 20228:36 PM CDTEF2Jasper43.11,800$740,000
April 5, 20228:06 AM CDTEF1Clarke2.9250$150,000
March 30, 20228:06 PM CDTEF1Clarke3.750$152,000
March 30, 20228:01 PM CDTEF0Clarke2.1125$35,000
March 22, 20225:34 PM CDTEF1Clarke3.7100$20,000
May 18, 20212:16 PM CDTEF1Clarke1.4150$50,000
April 12, 20206:10 PM CDTEF1Jasper8.9985$30,000
April 12, 20205:22 PM CDTEF2Clarke14.33002$250,000
February 5, 202010:51 PM CSTEF2Jasper59.91,320$3.9 million
December 16, 20195:59 PM CSTEF3Jones to AL61.23502$1.2 million
April 13, 201911:55 PM CDTEF2Clarke6.1400$95,000
April 13, 201911:48 PM CDTEF1Clarke4.6200$50,000
April 13, 201911:36 PM CDTEF1Clarke7.0300$120,000
December 23, 20144:27 PM CSTEF0Clarke0.5100$7,000
August 30, 20129:49 AM CDTEF1Clarke6.11003$100,000
April 27, 20115:42 PM CDTEF4Enterprise tornado122.01,050717$26 million
April 15, 20114:08 PM CDTEF1Clarke to AL24.5470$200,000
September 1, 20083:31 PM CDTEF0Clarke2.050$10,000
March 3, 200811:20 PM CSTEF2Clarke8.3350$400,000
April 6, 200512:49 PM CDTF1Clarke2.075$40,000
May 17, 20036:40 PM CDTF1Jasper12.075$70,000
November 24, 200112:02 PM CSTF0Clarke0.350$3,000
November 24, 200111:15 AM CSTF0Clarke0.550$30,000
October 13, 20013:05 PM CDTF0Clarke0.230$1,000
March 7, 199512:54 PM CSTF0Clarke2.050$5,000 to $50,000
August 27, 19923:20 AM CDTF0Clarke1.050$50 to $500
August 27, 19922:10 AM CDTF0Clarke1.0100$50 to $500
August 26, 19926:00 PM CDTF0Clarke1.050$50 to $500
November 8, 19897:05 PM CSTF1Clarke1.040$5,000 to $50,000
November 8, 19896:45 PM CSTF0Clarke0.520
February 28, 19879:05 AM CSTF4Jones35.01,2306350$5 million to $50 million
May 18, 19863:30 PM CDTF1Clarke0.860$50,000 to $500,000
March 12, 198612:50 PM CSTF2Lauderdale14.0120$50,000 to $500,000
August 16, 19859:30 AM CDTF0Clarke0.230$500 to $5,000
April 18, 19781:00 AM CSTF1Smith45.8100$5,000 to $50,000
September 6, 19776:30 AM CDTF1Clarke0.110$500 to $5,000
May 27, 19734:00 PM CDTF2Clarke3.04401$5,000 to $50,000
May 27, 19734:00 PM CDTF2Clarke0.1101$5,000 to $50,000
May 27, 19734:00 PM CDTF2Clarke0.1101$5,000 to $50,000
January 9, 19728:15 PM CSTF1Clarke1.0200
January 9, 19727:30 PM CSTF1Clarke0.51001$500 to $5,000
May 11, 197110:15 AM CDTF1Clarke0.110
May 8, 19694:15 PM GMT-5F2Clarke10.4100
November 18, 19572:30 PM GMT-6F3Clarke9.077$5,000 to $50,000

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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.