Tornadoes · United States · Mississippi

Tornadoes in Tishomingo County, Mississippi

28 tornadoes have crossed Tishomingo County since 1950, 51st of the 82 counties in Mississippi with a tornado on record, an average of one every 2.7 years. They have killed 0 people and injured 10. 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
28
Deaths
0
Injuries
10
F4 and above
0
Worst on record
F3, November 4, 1988

The strongest

  1. F3, Tippah, Prentiss and Tishomingo counties, MississippiSeptember 29, 1972F3, 45.5 mi (73 km)
  2. F3, Tishomingo and Hardin counties, Mississippi and TennesseeMay 13, 1976F3, 10.1 mi (16 km)
  3. F3, Tishomingo County, MississippiNovember 4, 1988F3, 7.0 mi (11 km)
  4. F2, Tishomingo and Prentiss counties, MississippiNovember 18, 1957F2, 17.9 mi (29 km)
  5. EF2, Tishomingo County, MississippiApril 27, 2011EF2, 9.3 mi (15 km)
  6. EF2, Tishomingo and Alcorn counties, MississippiFebruary 23, 2019EF2, 8.3 mi (13 km)
  7. F2, Tishomingo County, MississippiJanuary 21, 1959F2, 5.7 mi (9 km)
  8. F2, Tishomingo County, MississippiNovember 8, 1986F2, 5.0 mi (8 km)
  9. F2, Tishomingo County, MississippiJune 17, 1985F2, 2.0 mi (3 km)
  10. F2, Tishomingo County, MississippiNovember 10, 1966F2, 0.1 mi (0 km)

Every year with a tornado

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

YearTornadoesDeathsInjuriesStrongest
20252EF1
20231EF0
20212EF1
20203EF1
20193EF2
20181EF0
20171EF0
201111EF2
20081EF1
19883F3
19861F2
19851F2
19841F1
19761F3
197214F3
19691F1
19661F2
195911F2
195712F2
195012F1

Every tornado that crossed Tishomingo County

28 tornadoes, newest first.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 5, 20259:40 PM CDTEF1Tishomingo3.175$10,000
April 3, 20254:38 PM CDTEF1Alcorn to AL, TN28.0425$930,000
April 1, 20231:30 AM CDTEF0Tishomingo1.480$50,000
August 21, 20216:22 PM CDTEF0Tishomingo0.550$5,000
August 21, 20216:09 PM CDTEF1Tishomingo3.5200$250,000
March 24, 20205:27 PM CDTEF1Tishomingo to AL16.9400$1.5 million
January 11, 20207:17 AM CSTEF0Tishomingo0.780$25,000
January 11, 20207:08 AM CSTEF1Tishomingo5.7120$90,000
December 16, 20194:27 PM CSTEF1Tishomingo3.5150$350,000
March 9, 20195:16 PM CSTEF1Tishomingo2.2250$1.5 million
February 23, 20194:37 PM CSTEF2Tishomingo8.3200$1.5 million
March 19, 20184:53 PM CDTEF0Tishomingo0.8125$500,000
April 22, 20173:20 PM CDTEF0Tishomingo to AL9.0200$100,000
April 27, 20113:43 AM CDTEF2Tishomingo9.31501$500,000
January 10, 20081:54 PM CSTEF1Tishomingo2.8100$25,000
November 4, 19883:40 PM CSTF3Tishomingo7.0200$50,000 to $500,000
November 4, 19883:35 PM CSTF1Tishomingo5.0100$50,000 to $500,000
November 4, 19883:25 PM CSTF1Tishomingo2.0100
November 8, 19864:05 PM CSTF2Tishomingo5.0200$50,000 to $500,000
June 17, 19859:45 PM CDTF2Tishomingo2.070$50,000 to $500,000
April 21, 19846:20 PM CSTF1Tishomingo1.010$50,000 to $500,000
May 13, 19766:30 PM CDTF3Tishomingo to TN10.1300$50,000 to $500,000
September 29, 19727:00 PM CDTF3Tippah45.58804$50,000 to $500,000
June 24, 19696:30 AM GMT-5F1Tishomingo0.110
November 10, 19666:05 AM GMT-6F2Tishomingo0.110$50,000 to $500,000
January 21, 19599:11 AM GMT-6F2Tishomingo5.7201$5,000 to $50,000
November 18, 195712:10 PM GMT-6F2Tishomingo17.9502$50,000 to $500,000
March 27, 195011:00 AM GMT-6F1Tishomingo0.1102$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.