Tornado Risk in Mississippi

All Mississippi counties ranked by FEMA National Risk Index tornado score

Tornado risk — violently rotating columns of air capable of catastrophic local damage — is rated for 82 of 82 Mississippi counties in FEMA's National Risk Index. Hinds County carries the state's highest tornado score at 98.2, with $19M in expected annual tornado losses.

11 Mississippi counties are rated High or Very High for tornado, and expected annual losses from tornado total roughly $271M statewide. The full ranking below links to each county's complete 18-hazard risk profile.

County Rankings — Tornado

#CountyTornado ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1 Hinds County
98.2
High 1.21 / yr $19M
2 DeSoto County
96.8
High 0.30 / yr $19M
3 Harrison County
96.0
High 0.75 / yr $11M
4 Madison County
95.8
High 1.04 / yr $15M
5 Rankin County
94.7
High 1.24 / yr $12M
6 Lauderdale County
94.4
High 0.80 / yr $8M
7 Jones County
93.2
High 0.86 / yr $7M
8 Washington County
93.0
High 0.67 / yr $6M
9 Forrest County
92.7
High 0.55 / yr $8M
10 Warren County
91.7
High 0.73 / yr $6M
11 Lowndes County
91.0
High 0.50 / yr $6M
12 Pike County
90.1
Medium 0.44 / yr $4M
13 Jackson County
90.0
Medium 0.73 / yr $7M
14 Copiah County
89.5
Medium 1.09 / yr $5M
15 Yazoo County
89.2
Medium 1.21 / yr $4M
16 Marshall County
89.0
Medium 0.45 / yr $4M
17 Leflore County
88.7
Medium 0.51 / yr $4M
18 Panola County
87.8
Medium 0.43 / yr $4M
19 Alcorn County
87.5
Medium 0.29 / yr $5M
20 Lee County
86.8
Medium 0.36 / yr $5M
21 Coahoma County
86.6
Medium 0.35 / yr $4M
22 Monroe County
86.4
Medium 0.72 / yr $4M
23 Neshoba County
86.0
Medium 0.70 / yr $4M
24 Newton County
83.5
Medium 0.77 / yr $3M
25 Oktibbeha County
83.3
Medium 0.45 / yr $4M
26 Bolivar County
82.9
Medium 0.61 / yr $3M
27 Pearl River County
82.8
Medium 0.91 / yr $3M
28 Holmes County
82.5
Medium 0.86 / yr $3M
29 Adams County
82.1
Medium 0.43 / yr $3M
30 Sunflower County
81.1
Medium 0.58 / yr $3M
31 Lafayette County
81.1
Medium 0.45 / yr $4M
32 Winston County
79.2
Medium 0.67 / yr $2M
33 Tippah County
78.6
Medium 0.32 / yr $3M
34 Lincoln County
78.5
Medium 0.73 / yr $3M
35 Scott County
78.4
Medium 0.90 / yr $2M
36 Leake County
77.9
Medium 0.80 / yr $2M
37 Pontotoc County
77.2
Medium 0.38 / yr $3M
38 Simpson County
76.7
Medium 0.92 / yr $2M
39 Hancock County
76.6
Medium 0.49 / yr $3M
40 Clay County
75.1
Medium 0.38 / yr $2M
41 Tate County
74.9
Medium 0.24 / yr $3M
42 Grenada County
74.8
Medium 0.36 / yr $2M
43 Lamar County
73.8
Medium 0.62 / yr $3M
44 Marion County
73.4
Medium 0.69 / yr $2M
45 Attala County
73.0
Medium 0.87 / yr $2M
46 Prentiss County
72.9
Medium 0.32 / yr $2M
47 Chickasaw County
72.6
Medium 0.43 / yr $2M
48 Jasper County
72.3
Medium 0.89 / yr $2M
49 Wayne County
71.2
Medium 0.82 / yr $2M
50 Smith County
71.2
Medium 0.96 / yr $2M
51 Amite County
67.1
Medium 0.69 / yr $1M
52 Claiborne County
66.6
Medium 0.57 / yr $1M
53 Itawamba County
66.4
Medium 0.49 / yr $2M
54 Clarke County
66.0
Medium 0.75 / yr $2M
55 Tallahatchie County
65.8
Medium 0.45 / yr $1M
56 Tishomingo County
64.4
Low 0.37 / yr $2M
57 Noxubee County
62.9
Low 0.72 / yr $1M
58 Covington County
62.5
Low 0.56 / yr $1M
59 Tunica County
59.5
Low 0.27 / yr $1M
60 Franklin County
57.4
Low 0.60 / yr $1M
61 Greene County
56.9
Low 0.68 / yr $1M
62 Quitman County
56.9
Low 0.24 / yr $915K
63 Kemper County
56.4
Low 0.82 / yr $1M
64 Lawrence County
56.3
Low 0.62 / yr $1M
65 Benton County
54.9
Low 0.27 / yr $901K
66 Stone County
54.7
Low 0.44 / yr $1M
67 Jefferson Davis County
53.9
Low 0.57 / yr $826K
68 Humphreys County
50.8
Low 0.46 / yr $758K
69 George County
49.6
Low 0.46 / yr $1M
70 Calhoun County
49.4
Low 0.46 / yr $873K
71 Yalobusha County
49.2
Low 0.34 / yr $921K
72 Wilkinson County
49.0
Low 0.58 / yr $691K
73 Choctaw County
48.6
Low 0.44 / yr $874K
74 Webster County
48.4
Low 0.36 / yr $844K
75 Union County
47.4
Low 0.29 / yr $862K
76 Carroll County
47.3
Low 0.61 / yr $758K
77 Sharkey County
45.3
Low 0.49 / yr $663K
78 Montgomery County
44.8
Low 0.38 / yr $845K
79 Perry County
44.3
Low 0.73 / yr $840K
80 Walthall County
36.1
Low 0.49 / yr $589K
81 Jefferson County
36.0
Low 0.54 / yr $451K
82 Issaquena County
29.4
Low 0.49 / yr $344K

82 Mississippi counties with measurable tornado risk. See the national tornado ranking or all Mississippi counties by overall risk.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Mississippi county has the highest tornado risk?

Hinds County has the highest FEMA tornado risk score in Mississippi at 98.2 (High), with $19M in expected annual losses and about 1.21 events per year.

How many Mississippi counties face significant tornado risk?

82 Mississippi counties record measurable tornado risk in FEMA's National Risk Index; 11 of them are rated High or Very High.

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