East Carroll Parish

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within East Carroll Parish: 0.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. May 10, 2009Thunderstorm Wind$700 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A swath of damaging winds north of Lake Providence caused numerous trees, power poles, and power lines to have been blown down. Substantial damage occurred to the Shelburn Fire Station and numerous homes were damaged. A tree fell on a house on Highland Road.

2. May 6, 2011Flood$12.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Flooding along the Mississippi River caused extensive flooding of low lying farmland around the river. All of the flood waters were within the mainline levee. The secondary levee at Bunches Bend failed causing extensive damage inside the levee. Twenty camps and 3 homes were either damaged or destroyed. Several roads sustained minor to major damage.

3. Sep 3, 2008Flash Flood$3.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   During the late afternoon of the 3rd, another heavy band of storms developed across the region and produced another 3 to 5 inches of rainfall. This rain fell on already soaked and flooded land. This new rainfall flooded around several homes and numerous roads. Crops were also damaged by additional rainfall.

4. Sep 3, 2008Flash Flood$1.5 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Heavy rainfall fell across all of East Carroll Parish as persistent rain bands continued to impact the area from weakening Hurricane Gustav. Rainfall amounts between 7 and 13 inches fell across the parish, mostly during the evening of the 2nd and early morning of the 3rd.||Numerous roads were flooded with some washed out. Agriculture was extremely hard hit as farmland was flooded and crops became water logged. Many areas saw total loss of some crops while other areas experienced very low yields. Cotton, soybeans and sweet potatoes were some of the hardest hit crops.

5. May 15, 2008Flash Flood$1.2 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Heavy rainfall, between 4 and 7 inches, fell across most of northern East Carrol Parish, with Lake Providence being especially hard hit. Many streets around town were under water with water entering a housing complex which caused damage to several units. A school complex also had taken on water with several classrooms damaged. Additionally, many roads across the northern portion of the parish were under water along with many farm fields partially flooded. The flooded fields caused some crop damage to the young plants.

6. Jun 18, 2007Tornado$700,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   This tornado touched down about 1/2 a mile south of the lake shore. Damage consisted of numerous trees uprooted, snapped or had large limbs torn off. Many power lines were also taken down by the trees and large limbs. Most of the trees were laid to the north/northeast with about 25% of them down to the southeast/east, opposite of the storm motion. The most concentrated damage occurred along the south end of the lake shore where a small cluster of cypress trees were snapped or had many large limbs torn off. The tornado then moved across the lake and to a point at the mouth of the chute. Here, many more trees, limbs and power lines were damaged or torn down along with shingles taken…

7. Apr 6, 2003Flash Flood$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Several rounds of thunderstorms dumped 5 to 7 inches of rain across portions of East Carroll Parish. This heavy rain caused numerous roads to be flooded. In addition to flooded roads, several homes were flooded.

8. Apr 26, 2011Tornado$400,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   This tornado touched down in the Darnell Community and tracked into East Carroll Parish before dissipating. Eight power poles were snapped and several sheds/barns had roof damage with two destroyed. Two grain storage bins were severely damaged and siding damage occurred to a volunteer fire dept building in the Bowie Community in East Carroll Parish. Additionally, numerous trees and power lines were snapped and uprooted along the path. Maximum winds were around 115 mph. Total path length was 11 miles.

9. Dec 22, 1998Ice Storm, East Carroll$400,000
10. Aug 29, 2005Hurricane (Typhoon), East Carroll$400,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    See detailed narrative in Central Mississippi section.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

108°F2 times, most recently Aug 31, 2000

All-time low

8°F2 times, most recently Jan 17, 2024

Warmest night

82°FAug 10, 2023

Coldest day

24°FFeb 15, 2021

Wettest day

7.01 inApr 2, 2017

Hottest year

2023mean 68.7°F

Coldest year

2014mean 63.2°F

Wettest year

200471.84 in

Driest year

200732.85 in

Station Tallulah Vicksburg Regional Airport (USW00003996), 83 ft elevation, 30.0 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1996 to October 25, 2026; 99.3% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USW00003996.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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