PlainHazard

Yazoo County, Mississippi

County storm and disaster record · FIPS 28163 · population 26,703 · 922 sq mi

NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 674 records for Yazoo County, Mississippi from 1950 through June 30, 2026, on 413 days; the most frequent are severe thunderstorm wind events (328 records). The deadliest single record is the February 21, 1971 tornado: 11 deaths and 154 injuries. FEMA has issued 31 declarations naming the county since 1971, 29 of them for natural hazards; the latest for a natural hazard was “Severe Winter Storm” on February 6, 2026.

The record, 1950 to 2026

Storm records filed for the county each year (2026 to June 30, 2026). Before 1996 NOAA recorded only tornadoes (from 1950), thunderstorm wind and hail (from 1955).

  • recorded, no damage figure
  • under $100,000
  • $100,000 or more
  • $1 million or more
  • $10 million or more, or a death
  • $100 million or more, or 10 deaths
  • a year's colour: its recorded damage or deaths
  • a year with a death
  • 1955: wind and hail recorded from 1955
  • 1996: all 48 event types from 1996
Storm records
674on 413 days, 1950 to June 30, 2026
Deaths recorded
26219 injuries
Damage, 2025 dollars
$326Mas filed (scale steps before 1993)
Tornadoes
67strongest EF4
FEMA declarations
31latest 2026

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records through June 30, 2026 (file revision 20260918); damage converted to 2025 dollars with the BLS CPI-U. Search the record at NCEI. BLS consumer price index.

What hazards hit Yazoo County most?

The most frequent records are severe thunderstorm wind events: 328 since 1957. The rank column places the county among Mississippi's counties by days with a record per 1,000 square miles of land over each hazard's complete period.

Yazoo County: records by hazard, 1950 to June 30, 2026
HazardRecordsDaysFirst, lastKilledInjuredDamageRank in state
Severe thunderstorm wind 328 234 1957-2026 0 3 $7.2M 44 of 82
Hail 129 95 1962-2026 0 1 $3.0M 58 of 82
Floods 75 51 1997-2025 3 0 $35M 35 of 82
Tornadoes 67 47 1971-2025 15 213 $209M 44 of 82
Winter storms 25 25 1996-2026 0 0 $3.3M 60 of 82
Drought 15 15 2006-2026 0 0 $12M 68 of 82
High wind and dust storms 12 11 1998-2024 2 0 $995K 37 of 82
Lightning 7 7 2005-2025 3 2 $672K 30 of 82
Heat 6 6 2005-2017 1 0 – 77 of 82
Hurricanes and tropical storms 5 5 2002-2021 0 0 $54M 55 of 82
Extreme cold 4 4 2010-2026 2 0 $135K 44 of 82
Fog, smoke and funnel clouds 1 1 2022-2022 0 0 – 45 of 82

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database (county and forecast-zone records attributed to the county; a zone record shows its own totals on each county it covers). Days: dates with at least one record of the hazard in the county. Ranks: days with a record per 1,000 square miles of land (Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer), since 1950 for tornadoes, 1955 for hail and thunderstorm wind, 1996 for the rest.

How many tornadoes has Yazoo County had?

NOAA records 67 tornadoes in Yazoo County from 1971 to 2025, the strongest rated EF4, with 15 deaths and 213 injuries recorded in the county. A tornado that crossed a county line is counted in each county it touched, with the length of its path inside the county.

Counted as whole tornadoes rather than county records, the Storm Prediction Center's database holds 68 tornadoes whose track touched Yazoo County since 1950 (NOAA's county records number 67: they file a crossing tornado once per county segment, and the two databases differ on some tracks); along their whole tracks they killed 24 people, 15 of them in Yazoo County.

The deadliest and strongest tornadoes that touched Yazoo County, whole tracks
DateTornadoRatingPathKilled
1971-02-21 17:06, as SPC files itBovinaF465.2 mi13
2010-04-24 10:09, as SPC files itDurantCrossed LA, MSEF4148.97 mi10
2017-04-30 08:16, as SPC files itDurantEF223.4 mi1
1999-12-09 18:36, as SPC files itBentoniaF36 mi0

Map of the strongest tornado tracks in Mississippi.

Every tornado record filed for Yazoo County (67)
The 60 most recent of 67 tornadoes in Yazoo County
DatePlaceCharacterKilledInjuredDamage
2025-10-18 Crupp, Yazoo County EF0 3.03 mi x 50 yd 0 0 –
2024-12-28 Berryville, Yazoo County EF1 7.35 mi x 800 yd 0 0 $33K
2024-12-28 Tinsley, Yazoo County EF1 1.22 mi x 250 yd 0 0 $9K
2022-04-13 Germania, Yazoo County EFU 1.55 mi x 50 yd 0 0 –
2022-03-30 Little Yazoo, Yazoo County EF1 16.63 mi x 700 yd 0 0 $111K
2022-03-22 Berryville, Yazoo County EF1 6.53 mi x 200 yd 0 0 $10K
2022-03-22 Pierce Xrd, Yazoo County EF1 1.4 mi x 550 yd 0 0 $40K
2022-03-22 Scotland Fork, Yazoo County EFU 0.06 mi x 50 yd 0 0 –
2022-03-22 Bentonia, Yazoo County EF1 4.34 mi x 600 yd 0 0 $10K
2022-03-22 Germania, Yazoo County EFU 0.73 mi x 50 yd 0 0 –
2021-05-04 Little Yazoo, Yazoo County EF0 9.21 mi x 250 yd 0 0 $27K
2021-05-02 Midway, Yazoo County EF0 4.43 mi x 100 yd 0 0 $11K
2021-05-02 Eldorado, Yazoo County EF1 28.91 mi x 300 yd 0 0 $545K
2020-12-23 Scotland Fork, Yazoo County EF0 0.72 mi x 50 yd 0 0 $6K
2020-04-12 Jonestown, Yazoo County EF2 7.38 mi x 250 yd 0 0 $171K
2020-02-10 Phoenix, Yazoo County EF1 2.2 mi x 300 yd 0 0 $23K
2020-02-05 Deasonville, Yazoo County EF2 8.84 mi x 900 yd 0 4 $114K
2020-02-05 Oil City, Yazoo County EF1 8.12 mi x 800 yd 0 0 $51K
2019-06-24 Phoenix, Yazoo County EF0 0.86 mi x 100 yd 0 0 $12K
2019-04-13 Phoenix, Yazoo County EF0 2 mi x 200 yd 0 0 $17K
2019-04-13 Dover, Yazoo County EF0 2.92 mi x 25 yd 0 0 $12K
2018-12-27 Oil City, Yazoo County EF0 1.29 mi x 100 yd 0 0 $18K
2018-11-01 Anding, Yazoo County EF1 3.95 mi x 560 yd 0 0 $59K
2018-03-11 Bentonia, Yazoo County EF1 1.48 mi x 200 yd 0 0 $76K
2017-04-30 Linwood, Yazoo County EF1 6.88 mi x 1,003 yd 0 0 $157K
2017-04-30 Fordyke, Yazoo County EF2 5.08 mi x 1,500 yd 0 0 $542K
2017-04-30 Dover, Yazoo County EF2 21.7 mi x 1,700 yd 0 0 $3.0M
2017-04-30 Bentonia, Yazoo County EF1 2.52 mi x 1,500 yd 0 0 $12K
2016-02-23 Benton, Yazoo County EF0 1.15 mi x 100 yd 0 0 $31K
2014-04-28 Enola, Yazoo County EF0 0.24 mi x 50 yd 0 0 –
2012-10-17 Fordyke, Yazoo County EF1 1.86 mi x 250 yd 0 0 $13K
2011-04-27 Norway, Yazoo County EF1 8.53 mi x 250 yd 0 0 $157K
2010-11-29 Yazoo City, Yazoo County EF2 7.45 mi x 150 yd 0 0 $1.8M
2010-11-29 Enola, Yazoo County EF2 11.7 mi x 200 yd 0 0 $947K
2010-04-24 Enola, Yazoo County EF4 34.85 mi x 3,080 yd 4 53 $195M
2008-12-09 Valley, Yazoo County EF1 20.51 mi x 450 yd 0 0 $959K
2008-02-06 Scotland Fork, Yazoo County EF0 4.77 mi x 75 yd 0 0 $247K
2007-03-01 Benton, Yazoo County EF1 6.47 mi x 100 yd 0 0 $128K
2004-04-29 Yazoo City, Yazoo County F0 0.2 mi x 25 yd 0 0 –
2003-04-06 Anding, Yazoo County F0 4 mi x 50 yd 0 0 $160K
2003-04-06 Satartia, Yazoo County F0 0.3 mi x 25 yd 0 0 $32K
2002-12-31 Yazoo City, Yazoo County F1 1.5 mi x 50 yd 0 1 $246K
2002-02-19 Yazoo City, Yazoo County F1 0.8 mi x 250 yd 0 0 $246K
2001-10-11 Benton, Yazoo County F0 0.5 mi x 30 yd 0 0 $2K
1999-12-09 Bentonia, Yazoo County F3 6 mi x 400 yd 0 1 $354K
1999-05-05 Yazoo City, Yazoo County F0 1 mi x 40 yd 0 0 –
1998-06-15 Benton, Yazoo County F0 1 mi x 40 yd 0 0 –
1997-02-28 Scotland Fork, Yazoo County F0 2 mi x 40 yd 0 0 $4K
1995-07-04 Ebenezer, Yazoo County F0 1 mi x 30 yd 0 0 –
1994-11-27 Yazoo County F0 15 mi x 100 yd 0 0 $100K
1992-08-26 Yazoo County F0 1.5 mi x 100 yd 0 0 $3K step
1992-08-26 Yazoo County F0 1.5 mi x 100 yd 0 0 $3K step
1992-08-26 Yazoo County F0 1 mi x 100 yd 0 0 $250 step
1992-03-22 Yazoo County F0 6 mi x 150 yd 0 0 $3K step
1992-03-22 Yazoo County F0 1 mi x 100 yd 0 0 $25K step
1989-10-16 Yazoo County F2 3 mi x 80 yd 0 0 $250K step
1988-11-26 Yazoo County F1 5 mi x 70 yd 0 0 –
1987-11-16 Yazoo County F2 6 mi x 73 yd 0 0 $250K step
1986-03-18 Yazoo County F1 3 mi x 40 yd 0 0 $25K step
1986-03-18 Yazoo County F2 0 0 $250K step

A damage figure marked "step" is a record from before 1993: NOAA then filed damage by category, and the figure is the category as entered, in the dollars of that year, not an estimate of the loss.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, tornado records by county (path length in the county, maximum width); ratings as published: F scale before February 1, 2007, EF scale after. Whole-track figures: NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database (1950-2025). SPC severe weather database.

When was the last damaging storm in Yazoo County?

The most recent record with damage, injuries or deaths is the May 23, 2026 thunderstorm wind.

The 12 most recent records kept for Yazoo County
DateRecordCharacterKilledInjuredDamage
2026-06-01 DroughtYazoo County · forecast zone Yazoo 0 0 –
2026-05-23 Thunderstorm WindVaughan, Yazoo County 47 kt wind 0 0 $100
2026-05-01 DroughtYazoo County · forecast zone Yazoo 0 0 –
2026-04-28 HailDeasonville, Yazoo County 1.50 in hail 0 0 –
2026-04-28 HailBenton, Yazoo County 1.00 in hail 0 0 –
2026-04-28 HailVaughan, Yazoo County 3.00 in hail 0 0 –
2026-01-31 Extreme Cold/Wind ChillYazoo County · forecast zone Yazoo 1 0 –
2026-01-25 Extreme Cold/Wind ChillYazoo County · forecast zone Yazoo 0 0 –
2026-01-24 Ice StormYazoo County · forecast zone Yazoo 0 0 –
2025-10-18 Thunderstorm WindBenton, Yazoo County 50 kt wind 0 0 –
2025-10-18 TornadoCrupp, Yazoo County EF0 3.03 mi x 50 yd 0 0 –
2025-08-18 Thunderstorm WindBenton, Yazoo County 60 kt wind 0 0 –

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database; every record of 2025-2026 is listed, earlier ones when they caused deaths, injuries or $250,000 of damage (2025 dollars), and every tornado.

The deadliest and costliest records

Records with deaths or injuries in Yazoo County, most deaths first
DateRecordCharacterKilledInjuredDamage
1971-02-21 TornadoYazoo County F4 37 mi x 33 yd 11 154 –
2010-04-24 TornadoEnola, Yazoo County The tornado moved out of extreme southeast Sharkey County and into west central Yazoo County and gained intensity as it tracked northeast. The tornado caused significant home damage northwest of Satartia, and again as it crossed Highway 3 near the Crupp Community. The tornado then moved through a rural area southwest ... EF4 34.85 mi x 3,080 yd 4 53 $195M
2019-06-14 FloodCampbellsville, Yazoo County Ongoing flooding occurred due to flooding along both the Yazoo and Mississippi rivers. This created prolonged flooding in the Yazoo backwater region. Two fatalities occurred when a car skidded off the roadway near Satartia Road and Holly Bluff Road East. 2 0 –
2009-05-16 LightningValley, Yazoo County Three teenagers were struck by lighting on Eagle Bend Road, in southwest Yazoo County. One teenager was seriously injured and passed away a few days later on May 20th. 1 2 –
2026-01-31 Extreme Cold/Wind ChillYazoo County · forecast zone Yazoo Wind chills across the county fell as low as -5 degrees during the early morning of January 31st. A 67 year old female died from hypothermia in home during this cold weather event. 1 0 –
2023-03-03 Strong WindYazoo County · forecast zone Yazoo A large rotted tree branch fell on an SUV along Wildwood Road, East of Bennet Road. The occupant of the SUV, a 65 year old woman, died. 35 kt wind 1 0 $15K
2023-03-03 Strong WindYazoo County · forecast zone Yazoo A large rotted tree branch was blown down onto an SUV along Wildwood Road, east of Bennet Road. The occupant of the SUV, a 65 year old woman, died. 39 kt wind 1 0 $19K
2018-01-17 Extreme Cold/Wind ChillYazoo County · forecast zone Yazoo The Coroner's office confirmed one fatality of a 72 year old women, from what appears to be hypothermia in her home. 1 0 –
The costliest records in Yazoo County since 1993, damage in 2025 dollars
DateRecordCharacterKilledInjuredDamage
2010-04-24 TornadoEnola, Yazoo County EF4 34.85 mi x 3,080 yd 4 53 $195M
2005-09-25 Flash FloodCountywide, Yazoo County 0 0 $9.1M
2017-04-30 TornadoDover, Yazoo County EF2 21.7 mi x 1,700 yd 0 0 $3.0M
2008-05-28 Flash FloodNorway, Yazoo County 0 0 $2.7M
2007-06-01 DroughtYazoo County · forecast zone Yazoo 0 0 $2.1M
2006-10-16 Flash FloodYazoo City, Yazoo County 0 0 $1.9M
2010-11-29 TornadoYazoo City, Yazoo County EF2 7.45 mi x 150 yd 0 0 $1.8M
2005-03-26 Thunderstorm WindBentonia, Yazoo County 80 kt wind 0 1 $1.5M

Before 1993 NOAA filed damage by category, not amount, so the list above starts in 1993. The highest category filed here before then (entered as $250K, in the dollars of the day) holds: October 17, 1980 (tornado, Yazoo County); March 18, 1986 (tornado, Yazoo County); March 18, 1986 (tornado, Yazoo County).

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: deaths and injuries direct and indirect; damage is property plus crops as estimated by the National Weather Service, converted to 2025 dollars.

Is it getting more frequent?

Records per decade for Yazoo County's most frequent hazards. Counts rose everywhere after 1996, when NOAA began recording every event type, so compare decades within a hazard's complete period only (the shaded cells come before it).

Yazoo County: records per decade (the 2020s to June 30, 2026)
Hazard1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020-26
Severe thunderstorm wind231213538311844
Hail0511537352214
Floods––––2143425
Tornadoes002101191718
Winter storms––––32119
Drought––––0555

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records per calendar decade; zone records from the CZ_TYPE field (Z).

What time of year?

Records by month in Yazoo County. The two busiest months are in violet.

The values, month by month

Jan 38 · Feb 54 · Mar 76 · Apr 146 · May 85 · Jun 59 · Jul 41 · Aug 38 · Sep 26 · Oct 24 · Nov 42 · Dec 45 (records).

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records by the month they began.

Federal disaster declarations for Yazoo County

FEMA's register lists 31 declarations that include Yazoo County: 21 major disasters, 10 emergencies and 0 fire management assistance declarations. Most were for severe storm (13) and hurricane (7).

Declarations including Yazoo County, newest first
DeclaredNumberTypeTitle
2026-02-06DR-4899Winter StormSevere Winter Storm
2026-01-24EM-3640Winter StormSevere Winter Storm
2023-08-12DR-4727Severe StormSevere Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes.
2021-10-22DR-4626HurricaneHurricane Ida
2021-08-28EM-3569HurricaneHurricane Ida
2021-05-04DR-4598Severe Ice StormSevere Winter Storms
2020-10-08EM-3548HurricaneHurricane Delta
2020-04-23DR-4538Severe StormSevere Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides
2020-04-05DR-4528BiologicalCovid-19 Pandemic
2020-03-13EM-3474BiologicalCovid-19
2019-06-20DR-4450Severe StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding
2019-04-23DR-4429Severe StormSevere Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding
2017-05-22DR-4314Severe StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding
2012-08-29DR-4081HurricaneHurricane Isaac
2012-08-28EM-3348HurricaneTropical Storm Isaac
2011-05-11DR-1983FloodFlooding
2011-05-04EM-3320FloodFlooding
2010-04-29DR-1906Severe StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding
2008-08-30EM-3291HurricaneHurricane Gustav
2005-08-29DR-1604HurricaneHurricane Katrina
2003-04-24DR-1459Severe StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, Floods
2001-02-23DR-1360Severe StormSevere Storms and Tornadoes
1999-01-25DR-1265Severe Ice StormSevere Winter Storms, Ice and Freezing Rain
1991-05-17DR-906Severe StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes & Flooding
1983-06-01DR-683Severe StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding
1979-04-16DR-577Severe StormStorms, Tornadoes, Floods
1979-04-14EM-3077Severe StormStorms, Tornadoes, Floods
1977-02-22EM-3032SnowstormDrought & Freezing
1975-04-04EM-3010FloodHeavy Rains & Flooding
1973-03-27DR-368Severe StormHeavy Rains, Tornadoes & Flooding
1971-02-22DR-302TornadoStorms & Tornadoes

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2), declarations through October 2, 2026; one declaration is counted once however many areas it names. OpenFEMA dataset page.

How many floods has Yazoo County had?

NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 75 flood or flash flood records for Yazoo County from 1997 to 2025, on 51 days, with 3 deaths. By flood insurance claims since 1978 (OpenFEMA, as of September 8, 2026), Yazoo County ranks 589th of 2,942 U.S. counties.

Named storms on Yazoo County's flood and tropical record
StormBeganRecordsDeaths in the county
Hurricane Katrina2005-08-2930

The National Flood Insurance Program has paid $7.8 million on 410 claims filed in Yazoo County; the most in one year was 109 in 2011. Claims count insured losses only: uninsured flood damage is not in this file.

The values, year by year

1979: 22 · 1980: 4 · 1981: 1 · 1982: 2 · 1983: 46 · 1984: 9 · 1987: 7 · 1988: 1 · 1990: 1 · 1991: 13 · 1993: 1 · 1994: 4 · 1995: 4 · 1996: 1 · 1997: 18 · 2000: 4 · 2003: 24 · 2004: 1 · 2005: 6 · 2006: 3 · 2007: 1 · 2008: 50 · 2009: 9 · 2011: 109 · 2012: 2 · 2013: 2 · 2014: 10 · 2016: 6 · 2017: 1 · 2018: 5 · 2019: 15 · 2020: 18 · 2021: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2026: 1; the other years: 0.

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims, as of September 8, 2026; claims by year of loss, payments in the dollars of the year paid. OpenFEMA dataset page.

FEMA's modeled risk for Yazoo County

FEMA's National Risk Index rates Yazoo County Relatively Low overall, with an expected annual loss of $18.9 million. These are FEMA's model estimates of future loss from 18 hazards, not a count of what happened; they can differ from the record above.

National Risk Index ratings for Yazoo County (December 2025 release), by FEMA's rating, then score
HazardRisk ratingExpected annual lossModeled frequency
LightningRelatively High$1.1M68 a year (modeled)
Cold WaveRelatively High$5.1Mabout once a year (modeled)
DroughtRelatively Moderate$1.0M18 modeled event-days a year
TornadoRelatively Moderate$4.3M1.2 a year (modeled)
HailRelatively Moderate$732K4 a year (modeled)
Strong WindRelatively Moderate$879K3.4 a year (modeled)
Ice StormRelatively Moderate$118K1 a year (modeled)
Heat WaveRelatively Low$859K17 modeled event-days a year

Source: FEMA National Risk Index, county table, December 2025 release. FEMA's National Risk Index map.

Counties that share a border with Yazoo County

  1. Hinds County 1,537
  2. Madison County 909
  3. Warren County 827
  4. Yazoo County 674
  5. Attala County 516
  6. Holmes County 464
  7. Humphreys County 282
  8. Sharkey County 271
  9. Issaquena County 228

Source: U.S. Census Bureau county adjacency file; NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records since 1950. The Census Bureau's adjacency file.

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