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The chance of earthquake damage in 38961 Zip Code is about the same as Mississippi average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in 38961 Zip Code is much lower than Mississippi average and is higher than the national average.

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Earthquake Index, #94

38961 Zip Code	0.06
Mississippi	0.05
U.S.	1.81

The earthquake index value is calculated based on historical earthquake events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the earthquake level in a region. A higher earthquake index value means a higher chance of an earthquake.

Volcano Index, #1

38961 Zip Code	0.0000
Mississippi	0.0000
U.S.	0.0023

The volcano index value is calculated based on the currently known volcanoes using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the possibility of a region being affected by a possible volcano eruption. A higher volcano index value means a higher chance of being affected.

Tornado Index, #485

38961 Zip Code	186.54
Mississippi	280.40
U.S.	136.45

The tornado index value is calculated based on historical tornado events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the tornado level in a region. A higher tornado index value means a higher chance of tornado events.

Other Weather Extremes Events

A total of 2,352 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of 38961 Zip Code were recorded from 1950 to 2010. The following is a break down of these events:

Type	Count	Type	Count	Type	Count	Type	Count	Type	Count
Avalanche:	0	Blizzard:	0	Cold:	2	Dense Fog:	0	Drought:	12
Dust Storm:	0	Flood:	209	Hail:	736	Heat:	20	Heavy Snow:	7
High Surf:	0	Hurricane:	5	Ice Storm:	9	Landslide:	0	Strong Wind:	10
Thunderstorm Winds:	1,286	Tropical Storm:	2	Wildfire:	0	Winter Storm:	10	Winter Weather:	8
Other:	36

Volcanos Nearby

No volcano is found in or near 38961 Zip Code.

Historical Earthquake Events

No historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near 38961 Zip Code.

No historical earthquake events found in or near 38961 Zip Code.

Historical Tornado Events

A total of 88 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near 38961 Zip Code.

Distance (miles)	Date	Magnitude	Start Lat/Log	End Lat/Log	Length	Width	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage	Crop Damage	Affected County
8.3	1975-03-12	2	34°00'N / 90°03'W		1.00 Mile	100 Yards	0	7	3K	0	Tallahatchie
9.3	1984-04-21	2	34°00'N / 89°55'W	34°05'N / 89°40'W	14.00 Miles	10 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Yalobusha
9.5	1975-03-12	2	33°58'N / 89°45'W		1.00 Mile	60 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Yalobusha
10.5	1969-06-21	2	33°53'N / 89°49'W	33°48'N / 89°46'W	6.50 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Grenada
11.3	1990-12-21	3	33°45'N / 89°57'W	33°50'N / 89°55'W	3.50 Miles	440 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Grenada
12.2	1984-04-21	2	33°51'N / 90°20'W	34°00'N / 89°55'W	22.00 Miles	10 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Tallahatchie
13.1	1980-06-24	2	33°57'N / 90°10'W	33°54'N / 90°07'W	4.90 Miles	300 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Tallahatchie
13.1	1971-02-21	4	33°41'N / 90°08'W	34°31'N / 89°24'W	71.20 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Grenada
13.5	1973-03-10	2	33°43'N / 89°47'W	33°59'N / 89°39'W	19.90 Miles	220 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Grenada
14.5	1968-12-27	2	33°46'N / 89°55'W	33°44'N / 89°48'W	7.30 Miles	123 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Grenada
15.1	1973-11-20	3	33°41'N / 90°03'W	33°48'N / 89°54'W	11.90 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Grenada
15.4	1988-12-27	2	33°49'N / 90°13'W	33°54'N / 90°06'W	12.00 Miles	73 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Tallahatchie
16.1	1956-04-03	2	33°36'N / 90°27'W	34°19'N / 88°49'W	105.9 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Leflore
19.9	1974-04-01	2	33°40'N / 89°55'W				0	0	25K	0	Carroll
21.0	1974-04-12	2	33°41'N / 89°45'W				0	0	25K	0	Grenada
21.2	1988-12-27	2	33°44'N / 90°14'W	33°48'N / 90°11'W	6.00 Miles	73 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Leflore
21.6	1983-05-18	2	33°45'N / 90°12'W		0.70 Mile	77 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Tallahatchie
22.1	1968-12-27	2	34°03'N / 90°17'W				1	5	0K	0	Tallahatchie
23.2	1988-12-27	2	34°09'N / 89°38'W	34°10'N / 89°33'W	5.00 Miles	73 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Yalobusha
25.2	1971-02-04	2	33°43'N / 89°36'W	33°46'N / 89°31'W	6.10 Miles	33 Yards	7	0	25K	0	Grenada
25.7	1973-11-24	3	33°40'N / 90°12'W				0	0	3K	0	Leflore
26.4	1968-12-27	2	33°41'N / 90°18'W	33°43'N / 90°13'W	5.60 Miles	133 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Leflore
26.6	1978-05-12	2	34°19'N / 90°13'W	34°19'N / 89°56'W	16.20 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	25.0M	0	Panola
26.8	1983-04-01	2	33°35'N / 90°03'W		1.00 Mile	73 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Carroll
26.9	2000-01-03	2	34°10'N / 89°33'W	34°14'N / 89°33'W	2.20 Miles	300 Yards	0	0	100K	0	Yalobusha
		Brief Description: The tornado first developed just south of Highway 315 in the community of Hawkins Crossing and moved northeast across the northeast corner of Yalobusha county. The tornado continued into southwest Lafayette county and continued to travel northeast ending in Union county. One home was blown three feet off its foundation with only the west facing wall left standing. Two mobile homes were completely destroyed. Nine other homes and one barn recieved moderate to extensive damage.
28.0	1973-04-24	2	33°54'N / 90°24'W				0	42	2.5M	0	Tallahatchie
28.9	1975-03-12	2	34°22'N / 90°00'W		2.50 Miles	70 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Panola
29.2	1964-11-19	2	34°12'N / 90°18'W	34°24'N / 90°07'W	17.30 Miles	440 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Quitman
30.3	1955-06-22	2	34°09'N / 90°25'W	34°30'N / 89°59'W	34.60 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Quitman
30.7	1975-03-12	2	34°04'N / 90°26'W		1.00 Mile	50 Yards	0	5	25K	0	Tallahatchie
30.7	1970-04-01	2	33°30'N / 90°19'W	33°40'N / 90°06'W	16.90 Miles	300 Yards	0	4	25K	0	Leflore
30.9	1974-01-28	2	33°44'N / 90°23'W				0	0	25K	0	Leflore
32.0	1997-03-01	3	34°04'N / 89°26'W	34°10'N / 89°21'W	5.00 Miles	400 Yards	0	1	10K	0	Calhoun
		Brief Description: A second tornado developed in Calhoun county near Banner. This tornado also tracked northeast through extreme southeast Lafayette county, through the northwest part of Pontotoc county and through the middle of Union county. While damage occurred in all four counties, the most damage took place in Union county near the town of Martintown. All told 17 persons were injured. Ninety-one homes were damaged with forty-nine of these homes deemed uninhabitable.
32.1	1974-10-29	2	33°30'N / 89°48'W		0.20 Mile	50 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Montgomery
32.4	1968-03-11	2	33°31'N / 90°07'W		1.50 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Leflore
32.6	1973-11-20	2	33°30'N / 90°04'W				0	0	250K	0	Leflore
32.8	1976-04-24	2	34°25'N / 89°57'W	34°26'N / 89°43'W	13.30 Miles	300 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Panola
33.1	2001-11-24	2	34°09'N / 90°27'W	34°27'N / 90°11'W	27.00 Miles	300 Yards	2	16	5.0M	0	Quitman
		Brief Description: The tornado touched down in the western part of the county near Walnut and tracked northeast eventually crossing into Panola county. Two women were killed when the tornado destroyed their homes. Numerous buildings were destroyed in the county. A cotton plant was damaged just west of the town of Belen. Over 100 homes were damaged or destroyed. F73PH, F61PH
33.2	1988-11-19	2	33°26'N / 89°59'W	33°31'N / 89°55'W	7.00 Miles	120 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Carroll
33.2	1971-02-21	3	33°51'N / 90°31'W	33°58'N / 90°28'W	8.60 Miles	33 Yards	3	0	0K	0	Sunflower
33.8	2001-02-24	3	33°29'N / 90°09'W	33°31'N / 90°07'W	5.00 Miles	400 Yards	0	0	2.2M	0	Leflore
33.9	1978-05-12	2	34°19'N / 90°25'W	34°19'N / 90°13'W	11.50 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	25.0M	0	Quitman
34.5	1988-11-19	3	33°54'N / 90°32'W	33°58'N / 90°30'W	4.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	3	250K	0	Sunflower
34.6	1971-02-21	4	33°23'N / 90°21'W	33°41'N / 90°08'W	24.20 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Leflore
34.6	1975-03-12	2	34°04'N / 89°24'W	34°04'N / 89°15'W	8.50 Miles	60 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Calhoun
35.0	1965-01-23	2	33°51'N / 89°19'W		0.50 Mile	23 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Calhoun
36.4	2001-02-24	3	34°02'N / 89°21'W	34°05'N / 89°14'W	8.00 Miles	50 Yards	0	0	10K	0	Calhoun
		Brief Description: The tornado began in rural Calhoun county and tracked northeast moving into Pontotoc county near Matthews.
36.4	1952-08-03	2	34°22'N / 89°31'W		0.30 Mile	200 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Lafayette
36.7	1976-04-24	3	34°21'N / 90°24'W	34°22'N / 90°16'W	7.70 Miles	300 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Quitman
37.6	2000-01-03	2	34°11'N / 89°31'W	34°23'N / 89°16'W	21.00 Miles	150 Yards	0	3	100K	0	Lafayette
		Brief Description: The tornado first developed just south of Highway 315 in the community of Hawkins Crossing and moved northeast across the northeast corner of Yalobusha county. The tornado continued into southwest Lafayette county and continued to travel northeast ending in Union county. In the town of Paris in the southwest part of the county, a frame house was lifted off its foundation with the back end of the house completely blown out. One person in the house was injured. A nearby house under construction was severly damaged. Several other homes in the area received minor damage and numerous trees were snapped or uprooted. The tornado also produced some damage in the towns of Denmark and Lafayette Springs.
37.6	1984-04-21	3	33°38'N / 89°24'W	33°42'N / 89°19'W	7.00 Miles	10 Yards	2	4	25.0M	0	Leflore
38.2	1971-02-21	3	33°31'N / 90°27'W	33°38'N / 90°21'W	10.00 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Leflore
38.7	1997-03-01	3	34°10'N / 89°22'W	34°16'N / 89°16'W	5.00 Miles	400 Yards	0	0	10K	0	Lafayette
		Brief Description: A second tornado developed in Calhoun county near Banner. This tornado also tracked northeast through extreme southeast Lafayette county, through the northwest part of Pontotoc county and through the middle of Union county. While damage occurred in all four counties, the most damage took place in Union county near the town of Martintown. All told 17 persons were injured. Ninety-one homes were damaged with forty-nine of these homes deemed uninhabitable.
39.3	1974-04-01	2	33°48'N / 89°18'W	33°47'N / 89°13'W	5.10 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Calhoun
39.6	1976-03-26	2	34°22'N / 89°26'W		1.00 Mile	100 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Lafayette
40.0	1974-07-16	2	34°04'N / 90°36'W		0.50 Mile	50 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Coahoma
40.2	1978-05-12	2	34°19'N / 90°31'W	34°19'N / 90°25'W	5.70 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	25.0M	0	Coahoma
40.4	1988-11-26	2	33°44'N / 90°34'W		2.00 Miles	40 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Sunflower
40.5	2001-11-24	2	34°27'N / 90°12'W	34°33'N / 90°09'W	7.50 Miles	300 Yards	1	12	2.0M	0	Panola
		Brief Description: The tornado moved into the far western part of Panola county from Quitman county and tracked northeast eventually moving into Tate county. One girl was killed when the mobile home where she was staying was destroyed. A cluster of homes and a Baptist church were destroyed. In all 35 homes damaged or destroyed. F10MH
40.9	1955-10-28	2	34°12'N / 90°34'W		2.00 Miles	33 Yards	0	1	250K	0	Coahoma
40.9	1976-05-13	2	33°22'N / 89°38'W	33°30'N / 89°31'W	11.40 Miles	1320 Yards	0	4	250K	0	Montgomery
41.2	1980-10-17	2	33°26'N / 89°34'W		1.00 Mile	200 Yards	0	5	250K	0	Montgomery
41.6	1967-01-26	2	33°29'N / 90°22'W		0.30 Mile	20 Yards	0	7	250K	0	Leflore
42.2	2008-02-05	3	34°24'N / 89°31'W	34°30'N / 89°27'W	7.00 Miles	1000 Yards	0	14	35.0M	0K	Lafayette
		Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: A tornado touched down in the Lafayette County Industrial Park on County Road 166 north of Oxford. The tornado destroyed the Ability Works Incorporated plant and tracked northeast hitting a county owned speculation warehouse and the Caterpillar Plant. The Elliot Lumber Company was also heavily damaged. The tornado then tracked northeast crossing County Road 101 near the County Road 104 intersection. In this area the Harvest Ministries Church, a mobile home and a veterinary clinic were all destroyed. Tree damage was noted as the tornado crossed Highway 7. The tornado continued northeast inflicting heavy damage along County Road 291 where 12 homes and mobile homes were destroyed. The tornado then damaged 2,500 acres of the Holly Springs National Forest before lifting about 2 miles east of Abbeville. A total of about 70 structures were damaged or destroyed. Eleven homes were destroyed and about 15 suffered heavy damage. About 10 mobile homes were destroyed or heavily damaged. Nine commericial structures were destroyed with another 6 suffering heavy damage. The rest of the structures had minor to moderate damage. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A strong low pressure system tracked from Northern Arkansas into Southern Missouri during the evening hours of February 5th, 2008. Supercells developed out ahead of the system during the late afternoon into the early evening. The storms produced tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds. As the supercells moved east during the evening, a cold front moved into North Mississippi. A squall line developed along the front and produced another round of large hail and damaging winds. The front continued to push east into the overnight hours.
42.2	1957-11-14	3	33°27'N / 89°34'W	33°27'N / 89°26'W	7.80 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Montgomery
42.5	2005-09-24	2	33°23'N / 90°15'W	33°28'N / 90°20'W	8.00 Miles	250 Yards	0	0	1.5M	700K	Leflore
		Brief Description: This tornado touched down just north-northwest of Cruger, in Holmes county, on the extreme southern end of Mosquito Lake and tracked northwest for 9 miles across southern Leflore county. As the tornado tracked northwest toward the Phillipstown Community, hundreds of trees were snapped and uprooted across Mosquito Lake. Between Phillipstown and Quito was where the most significant damage occurred. Two homes and a church were significantly damaged and hunting lodge was totally destroyed with its contents and debris scattered half a mile along the path. A steel framed cotton gin was nearly destroyed in Quito with nearly all of the roof gone and many walls taken down. A seed warehouse at this location was also significantly damaged. Additionally, hundreds of trees were damaged along with several bails of picked cotton that were scattered across a few fields. The tornado dissipated just to the northwest of Quito.
42.6	1976-04-24	2	34°26'N / 89°43'W	34°29'N / 89°15'W	26.80 Miles	300 Yards	0	2	25K	0	Lafayette
43.0	1980-10-17	2	33°22'N / 90°16'W	33°25'N / 90°12'W	5.40 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Leflore
43.0	1970-05-10	2	34°17'N / 89°24'W	34°23'N / 89°14'W	11.80 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Lafayette
43.4	1957-11-07	3	33°10'N / 90°10'W	33°31'N / 90°00'W	26.00 Miles	300 Yards	0	1	25K	0	Carroll
43.7	1976-04-24	3	34°17'N / 90°41'W	34°21'N / 90°24'W	16.90 Miles	300 Yards	0	1	250K	0	Coahoma
43.7	1990-12-21	3	33°16'N / 89°51'W	33°24'N / 89°41'W	13.00 Miles	880 Yards	1	15	2.5M	0	Carroll
43.7	1956-04-03	2	33°33'N / 90°36'W	33°36'N / 90°27'W	9.30 Miles	33 Yards	0	2	0K	0	Sunflower
43.7	1990-12-21	2	33°18'N / 90°22'W	33°30'N / 90°12'W	16.00 Miles	300 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Leflore
44.1	1962-02-23	2	34°33'N / 89°38'W				0	1	3K	0	Lafayette
44.3	2010-05-02	2	34°29'N / 89°30'W	34°30'N / 89°29'W	1.00 Mile	75 Yards	1	0	250K	0K	Lafayette
		Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: A tornado touched down just southwest of Abbeville and tracked northeast hitting the south side of Abbeville. The tornado lifted along County Road 215. One fatality occurred when a single family home was destroyed. A double wide mobile home was also destroyed. Three other homes sustained major damage. Numerous trees were also uprooted along the path. EPISODE NARRATIVE: An upper level disturbance slowly approached the Mid-South during the evening of April 30th, 2010 as a cold front became stationary to the west. This pattern remained in place through the evening hours of May 2nd, 2010. South to southwest winds pumped warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico and created a very unstable atmosphere. Showers and thunderstorms developed in association with the front during the early evening hours and moved east into Eastern Arkansas shortly before midnight. Additional thunderstorms occurred in association with the upper level disturbance. Due to the unstable atmosphere, thunderstorms quickly became severe producing large hail, damaging winds, and flash flooding. The severe weather evolved into an outbreak by May 1st and 2nd. Historic rainfall and flash flooding in addition to large hail and damaging winds occurred during the early morning hours of May 1st with several tornadoes occurring during the afternoon hours of May 1st to early morning hours of May 2nd.
45.3	1999-01-21	2	33°29'N / 90°37'W	33°41'N / 90°31'W	15.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	100K	0	Sunflower
		Brief Description: This tornado touched down in open field and moved northeast towards Blaine. A few trees and power lines were blown down until it reached Blaine. At Blaine, the storm did substantial damage to four wood structured houses and one brick structured house. One mobile home was destroyed and another received heavy damage. Two automobiles were also damaged by the debris. Further northeast along the track, the tornado destroyed two wood framed churches near Doddsville. Also a pivot irrigation system was over-turned and several power lines and power poles were blown down.
45.8	1975-05-29	2	34°37'N / 89°57'W		0.10 Mile	13 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Tate
46.4	2001-11-24	2	34°32'N / 90°11'W	34°40'N / 90°06'W	9.00 Miles	300 Yards	0	5	500K	0	Tate
		Brief Description: The tornado moved into the southwest part of Tate county from Panola county and lifted up northeast of Strayhorn. Numerous buildings were damaged or destroyed.
46.5	1974-04-01	2	33°51'N / 90°43'W				0	0	250K	0	Bolivar
46.7	1984-04-21	3	33°42'N / 89°19'W	33°56'N / 88°55'W	23.00 Miles	10 Yards	5	2	25.0M	0	Tallahatchie
47.3	1963-04-29	3	34°25'N / 90°34'W	34°26'N / 90°28'W	5.70 Miles	440 Yards	5	10	250K	0	Coahoma
47.3	2005-09-24	2	33°42'N / 90°40'W	33°50'N / 90°45'W	12.00 Miles	200 Yards	0	0	800K	100K	Bolivar
		Brief Description: This tornado touched down between Cleveland and Ruleville about 3 miles southeast of Dockery in Western Sunflower county. The tornado then tracked northwest into Bolivar county just east of Cleveland and then toward Merigold where it dissipated. As the tornado approached Cleveland it remained over open farm land and caused damage to trees and power lines. The tornado became more intense just east and northeast of Cleveland. Here the most significant damage occurred which was within a swath of nearly 2 miles that extended from the northeast outskirts of Cleveland to the Renova Community. A couple of buildings were severely damage with one commercial storage building totally destroyed. Three mobile homes were destroyed and 5 other homes sustained heavy damage. Three sheds were destroyed and numerous large trees and power poles were taken down. A mid-sized storage tank was thrown 1/4 of a mile into a field and 3 bicycle frames were thrown 1/4 to 1/2 a mile away. The tornado weakened as it moved toward Merigold and dissipated about 1 mile west of Town off Pemble Road. The total path length across Sunflower and Bolivar counties was 13 miles with a maximum width of 200 yards and maximum rating of F2. Additionally, this tornado developed from the same parent storm which produced the Belzoni tornado.
47.5	1957-11-07	3	33°17'N / 90°14'W	33°20'N / 90°10'W	5.20 Miles	300 Yards	2	0	250K	0	Holmes
48.1	1964-11-19	2	34°21'N / 90°45'W	34°11'N / 90°35'W	14.90 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Coahoma
48.9	1972-04-21	3	33°19'N / 90°26'W	33°21'N / 90°13'W	12.80 Miles	150 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Leflore
49.2	1976-03-20	2	33°43'N / 90°45'W	33°46'N / 90°43'W	4.30 Miles	440 Yards	0	1	250K	0	Bolivar
49.6	1972-04-15	2	33°42'N / 90°48'W	33°47'N / 90°41'W	8.80 Miles	33 Yards	0	62	250K	0	Bolivar

* The information on this page is based on the global volcano database, the U.S. earthquake database of 1638-1985, and the U.S. Tornado and Weather Extremes database of 1950-2010.