Mississippi's
Strong and Violent tornadoes
1970 - 2007
| Date | Time | Mississippi
Counties Damage Path Locations (Cities/Towns Impacted) |
PL | PW | Inj. | Fat. |
| 11/15/06 | 230am | Lamar/Forrest
F3 5 W-SW Flora - 5 SW Canton |
13 | 500y | 6 | 0 |
| 11/15/06 | 331am | Jones/Wayne
F3 2 S Glade - 2 E-SE Pleasant Grove |
10 | 800y | 3 | 0 |
| 4/6/05 | 1010am | Covington/Smith/Jasper
F3 1 N Mt. Olive - 4 SW Louin (Mize and Center Ridge) |
29 | 600y | 0 | 0 |
| 4/6/05 | 710am | Rankin
F3 2 SE Florence - 4 E-NE Brandon (Brandon) |
15 | 600y | 6 | 0 |
| 11/24/04 | 225am | Neshoba/Winston/Noxubee
F3 6 E Stallo - 3 SE Mashulaville |
21 | 600y | 2 | 1 |
| 11/23/04 | 1140pm | Jefferson
F3 8 W Fayette - 7 E-NE Lorman |
18 | 600y | 0 | 0 |
| 5/7/03 | 925am | Chickasaw/Monroe
F3* 5 NE Houston - 3 NE Aberdeen |
28 | 400y | 6 | 0 |
| 4/24/03 | 953pm | Rankin
F3 2 SW Brandon - 4 NW Pelahatchie (Brandon) |
12 | 600y | 6 | 0 |
| 12/19/02 | 107pm | Newton
F3* 3 SW Newton - 3 NE Newton (Newton) |
6 | 400y | 50 | 0 |
| 11/10/02 | 708pm | Lowndes
F3 3 SE Artesia - 2 N-NW Fernbank AL (Columbus) Moved into Lamar Co. AL |
22 (29) |
400y | 55 | 0 |
| 11/24/01 | 525am | Madison
F4 6 W-SW Madison - 4 S-SW Canton (Madison) |
12 | 800y | 21 | 2 |
| 11/24/01 | 415am | Humphreys
F3 3 SW Isola - 1 NE Isola (Isola) |
5 | 400y | 5 | 0 |
| 11/24/01 | 310am | Quitman/Panola/Tate
F3* 5 SW Sabino - 5 NE Strayhorn |
44 | 300y | 33 | 3 |
| 11/24/01 | 155am | Washington/Bolivar
F4 3 SW Winterville - 1 SE Mound Bayou (Winterville) |
32 | 800y | 48 | 0 |
| 2/24/01 | 935pm | Calhoun/Pontotoc/Prentiss/Lee
F3 3 N Bruce - Near Wheeler (Pontotoc, Baldwyn, Guntown, Wheeler) |
52 | 800y | 76 | 6 |
| 2/24/01 | 837pm | LeFlore/Carroll/Grenada
F3 3 SE Greenwood - 7 SW Grenada |
22 | 300y | 0 | 0 |
| 1/3/00 | 130pm | Yalobusha/Lafayette/Union
F3 5 E Water Valley - 3 NE Myrtle (Pinedale, Enterprise, and Myrtle) |
43 | 300y | 7 | 0 |
| 12/9/99 | 636pm | Yazoo
F3 1 E-NE Bentonia - 7 NE Bentonia |
6 | 400y | 1 | 0 |
| 4/14/99 | 952pm | Covington/Jones/Jasper
F3 7 NE Collins - 7 W-NW Heidelberg |
26 | 800y | 33 | 1 |
| 2/27/99 | 325pm | Lawrence
F3 3 SW Sontag - 1 SW New Hebron |
17 | 400y | 0 | 0 |
| 5/2/97 | 630pm | Holmes
F3 1 S Tchula - 2 E-SE Emory |
20 | 200y | 0 | 0 |
| 3/1/97 | 235am | Calhoun/Lafayette/Pontotoc/Union
F3 3 SW Banner - 3 NW Graham (Martintown) |
50 | 400y | 17 | 0 |
| 11/11/95 | 455am | Covington
F3 1 S Mt.Olive - 2 NE Smith |
7 | 400y | 2 | 0 |
| 11/11/95 | 310am | Madison
F3 5 W-SW Flora - 5 SW Canton |
15 | 200y | 2 | 0 |
| 11/27/94 | 906pm | Simpson/Smith/Jasper
F3 1 W Magee - 3 S Baxter (Magee) |
40 | 200y | 0 | 2 |
| 11/22/92 | 215am | Kemper/Noxubee
F3 3 NW DeKalb - 6 E Macon |
27 | 800y | 1 | 1 |
| 11/22/92 | 1214am | Smith/Jasper/Newton
F4 2 SE Mize - Newton City Limits (Sylvarena and Newton) |
40 | 1500y | 20 | 0 |
| 11/21/92 | 1127pm | Copiah/Simpson/Rankin/Scott/Leake/Attala/Choctaw
F4 1 N Hopewell - 4 SW Mathiston (Brandon, Florence, and Weir) |
122 | 800y | 122 | 22 |
| 11/21/92 | 1123pm | Jefferson
Davis/Covington F3 8 SW Carson - 2 NE Mt.Olive (Mt.Olive) |
27 | 800y | 105 | 0 |
| 11/21/92 | 1050pm | Lincoln/Copiah
F3 2 E West Lincoln - 1 SE Wesson (Brookhaven) |
16 | 400y | 0 | 0 |
| 3/10/92 | 1257am | Lauderdale
F3 1 S Savory - 1 NW Alamucha (Zero and Vimville) |
20 | 1500y | 57 | 3 |
| 3/9/92 | 940pm | Sharkey/Washington/Humphreys
F4 2 S-SE Panther Burn - 5 W Belzoni (Delta City and Murphy) |
20 | 800y | 1 | 0 |
| 3/22/91 | 400pm | Benton/Tippah
F3 7 S Ashland - Adamsville TN Moved into McNairy Co. TN |
24 (46) |
400y | 3 | 0 |
| 12/21/90 | 732pm | Madison
F3 5 N-NW Canton - 3 S-SW Way |
11 | 800y | 0 | 0 |
| 12/21/90 | 450pm | Holmes/Carroll
F3 1 N Bowling Green - 5 NE Vaiden (Vaiden) |
20 | 800y | 15 | 1 |
| 12/21/90 | 420pm | Grenada
F3 2 E-SE Holcomb - 5 NE Holcomb |
4 | 400y | 0 | 0 |
| 3/4/89 | 715pm | Hinds
F3 5 SE Brownville - 1 SE Pocahontas |
11 | 300y | 5 | 0 |
| 11/19/88 | 1015pm | Lee
F3 1 NW Nettleton - Near Richmond |
13 | 100y | 11 | 2 |
| 11/19/88 | 625pm | Sunflower
F3 2 SW Parchman - 3 N Parchman |
4 | 100y | 3 | 0 |
| 11/4/88 | 710pm | Wayne
F3 Winchester - 8 E Winchester (Winchester) |
8 | 200y | 0 | 0 |
| 11/4/88 | 340pm | Tishomingo
F3 4 NW Iuka - 6 N-NE Iuka |
7 | 200y | 0 | 0 |
| 11/4/88 | 250pm | Prentiss
F3 3 NW Marietta - 15 E Booneville |
12 | 100y | 0 | 0 |
| 1/19/88 | 1220pm | Clay/Chickasaw
F3 6 SE Montpelier - 2 E Trebloc (Una) |
10 | 100y | 0 | 0 |
| 1/19/88 | 1120am | Attala
F3 3 N Kosciusko - Liberty Chapel (Liberty Chapel) |
13 | 700y | 1 | 0 |
| 11/16/87 | 230pm | Hinds/Rankin
F3 5 W-SW Terry - Flowood (Terry and Flowood) |
27 | 200y | 5 | 0 |
| 2/28/87 | 905am | Jones/Wayne/Clarke
F4 2 S Moselle - 8 W Shubuta (Glade and Powers) |
35 | 1000y | 350 | 6 |
| 3/12/86 | 106pm | Lauderdale/Kemper
F4 1 NW Meridian - 4 NW Porterville |
23 | 400y | 8 | 0 |
| 3/12/86 | 1207pm | Smith/Jasper/Newton
F3 5 E-NE Taylorsville - Near Hickory |
32 | 100y | 2 | 0 |
| 4/21/84 | 400pm | LeFlore/Tallahatchie/Yalobusha/Lafayette/Union
F4 3 W Schlater - 2 SW New Albany (Philipp, Water Valley, and Yocona) |
90 | 200y | 76 | 15 |
| 3/20/83 | 1015am | Greene
F3 1 W Leakesville - Leakesville (Leakesville) |
1 | 200y | 0 | 0 |
| 5/7/82 | 1250pm | Forrest/Perry
F3 1 S Hattiesburg - 1 W Runnelstown (Sunrise) |
13 | 100y | 0 | 0 |
| 4/2/82 | 1130pm | Leake/Neshoba/Kemper
F3 2 S Carthage - 12 N DeKalb (Philadelphia) |
42 | 400y | 35 | 3 |
| 1/3/82 | 255pm | Newton
F3 4 S Newton - 4 N-NE Hickory |
11 | 300y | 17 | 1 |
| 5/19/80 | 837pm | Harrison
F3 1 N Long Beach - 2 N-NE Biloxi |
11 | 800y | 4 | 0 |
| 5/19/80 | 740pm | Hancock
F3 Damage path info n/a |
13 | 800y | 8 | 0 |
| 4/25/80 | 650pm | Simpson/Smith/Jasper
F3 2 S Shivers - 3 W-SW Bay Springs |
44 | 400y | 8 | 1 |
| 4/13/80 | 810am | Harrison
F3 Near Gulfport - 5 N D'Iberville |
16 | 400y | 25 | 0 |
| 4/18/78 | 1230am | Lawrence/Jefferson
Davis F4 7 S Monticello - Near Prentiss |
17 | 100y | 31 | 4 |
| 4/17/78 | 1155pm | Hinds
F3 Utica - 4 NE Utica (Utica) |
4 | 100y | 0 | 0 |
| 4/17/78 | 1100pm | Washington/Bolivar
F4 2 W Greenville - 1 N Metcalf |
3 | 100y | 3 | 0 |
| 4/17/78 | 1100pm | Claiborne
F3
Damage path info n/a |
18 | 100y | 2 | 0 |
| 12/24/77 | 900pm | Copiah
F3
Sardis - Near Rockport (Sardis) |
8 | 400y | 0 | 0 |
| 2/23/77 | 400pm | Winston
F4 13 SW Louisville - 4 N-NW Louisville (Shiloh) |
15 | 300y | 5 | 2 |
| 2/23/77 | 320pm | Leake
F3 1 SW Renfroe - 5 NE Marybell |
8 | 100y | 1 | 0 |
| 2/23/77 | 315pm | Attala
F3 7 SW McCool - 3 N-NE McCool |
10 | 100y | 0 | 0 |
| 4/24/76 | 540pm | Coahoma/Quitman
F3 3 W-SW Stovall - 2 E-NE Darling |
29 | 300y | 1 | 0 |
| 3/30/76 | 435pm | Jefferson/Copiah
F3 8 SW Fayette - 5 N-NE Allen (Fayette) |
36 | 1200y | 10 | 0 |
| 3/29/76 | 205pm | Copiah/Simpson/Rankin/Smith/Scott/Newton/Lauderdale
F4 4 NE Allen - Meridian City Limits (Newton and Meridian) |
107 | 600y | 8 | 0 |
| 3/29/76 | 203pm | Madison
F4 10 SW Canton - 7 S Camden (Canton) |
20 | 800y | 177 | 3 |
| 3/26/76 | 1155pm | Simpson
F3 2 W-SW Shivers - 2 N Magee (Oak Grove) |
20 | 800y | 11 | 0 |
| 3/20/76 | 820pm | Webster/Clay/Chickasaw/Monroe/Itawamba
F3 3 SW Clarkson - 2 SE Armory (Darcy) |
50 | 100y | 9 | 1 |
| 2/18/76 | 730am | Leake/Neshoba
F3 1 SW Lena - 6 W Philadelphia |
28 | 200y | 27 | 1 |
| 2/18/76 | 650am | Hinds
F3 1 S Clinton - 2 SW Ridgeland (NW Jackson and Clinton) |
12 | 50y | 50 | 0 |
| 2/17/76 | 830pm | Washington
F3 Greenville City Limits - 5 NE Greenville (Northern section of Greenville) |
5 | 70y | 0 | 0 |
| 2/22/75 | 1000pm | Lafayette/Union/Benton/Tippah
F3 3 W Etta - 4 W Ripley |
20 | 200y | 2 | 0 |
| 1/10/75 | 814am | Pike/Lincoln/Lawrence/Simpson
F4 7 SW McComb - 1 W Pinola (McComb and Bush) |
47 | 200y | 210 | 9 |
| 4/3/74 | 750pm | Monroe
F5 15 N-NE Columbus - 6 E-SE Decatur Moved into Lamar Co. AL |
8 (102) |
800y | 0 | 0 |
| 4/3/74 | 400pm | Jones
F3 3 SE Ellisville - 6 E-NE Laurel |
12 | 100y | 1 | 0 |
| 2/21/74 | 345pm | Lawrence
F3 3 W Monticello - 4 NW Silver Creek |
11 | 200y | 13 | 0 |
| 5/27/73 | 215pm | Jones
F3 8 S Laurel - 6 E Laurel |
15 | 400y | 35 | 1 |
| 11/13/72 | 1130am | Lamar
F3 Purvis City Limits (Purvis) |
1 | 50y | 0 | 0 |
| 4/21/72 | 1130pm | Covington
F3 12 W Collins - Near Smith |
15 | 100y | 8 | 0 |
| 4/21/72 | 520pm | LeFlore
F3 1 N Swiftown - 4 S Sidon |
13 | 100y | 0 | 0 |
| 4/21/72 | 520pm | Lincoln
F3 Near Norfield - Near Wellman |
13 | 100y | 0 | 0 |
| 4/15/72 | 815pm | Bolivar/Sunflower
F3 1 NE Skene - 4 NE Cleveland (Cleveland) |
10 | 300y | 62 | 0 |
| 3/2/72 | 540pm | Hancock
F3 6 W Bay St.Louis - 4 N Waveland |
4 | 100y | 1 | 0 |
| 1/9/72 | 1120pm | Jones/Wayne
F3 Laurel City Limits - 10 NW Waynesboro (Laurel) |
18 | 300y | 12 | 0 |
| 2/21/71 | 506pm | Warren/Yazoo/Holmes
F4 4 S-SW Bovina - 3 SW Lexington (Little Yazoo) |
69 | 600y | 200 | 2 |
| 2/21/71 | 400pm | Sunflower
F3 2 N Drew - 1 N Rome (Parchman and Rome) |
16 | 200y | 5 | 2 |
| 2/21/71 | 400pm | Issaquena/Sharkey/Humphreys/LeFlore/ Grenada/Tallahatchie/Yalobusha/Lafayette F4 3 S Fitler - 4 N Oxford (Cary, Gooden Lake, Pugh City, Swiftown, Morgan City, Cascilla, & Tillatoba) |
160 | 800y | 700 | 58 |
| 2/21/71 | 250pm | Issaquena/Sharkey/Washington/Sunflower/LeFlore
F5 2 SW Waverly LA - 3 W-NW Schlater (Delta City, Cameta, Inverness, and Moorhead) Moved into MS from East Carroll Parish LA This long-tracked and devastating tornado virtually destroyed the town of Inverness (Sunflower Co.), and tore apart Delta City (Sharkey Co.) and the northern section of Moorhead (Sunflower Co.); moved northeast at 55-60 mph |
92 (110) |
600y | 382 | 36 |
| 4/19/70 | 1255pm | Alcorn/Tishomingo
F4 Corinth City Limits - 3 SE Counce TN (Corinth) Moved into Hardin Co. TN |
12 (15) |
200y | 78 | 4 |
| 4/1/70 | 220pm | LeFlore
F3 1 E Itta Bena - 5 N Greenwood |
16 | 300y | 4 | 0 |
| Year | F3 | F4 | F5 | Total | Mississippi's Strong/Violent Tornado Dates |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | None |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | November 15 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | April 6 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | November 23, November 24 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | April 24, May 7 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | November 10, December 19 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | February 24, November 24 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | January 3 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | February 27, April 14, December 9 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | March 1, May 2 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | November 11 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | November 27 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None |
| 1992 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | March 9, March 10, Nov. 21, Nov. 22 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | December 21 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | March 4 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | January 19, November 4, November 19 |
| 1987 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | February 28, November 16 |
| 1986 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | March 12 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None |
| 1984 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | April 21 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | March 20 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | January 3, April 2, May 7 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | April 13, April 25, May 19 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None |
| 1978 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | April 17, April 18 |
| 1977 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | February 22, December 24 |
| 1976 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 | February
17, February 18, March 20, March 26, March 29, March 30, April 24 |
| 1975 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | January 10, February 22 |
| 1974 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | April 3 |
| 1973 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | May 27 |
| 1972 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Jan. 9, Mar. 2, Apr. 15, Apr. 21, Nov. 13 |
| 1971 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | February 22 |
| 1970 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | April 1, April 19 |
| Total | 74 | 17 | 2 | 93 | Mississippi's
Strong/Violent Tornadoes 1970-2007 |
| Mississippi Counties 1970-2007 | County Seat | F3 | F4 | F5 | Total |
| Le Flore Co. | Greenwood | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Jones Co. | Laurel | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Jasper Co. | Bay Springs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Washington Co. | Greenville | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Lafayette Co. | Oxford | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Smith Co. | Raleigh | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Covington Co. | Collins | 5 | 0 | 0 |