Tornado History Map

Amite County, Mississippi tornado history

42 tornadoes recorded in or across Amite County from 1961 to 2024, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Amite County

The Storm Prediction Center records 42 tornadoes whose paths touched Amite County, Mississippi between 1961 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is December, with 11 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF3 on 16 December 2019. The most recent was on 28 December 2024.

  • 42tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 15injuries
  • 575per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Amite County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0614%
F1 / EF12969%
F2 / EF2512%
F3 / EF325%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Amite County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 12 in 2010s.1960s21970s41980s71990s42000s32010s122020s10

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1960s2
1970s4
1980s7
1990s4
2000s3
2010s12
2020s10
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 11 in Dec.Jan2Feb0Mar6Apr4May7Jun3Jul1Aug0Sep0Oct2Nov6Dec11
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PeriodCount
Jan2
Feb0
Mar6
Apr4
May7
Jun3
Jul1
Aug0
Sep0
Oct2
Nov6
Dec11

Records for Amite County

  • Strongest: Mississippi tornado16 December 2019, EF3, 3 injuries, 30.3 miles long
  • Longest path: Mississippi tornado17 April 1978, F2, 2 injuries, 34.6 miles long
  • Most recent: Mississippi tornado28 December 2024, EF1, 6.4 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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