Tornado History Map

Claiborne County, Mississippi tornado history

47 tornadoes recorded in or across Claiborne County from 1953 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 Claiborne County

The Storm Prediction Center records 47 tornadoes whose paths touched Claiborne County, Mississippi between 1953 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 11 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 17 April 1978. The most recent was on 28 December 2024.

  • 47tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 49injuries
  • 964per 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 Claiborne County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01021%
F1 / EF12655%
F2 / EF2919%
F3 / EF324%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Claiborne County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 14 in 2010s.1950s41970s41980s31990s62000s132010s142020s3

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

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PeriodCount
1950s4
1970s4
1980s3
1990s6
2000s13
2010s14
2020s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 11 in Apr.Jan5Feb2Mar5Apr11May2Jun0Jul0Aug1Sep5Oct1Nov9Dec6
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan5
Feb2
Mar5
Apr11
May2
Jun0
Jul0
Aug1
Sep5
Oct1
Nov9
Dec6

Records for Claiborne County

  • Strongest: Mississippi tornado17 April 1978, F3, 2 injuries, 18.5 miles long
  • Longest path: Mississippi tornado24 April 1953, F2, 96.7 miles long
  • Most recent: Mississippi tornado28 December 2024, EF1, 11.1 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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