Tornado History Map

Copiah County, Mississippi tornado history

65 tornadoes recorded in or across Copiah 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 Copiah County

The Storm Prediction Center records 65 tornadoes whose paths touched Copiah County, Mississippi between 1953 and 2024. They killed 53 people and injured 420. The busiest month is April, with 14 tornadoes. The strongest was an F4 on 23 January 1969. The most recent was on 28 December 2024.

  • 65tornadoes
  • 53deaths
  • 420injuries
  • 836per 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 Copiah County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF02031%
F1 / EF12742%
F2 / EF21117%
F3 / EF346%
F4 / EF435%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Copiah County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 13 in 2010s.1950s51960s61970s61980s71990s122000s102010s132020s6

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

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PeriodCount
1950s5
1960s6
1970s6
1980s7
1990s12
2000s10
2010s13
2020s6
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 14 in Apr.Jan8Feb5Mar9Apr14May0Jun0Jul1Aug3Sep2Oct4Nov7Dec12
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PeriodCount
Jan8
Feb5
Mar9
Apr14
May0
Jun0
Jul1
Aug3
Sep2
Oct4
Nov7
Dec12

Records for Copiah County

Notable tornadoes in Copiah 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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