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Severe Storm history in Mississippi

Mississippi has 698 county-level severe storm declarations across 82 counties. Holmes County leads with 15 declarations. Total tracked FEMA obligations for severe storm events in this state: $585.5M.

This page shows every Mississippi county in Mississippi that has at least one FEMA severe storm declaration on record, ranked by how many times that hazard type triggered federal aid. Counties near the top of this list have recurring exposure to severe storm events — useful context for anyone evaluating property risk, insurance needs, or emergency planning in the area.

For the full national view of severe storm declarations across all states, see the severe storm disaster type page. For all hazard types in Mississippi, see the Mississippi state page.

Severe Storm in Mississippi

Counties ranked by severe storm declaration count

#CountyDeclarationsTracked aid
1Holmes County15$10.8M
2Clay County14$1.7M
3Itawamba County14$3.4M
4Warren County14$6.1M
5Monroe County13$38.4M
6Panola County13$5.1M
7Prentiss County13$2.5M
8Yazoo County13$10.8M
9Madison County12$4.6M
10Marion County12$17.5M
11Simpson County12$340K
12Tallahatchie County12$1.8M
13Calhoun County11$840K
14Carroll County11$4.0M
15Chickasaw County11$4.4M
16Lee County11$15.1M
17Leflore County11$7.5M
18Quitman County11$1.7M
19Washington County11$4.3M
20Claiborne County10$3.1M
21Coahoma County10$1.6M
22Grenada County10$3.6M
23Humphreys County10$13.4M
24Issaquena County10$2.4M
25Leake County10$2.8M
26Lowndes County10$48.1M
27Sharkey County10$36.3M
28Tippah County10$3.7M
29Alcorn County9$10.0M
30Jones County9$12.1M
31Lafayette County9$3.0M
32Lawrence County9$2.8M
33Montgomery County9$6.7M
34Newton County9$2.4M
35Sunflower County9$2.2M
36Union County9$578K
37Webster County9$6.7M
38Attala County8$1.8M
39Bolivar County8$1.5M
40Choctaw County8$1.6M
41Clarke County8$2.4M
42Covington County8$19.9M
43Hinds County8$31.1M
44Jefferson Davis County8$17.7M
45Marshall County8$4.3M
46Neshoba County8$1.8M
47Oktibbeha County8$3.9M
48Pike County8$14.3M
49Pontotoc County8$3.3M
50Scott County8$8.8M
51Smith County8$13.6M
52Tishomingo County8$1.4M
53Walthall County8$23.2M
54Wayne County8$5.6M
55Wilkinson County8$1.7M
56Amite County7$657K
57Benton County7$2.0M
58Copiah County7$410K
59Greene County7$1.4M
60Jasper County7$4.6M
61Tate County7$246K
62Adams County6$106K
63Forrest County6$19.6M
64Harrison County6$934K
65Jackson County6$4.0M
66Jefferson County6$1.4M
67Noxubee County6$119K
68Pearl River County6$610K
69Perry County6$348K
70Rankin County6$4.9M
71Yalobusha County6$219K
72DeSoto County5$3.3M
73Franklin County5$64K
74George County5$559K
75Hancock County5$611K
76Kemper County5$1.2M
77Lincoln County5$1.1M
78Tunica County5$344K
79Lauderdale County4$1.9M
80Winston County4$72.5M
81Lamar County3$2.4M
82Stone County1$32K