Tornado History Map

Benton County, Mississippi tornado history

16 tornadoes recorded in or across Benton County from 1950 to 2025, 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 Benton County

The Storm Prediction Center records 16 tornadoes whose paths touched Benton County, Mississippi between 1950 and 2025. They killed 75 people and injured 853. The busiest month is February, with 5 tornadoes. The strongest was an F4 on 21 February 1971. The most recent was on 3 April 2025.

  • 16tornadoes
  • 75deaths
  • 853injuries
  • 393per 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 Benton County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0425%
F1 / EF1319%
F2 / EF2319%
F3 / EF3425%
F4 / EF4213%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Benton County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in 1970s.1950s21970s41980s11990s22000s22010s32020s2

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1970s4
1980s1
1990s2
2000s2
2010s3
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in Feb.Jan0Feb5Mar2Apr2May4Jun0Jul0Aug1Sep1Oct0Nov0Dec1
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb5
Mar2
Apr2
May4
Jun0
Jul0
Aug1
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec1

Records for Benton County

Notable tornadoes in Benton County

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

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