Jackson County Natural Disasters and Weather Extremes
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The chance of earthquake damage in Jackson County is about the same as Mississippi average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in Jackson County is much lower than Mississippi average and is higher than the national average.
Earthquake Index, #45
| Jackson County | 0.01 |
| 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
| Jackson County | 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, #74
| Jackson County | 177.24 |
| 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 6,338 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of Jackson County 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: | 12 | Dense Fog: | 2 | Drought: | 25 |
| Dust Storm: | 0 | Flood: | 706 | Hail: | 1,716 | Heat: | 5 | Heavy Snow: | 5 |
| High Surf: | 0 | Hurricane: | 1 | Ice Storm: | 4 | Landslide: | 0 | Strong Wind: | 14 |
| Thunderstorm Winds: | 3,257 | Tropical Storm: | 2 | Wildfire: | 1 | Winter Storm: | 10 | Winter Weather: | 12 |
| Other: | 566 | ||||||||
Volcanos Nearby
No volcano is found in or near Jackson County.
Historical Earthquake Events
No historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near Jackson County.
No historical earthquake events found in or near Jackson County.
Historical Tornado Events
A total of 60 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near Jackson County.
| Distance (miles) | Date | Magnitude | Start Lat/Log | End Lat/Log | Length | Width | Fatalities | Injuries | Property Damage | Crop Damage | Affected County |
| 5.8 | 1981-02-10 | 2 | 30°31'N / 88°33'W | 0.50 Mile | 50 Yards | 0 | 2 | 250K | 0 | Jackson | |
| 5.9 | 1958-02-26 | 2 | 30°25'N / 88°51'W | 30°39'N / 88°29'W | 27.10 Miles | 30 Yards | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Jackson |
| 7.3 | 1982-04-25 | 2 | 30°23'N / 88°32'W | 0 | 3 | 250K | 0 | Jackson | |||
| 7.7 | 1975-01-10 | 2 | 30°30'N / 88°30'W | 0.10 Mile | 70 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Jackson | |
| 7.9 | 1966-04-27 | 2 | 30°33'N / 88°42'W | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Jackson | |||
| 9.4 | 1977-05-02 | 2 | 30°28'N / 88°30'W | 30°31'N / 88°26'W | 5.20 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Jackson |
| 10.5 | 1985-05-21 | 2 | 30°23'N / 88°49'W | 30°25'N / 88°45'W | 3.50 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Jackson |
| 12.1 | 1971-05-08 | 2 | 30°25'N / 88°49'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Jackson | |||
| 14.5 | 1958-02-26 | 2 | 30°25'N / 88°52'W | 30°25'N / 88°51'W | 1.30 Miles | 30 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Harrison |
| 15.1 | 1980-05-19 | 2 | 30°29'N / 88°53'W | 30°32'N / 88°51'W | 4.30 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Jackson |
| 16.7 | 1980-05-19 | 2 | 30°27'N / 88°55'W | 30°29'N / 88°53'W | 3.60 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Harrison |
| 17.2 | 1988-03-03 | 2 | 30°24'N / 88°54'W | 1.20 Miles | 30 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Harrison | |
| 21.2 | 1960-05-07 | 2 | 30°30'N / 88°16'W | 0.10 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Mobile | |
| 22.2 | 1980-04-13 | 3 | 30°22'N / 89°06'W | 30°30'N / 88°53'W | 15.90 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 25 | 25.0M | 0 | Harrison |
| 23.2 | 2000-11-06 | 2 | 30°30'N / 88°14'W | 30°30'N / 88°14'W | 1.50 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 2 | 100K | 0 | Mobile |
| Brief Description: A thunderstorm produced an F2 tornado that first touched down near the intersection of Highway 188 and Four Mile Road. A house suffered roof damage and a couple of barns were damaged. Trees were also blown down. The tornado moved northeast and trees were blown down along County Road 15. The tornado then touched down in a Mobile Home Park. One of the homes was completely destroyed with the occupants riding out the storm huddled together inside a bathtub. The two sisters were thrown out of the home as the tornado blew it from its foundation and turned it over several times. They were found in the woods behind their home with only minor injuries. Some of the other homes in the neighborhood suffered damage with skirting and parts of roofs torn off. The tornado continued northeast and did some minor damage near Howerin Road and near the intersection of Two Mile and Beverly Roads. The tornado then lifted back into the cloud. | |||||||||||
| 25.6 | 1972-05-07 | 2 | 30°28'N / 89°03'W | 0.80 Mile | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Harrison | |
| 25.6 | 1994-04-12 | 2 | 30°28'N / 89°03'W | 2.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 2 | 15 | 5.0M | 0 | Harrison | |
| Brief Description: Twenty mobile homes were totally destroyed and four brick homes were partially destroyed. At least four businesses were damaged. The two deaths and the fifteen injuries all occurred in mobile homes. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. Damage was estimated at near one million dollars. F57M M08M | |||||||||||
| 26.1 | 1973-12-26 | 2 | 30°32'N / 88°13'W | 30°33'N / 88°10'W | 3.80 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Mobile |
| 26.8 | 1980-05-16 | 3 | 30°22'N / 89°09'W | 30°27'N / 88°59'W | 11.50 Miles | 800 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Harrison |
| 27.6 | 1971-02-12 | 2 | 30°44'N / 88°47'W | 30°59'N / 88°28'W | 25.50 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 2 | 250K | 0 | George |
| 27.6 | 1985-09-23 | 2 | 30°26'N / 89°05'W | 1.00 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Harrison | |
| 27.6 | 2004-11-24 | 2 | 30°26'N / 89°05'W | 30°26'N / 89°05'W | 1.50 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3.0M | 0 | Harrison |
| Brief Description: A tornado traveled east to west on path along Dedeaux Road between Highway 49 and Three Rivers Road in the Orange Grove community. Most of the damage was rated a F1 intensity by a NWS ground survey, however there were areas of F2 damage. A large church under-construction was heavily damaged or destroyed. Three homes and five businesses received major damage while twenty homes had minor damage. Early estimates were that damage would approach 3 million dollars. | |||||||||||
| 28.1 | 1967-10-30 | 3 | 30°23'N / 89°05'W | 2.00 Miles | 400 Yards | 4 | 17 | 25.0M | 0 | Harrison | |
| 28.3 | 1968-11-03 | 3 | 30°22'N / 89°05'W | 2.00 Miles | 123 Yards | 0 | 5 | 0K | 0 | Harrison | |
| 29.6 | 1980-05-19 | 3 | 30°23'N / 89°11'W | 30°29'N / 89°03'W | 10.60 Miles | 800 Yards | 0 | 4 | 2.5M | 0 | Harrison |
| 30.5 | 1973-04-07 | 2 | 30°54'N / 88°36'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | George | |||
| 30.6 | 1967-05-02 | 2 | 30°54'N / 88°35'W | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | George | |||
| 31.1 | 1960-05-07 | 2 | 30°30'N / 88°06'W | 0.20 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Mobile | |
| 31.1 | 1989-07-02 | 2 | 30°30'N / 88°06'W | 1.00 Mile | 73 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Mobile | |
| 32.2 | 1967-10-30 | 2 | 30°20'N / 88°06'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Mobile | |||
| 32.2 | 1980-05-19 | 3 | 30°54'N / 88°39'W | 30°57'N / 88°37'W | 4.30 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | George |
| 32.4 | 1982-04-25 | 3 | 30°15'N / 88°08'W | 1.50 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Mobile | |
| 33.4 | 1980-05-19 | 2 | 30°36'N / 88°05'W | 0.10 Mile | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Mobile | |
| 34.3 | 1953-03-18 | 2 | 30°42'N / 88°07'W | 0.10 Mile | 10 Yards | 0 | 2 | 3K | 0 | Mobile | |
| 34.8 | 1950-04-18 | 3 | 30°40'N / 88°12'W | 30°51'N / 88°06'W | 14.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 15 | 25K | 0 | Mobile |
| 35.8 | 1971-02-12 | 2 | 30°57'N / 88°35'W | 31°00'N / 88°33'W | 4.30 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | George |
| 35.9 | 1976-03-27 | 3 | 30°58'N / 88°40'W | 30°59'N / 88°26'W | 13.90 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | George |
| 37.7 | 1982-04-20 | 2 | 30°18'N / 89°19'W | 30°21'N / 89°09'W | 13.00 Miles | 133 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Harrison |
| 37.8 | 1968-11-03 | 2 | 30°48'N / 89°19'W | 30°48'N / 88°55'W | 23.70 Miles | 183 Yards | 0 | 3 | 25K | 0 | Stone |
| 37.8 | 1970-02-01 | 2 | 30°19'N / 89°14'W | 2.00 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 3 | 0K | 0 | Harrison | |
| 38.3 | 1972-05-07 | 2 | 30°21'N / 89°15'W | 1.20 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Harrison | |
| 39.5 | 1971-02-12 | 2 | 31°00'N / 88°33'W | 31°03'N / 88°30'W | 4.70 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Greene |
| 39.7 | 1977-09-05 | 2 | 30°19'N / 89°16'W | 0.10 Mile | 77 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Harrison | |
| 40.1 | 1972-05-07 | 2 | 30°20'N / 89°18'W | 30°23'N / 89°16'W | 4.30 Miles | 23 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Harrison |
| 40.7 | 1953-04-04 | 2 | 30°51'N / 89°08'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Stone | |||
| 41.1 | 1977-06-16 | 2 | 30°49'N / 88°04'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Mobile | |||
| 41.1 | 1997-11-21 | 3 | 30°49'N / 88°04'W | 30°49'N / 88°04'W | 1.00 Mile | 300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.0M | 0 | Mobile |
| Brief Description: An F3 tornado touched down just east of I-65 in Saraland near Shelton Beach Estates. The tornado skipped east northeast along the ground before lifting back into the cloud near U S Highway 43. Three homes were almost completely gone, three more suffered major damage and about sixty homes in the middle-class neighbourhood suffered some damage. Most of the damage was consistent with an F1 or F2 tornado. No one was injured. Several people knew they were under a tornado warning and were able to take cover before the storm struck. Most of the residents said they did not hear the familiar "Freight Train Sound" before the tornado struck. | |||||||||||
| 42.6 | 1968-11-03 | 3 | 30°46'N / 88°07'W | 30°54'N / 87°59'W | 12.20 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 14 | 250K | 0 | Mobile |
| 42.6 | 1972-05-07 | 2 | 30°18'N / 89°20'W | 30°20'N / 89°18'W | 3.30 Miles | 23 Yards | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Hancock |
| 44.9 | 1970-06-02 | 2 | 30°36'N / 87°53'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Baldwin | |||
| 45.0 | 1950-04-18 | 2 | 30°42'N / 87°55'W | 2.00 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Baldwin | |
| 45.1 | 1982-04-20 | 2 | 30°16'N / 89°23'W | 30°18'N / 89°19'W | 5.00 Miles | 133 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Hancock |
| 45.7 | 1977-05-02 | 2 | 30°17'N / 89°24'W | 30°20'N / 89°20'W | 5.40 Miles | 20 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Hancock |
| 46.1 | 1971-09-16 | 2 | 30°32'N / 87°51'W | 1.00 Mile | 150 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Baldwin | |
| 46.6 | 1980-05-19 | 3 | 30°14'N / 89°27'W | 30°23'N / 89°19'W | 13.10 Miles | 800 Yards | 0 | 8 | 25.0M | 0 | Hancock |
| 47.7 | 1972-03-02 | 2 | 30°18'N / 89°26'W | 30°18'N / 89°22'W | 4.10 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 2 | 250K | 0 | Hancock |
| 47.8 | 1983-03-20 | 3 | 31°09'N / 88°34'W | 1.00 Mile | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Greene | |
| 48.4 | 1977-02-23 | 2 | 31°09'N / 88°42'W | 31°10'N / 88°28'W | 13.90 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Greene |
| 48.9 | 1964-12-24 | 2 | 30°30'N / 87°48'W | 2.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 3 | 25K | 0 | Baldwin | |
| 49.1 | 1971-02-26 | 2 | 31°10'N / 88°42'W | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Greene | |||
* 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.