Neshoba County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Neshoba County: 3.
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.

River crests

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 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.

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. Aug 29, 2005Hurricane (Typhoon), Neshoba$100 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Hurricane Katrina will likely go down as the worst and costliest natural disaster in United States history. The amount of destruction, the cost of damaged property/agriculture and the large loss of life across the affected region has been overwhelming. Catastrophic damage was widespread across a large portion of the Gulf Coast region. The devastation was not only confined to the coastal region, widespread and significant damage occurred well inland up to the Hattiesburg area and northward past Interstate 20. This hurricane has changed life as we know it across the Gulf Coast region which will take many years to return to normal.Hurricane Katrina was a very large and powerful storm…

2. Apr 18, 2019Tornado$15.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   This EF-1 storm began in a wooded area about half mile east of Deemer Road and tracked northeast about 3 miles. The tornado moved across Holland Avenue knocking down numerous trees in the Airpark Subdivision. Numerous trees were also downed and snapped across the golf course at the Philadephia Country Club and the neighboring community to the northeast. Several large hardwood trees were snapped along Mckee street between Bounds Avenue and Will Avenue where winds were near 105 mph. The tornado continued across main street before dissipating in a wooded area. There was some structural damage from large hardwood trees falling on homes. Maximum estimated winds were 105 mph. Total path…

3. Apr 9, 2024Thunderstorm Wind$2.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A line of severe thunderstorms produced a swath of significant damaging winds that was up to 3 to 4 miles wide and approximately 18 miles long across the southern half of Neshoba County. Along this swath, numerous trees and power lines were blown down. The Dixon and Good Hope communities were most impacted, with damage becoming more scattered on the south side of Philadelphia to near Tucker. Along this damage swath, several homes were impacted by fallen trees, the roof of a mobile home was displaced, the roofs of multiple outbuildings were damaged or blown off, a small barn collapsed, a shed was blown down, and two chicken houses sustained roof damage. Peak winds were estimated at…

4. Apr 18, 2019Tornado$2.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   This EF-1 tornado started near Hospital Road West and tracked northeast through historic parts of Philadelphia. Along the path, numerous large limbs were snapped and numerous trees were uprooted. A couple of trees were blown on houses causing structural damage. The tornado caused the exterior wall to the Urgent Care Center on East Main Street to collapse and uprooted a swath of pine trees before dissipating. Maximum estimated winds were 110 mph. Total path length is 1.91 miles.

5. Mar 29, 2020Hail$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A severe thunderstorm continued to produce large hail up to the size of golf balls to baseballs as it moved northeast across Neshoba County. In many cases, hail covered the ground. On the southern side of the storm, hail up to the size of quarters fell in the Dixon and Sandtown communities. Golf ball size or larger hail occurred from the Neshoba County Fairgrounds through the northeast side of Philadelphia. Baseball sized hail occurred in Philadelphia.

6. Jan 5, 2007Tornado$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   This tornado moved into Neshoba County from Newton County near the Neville Community. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted. Three homes were damaged with one home having the roof taken off and blown several hundred feet away. Additionally, four chicken houses were destroyed just inside Neshoba County. Total path length across both Newton and Neshoba Counties was 5.3 miles.

7. Apr 4, 2008Thunderstorm Wind$900,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Substantial wind damage occurred across portions of Philadelphia as wind gusts between 70 and 90 mph moved through town. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. Nearly 30 homes were damaged by the wind gusts or by downed trees. The majority of the damaged homes were on the southeast side of town along Highway 486. Several vehicles were damaged or destroyed by trees as well as a school bus.

8. Apr 15, 2011Tornado$800,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The tornado started just west of County Road 450, downing some pine trees. As it crossed County Road 450, it began downing numerous trees, pushed a mobile home over, and damaged the roof of a house. The tornado intensified as it cross MS Highway 491, destroying a large portion of two chicken houses down to the ground, and causing extensive tree damage. The tornado then appeared to weaken slightly as it crossed County Road 729 and then crossed into Kemper County near White Store Road. Numerous trees were snapped, and a home suffered some minor to moderate damage along County Road 729.||The tornado intensified as it approached Little Rock Road and MS Highway 495. The tornado reached…

9. Apr 6, 2005Thunderstorm Wind$700,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The same intense downburst that blew through the Union area continued into South-Central Neshoba county. These very strong straight line winds downed a few hundred trees and caused structural damage to a dozen homes. The wind damage basically occurred along State Highway 492 from Union to the House community.

10. Feb 5, 2004Flash Flood$500,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Five to seven inches of rain fell across Neshoba county on February 5th. This heavy rain flooded 62 roads across the county. Seven homes were also flooded.

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

107°FJul 14, 1980

All-time low

0°FJan 12, 1962

Warmest night

79°F5 times, most recently Aug 12, 2023

Coldest day

16°FJan 10, 1962

Wettest day

7.99 inDec 25, 1973

Snowiest day

14.0 inDec 31, 1963

Hottest year

2016mean 67.5°F

Coldest year

1976mean 61.0°F

Wettest year

197379.03 in

Driest year

195435.34 in

Snowiest season

18.6 in1963-64

Station Meridian Key Field (USW00013865), 289 ft elevation, 36.1 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1944 to October 25, 2026; 99.8% 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 USW00013865.
• 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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