Tornadoes · United States · Mississippi

Tornadoes in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi

32 tornadoes have crossed Oktibbeha County since 1950, 47th of the 82 counties in Mississippi with a tornado on record, an average of one every 2.4 years. They have killed 4 people and injured 35. 1 was 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
32
Deaths
4
Injuries
35
F4 and above
1
Worst on record
F4, March 11, 1963

The deadliest in Oktibbeha County

  1. F4, Attala, Choctaw and Oktibbeha counties, MississippiMarch 11, 19632 killed, 7 injured
  2. F3, Oktibbeha County, MississippiFebruary 20, 19511 killed, 1 injured
  3. F1, Winston, Oktibbeha, Noxubee, Lowndes and Pickens counties, Mississippi and AlabamaNovember 10, 20021 killed

The strongest

  1. F4, Attala, Choctaw and Oktibbeha counties, MississippiMarch 11, 1963F4, 45.2 mi (73 km)
  2. F3, Oktibbeha County, MississippiFebruary 20, 1951F3, 0.1 mi (0 km)
  3. F2, Oktibbeha and Lowndes counties, MississippiJanuary 20, 1954F2, 17.3 mi (28 km)
  4. EF2, Oktibbeha and Winston counties, MississippiApril 13, 2019EF2, 8.8 mi (14 km)
  5. EF2, Oktibbeha County, MississippiApril 24, 2010EF2, 7.0 mi (11 km)
  6. F2, Oktibbeha County, MississippiJanuary 28, 1974F2, 3.0 mi (5 km)
  7. EF2, Oktibbeha County, MississippiNovember 29, 2010EF2, 1.7 mi (3 km)
  8. F2, Oktibbeha County, MississippiMarch 7, 1961F2, 0.1 mi (0 km)

Every year with a tornado

The 23 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in Oktibbeha County. Each year links to every tornado in Mississippi that year.

YearTornadoesDeathsInjuriesStrongest
20241EF1
20223EF1
20193EF2
20182EF0
20161EF1
20141EF1
20111EF1
2010215EF2
20091EF0
20072EF0
200527F1
20042F0
200211F1
20011F0
19891F1
19881F1
19821F1
197413F2
19671F0
1963127F4
19611F2
195412F2
1951111F3

Every tornado that crossed Oktibbeha County

32 tornadoes, newest first.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
December 28, 20248:49 PM CSTEF1Oktibbeha2.1300$80,000
April 13, 20229:03 PM CDTEF1Oktibbeha9.3450$40,000
April 13, 20228:51 PM CDTEF1Oktibbeha5.8700$6,000
April 13, 20228:51 PM CDTEF1Oktibbeha10.7150$8,000
December 29, 20194:32 PM CSTEF0Oktibbeha2.6200$5,000
April 13, 201910:18 PM CDTEF1Oktibbeha4.5400$35,000
April 13, 20199:55 PM CDTEF2Oktibbeha8.8830$210,000
November 6, 20181:24 AM CSTEF0Oktibbeha6.6100$60,000
April 14, 201810:08 AM CDTEF0Oktibbeha2.2200$15,000
November 29, 20165:52 PM CSTEF1Oktibbeha3.6150$45,000
April 28, 20145:14 PM CDTEF1Oktibbeha7.1100$45,000
January 1, 20111:15 AM CSTEF1Oktibbeha1.3250$3.0 million
November 29, 201011:08 PM CSTEF2Oktibbeha1.720015$850,000
April 24, 20102:09 PM CDTEF2Oktibbeha7.0800$650,000
July 28, 20093:43 PM CDTEF0Oktibbeha0.320
October 18, 20071:02 PM CDTEF0Oktibbeha0.425
October 18, 200712:41 PM CDTEF0Oktibbeha0.350$30,000
September 25, 20054:14 PM CDTF0Oktibbeha1.050
September 25, 20052:38 PM CDTF1Oktibbeha3.5757$2.0 million
December 7, 20042:35 AM CSTF0Oktibbeha1.250$20,000
December 7, 20042:30 AM CSTF0Oktibbeha0.240$10,000
November 10, 20027:20 PM CSTF1Winston to AL51.04001$140,000
November 24, 20019:30 AM CSTF0Oktibbeha0.150
July 2, 19895:00 PM CDTF1Oktibbeha1.073$5,000 to $50,000
May 22, 19887:05 PM CDTF1Oktibbeha1.573$50,000 to $500,000
December 24, 19824:30 PM CSTF1Oktibbeha0.767$50,000 to $500,000
January 28, 19745:25 AM CDTF2Oktibbeha3.0103$5,000 to $50,000
December 17, 19674:30 PM GMT-6F0Oktibbeha0.3100$5,000 to $50,000
March 11, 19635:25 PM GMT-6F4Attala45.244027$5,000 to $50,000
March 7, 19619:00 PM GMT-6F2Oktibbeha0.133$5,000 to $50,000
January 20, 19545:30 AM GMT-6F2Oktibbeha17.3272$5,000 to $50,000
February 20, 19513:00 PM GMT-6F3Oktibbeha0.11011$500 to $5,000

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.