Tornado History Map

Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi tornado history

53 tornadoes recorded in or across Jefferson Davis County from 1961 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 Jefferson Davis County

The Storm Prediction Center records 53 tornadoes whose paths touched Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi between 1961 and 2025. They killed 22 people and injured 264. The busiest month is April, with 10 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF4 on 12 April 2020. The most recent was on 6 April 2025.

  • 53tornadoes
  • 22deaths
  • 264injuries
  • 1,298per 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 Jefferson Davis County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01426%
F1 / EF12038%
F2 / EF2917%
F3 / EF3611%
F4 / EF448%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Jefferson Davis County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 19 in 2020s.1960s31970s51980s11990s52000s122010s82020s19

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

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PeriodCount
1960s3
1970s5
1980s1
1990s5
2000s12
2010s8
2020s19
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 10 in Apr.Jan4Feb6Mar7Apr10May5Jun0Jul1Aug1Sep1Oct3Nov6Dec9
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PeriodCount
Jan4
Feb6
Mar7
Apr10
May5
Jun0
Jul1
Aug1
Sep1
Oct3
Nov6
Dec9

Records for Jefferson Davis County

Notable tornadoes in Jefferson Davis 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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