Porterville, MS Natural Disasters and Weather Extremes
Hot Rankings
The chance of earthquake damage in Porterville is about the same as Mississippi average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in Porterville is much lower than Mississippi average and is higher than the national average.
Earthquake Index, #164
| Porterville, MS | 0.03 |
| 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
| Porterville, MS | 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, #403
| Porterville, MS | 202.53 |
| 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 2,880 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of Porterville, MS 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: | 26 | Dense Fog: | 0 | Drought: | 36 |
| Dust Storm: | 0 | Flood: | 178 | Hail: | 962 | Heat: | 63 | Heavy Snow: | 19 |
| High Surf: | 0 | Hurricane: | 7 | Ice Storm: | 5 | Landslide: | 0 | Strong Wind: | 47 |
| Thunderstorm Winds: | 1,464 | Tropical Storm: | 8 | Wildfire: | 1 | Winter Storm: | 12 | Winter Weather: | 10 |
| Other: | 42 | ||||||||
Volcanos Nearby
No volcano is found in or near Porterville, MS.
Historical Earthquake Events
A total of 3 historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near Porterville, MS.
| Distance (miles) | Date | Magnitude | Depth (km) | Latitude | Longitude |
| 45.4 | 1971-03-14 | 3.9 | 1 | 33.1 | -87.9 |
| 47.6 | 1977-05-04 | 3.6 | 5 | 31.98 | -88.42 |
| 49.5 | 1978-12-11 | 3.5 | 5 | 31.95 | -88.48 |
Historical Tornado Events
A total of 84 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near Porterville, MS.
| Distance (miles) | Date | Magnitude | Start Lat/Log | End Lat/Log | Length | Width | Fatalities | Injuries | Property Damage | Crop Damage | Affected County |
| 4.9 | 1992-11-22 | 2 | 32°36'N / 88°38'W | 32°52'N / 88°24'W | 23.00 Miles | 880 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Kemper |
| 9.0 | 1986-03-12 | 4 | 32°36'N / 88°42'W | 32°42'N / 88°35'W | 7.00 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Kemper |
| 12.2 | 2007-01-05 | 2 | 32°36'N / 88°42'W | 32°39'N / 88°41'W | 2.00 Miles | 250 Yards | 0 | 9 | 600K | 0K | Kemper |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: This strong tornado touched down in the Blackwater Community and caused extensive damage along its 2 mile path. Six homes were destroyed, five of which were mobile homes and one modular home. Nine people were injured with three serious. One car was flipped over and rolled along with extensive damage to trees and power lines along the path of this high end F2 tornado. EPISODE NARRATIVE: During the evening of Jan 4th and early morning hours of Jan 5th, a potent storm system moved across the Lower Mississippi Valley. This system was dynamic enough to generate a line of thunderstorms across Central Mississippi. This line developed within a strongly sheared environment and evolved into a squall line with bowing segments. These bowing segments proved very efficient with respect to producing damaging wind gusts and six tornadoes. The squall line matured just east of Interstate 55 around 11 pm and raced east before exiting into Alabama around 3 am. | |||||||||||
| 16.0 | 2000-12-16 | 2 | 32°24'N / 88°40'W | 32°30'N / 88°30'W | 12.00 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 17 | 2.1M | 0 | Lauderdale |
| Brief Description: An F2 tornado caused major damage in the Marion and Dalewood Shore Lake communities, northeast of Meridian. Two houses and thirteen mobile homes were destroyed. Eleven houses and twelve mobile homes received major damage. Thirty-three houses and twenty-two mobile homes received minor damage. Three businesses were destroyed and one business had minor damage. Thousands of trees were blown down or snapped off, and numerous power poles and power lines were also downed. Seventeen people were injured, including one in critical condition. | |||||||||||
| 17.4 | 1992-11-22 | 2 | 32°48'N / 88°42'W | 32°58'N / 88°35'W | 11.00 Miles | 880 Yards | 1 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Kemper |
| 18.0 | 1986-03-12 | 4 | 32°25'N / 88°46'W | 32°36'N / 88°42'W | 16.00 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 8 | 2.5M | 0 | Lauderdale |
| 20.2 | 1954-12-29 | 2 | 32°54'N / 88°42'W | 32°55'N / 88°40'W | 3.00 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 9 | 0K | 0 | Kemper |
| 21.4 | 1992-11-22 | 2 | 32°54'N / 88°18'W | 32°57'N / 88°16'W | 6.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Sumter |
| 22.1 | 1961-12-12 | 2 | 32°24'N / 88°23'W | 32°32'N / 88°00'W | 24.20 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Sumter |
| 22.2 | 1954-12-29 | 2 | 32°55'N / 88°40'W | 33°01'N / 88°35'W | 8.50 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Noxubee |
| 22.7 | 1982-04-03 | 3 | 32°43'N / 88°55'W | 32°42'N / 88°50'W | 4.00 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25.0M | 0 | Kemper |
| 24.9 | 1976-03-29 | 4 | 32°22'N / 88°54'W | 32°26'N / 88°39'W | 15.40 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Lauderdale |
| 26.1 | 1992-11-22 | 2 | 32°58'N / 88°35'W | 33°07'N / 88°17'W | 16.00 Miles | 880 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Noxubee |
| 26.5 | 1967-12-18 | 3 | 32°26'N / 88°09'W | 32°30'N / 88°03'W | 7.60 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Sumter |
| 27.3 | 1977-04-04 | 3 | 32°53'N / 88°55'W | 32°54'N / 88°50'W | 5.10 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Kemper |
| 27.4 | 1966-03-03 | 5 | 32°34'N / 89°34'W | 32°49'N / 88°21'W | 72.80 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25.0M | 0 | Leake |
| 28.1 | 1992-03-10 | 3 | 32°15'N / 88°47'W | 32°18'N / 88°27'W | 20.00 Miles | 1760 Yards | 3 | 57 | 2.5M | 0 | Lauderdale |
| 29.0 | 1975-02-23 | 2 | 32°47'N / 88°58'W | 0.50 Mile | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Neshoba | |
| 29.4 | 1953-05-01 | 4 | 32°15'N / 88°23'W | 2 | 3 | 25K | 0 | Choctaw | |||
| 29.9 | 1973-11-27 | 2 | 32°42'N / 89°00'W | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Neshoba | |||
| 29.9 | 1977-04-04 | 3 | 33°03'N / 88°33'W | 33°09'N / 88°27'W | 9.10 Miles | 587 Yards | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Calhoun |
| 30.1 | 1977-04-04 | 3 | 32°49'N / 89°00'W | 32°53'N / 88°55'W | 6.60 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Neshoba |
| 30.4 | 2007-01-05 | 2 | 32°43'N / 89°01'W | 32°43'N / 89°00'W | 1.00 Mile | 150 Yards | 0 | 0 | 150K | 0K | Neshoba |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: This strong tornado briefly touched down between the Tucker and Bloomfield Communities. One brick home had its entire roof blown off, a large outbuilding was destroyed and a tractor was picked up and rolled. Additionally, numerous trees were snapped and uprooted along the short path. EPISODE NARRATIVE: During the evening of Jan 4th and early morning hours of Jan 5th, a potent storm system moved across the Lower Mississippi Valley. This system was dynamic enough to generate a line of thunderstorms across Central Mississippi. This line developed within a strongly sheared environment and evolved into a squall line with bowing segments. These bowing segments proved very efficient with respect to producing damaging wind gusts and six tornadoes. The squall line matured just east of Interstate 55 around 11 pm and raced east before exiting into Alabama around 3 am. | |||||||||||
| 30.7 | 1982-04-03 | 3 | 32°46'N / 89°06'W | 32°43'N / 88°55'W | 13.00 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25.0M | 0 | Neshoba |
| 30.7 | 1954-02-20 | 2 | 32°34'N / 89°01'W | 32°37'N / 89°00'W | 3.60 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 5 | 250K | 0 | Neshoba |
| 31.1 | 2005-08-29 | 2 | 32°35'N / 89°00'W | 32°37'N / 89°02'W | 3.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 70K | 400K | Neshoba |
| Brief Description: This strong tornado touched down just south of the House Community and tracked west-northwest for 3 miles. Several hundred trees were uprooted or snapped along the path with a few outbuildings and homes damaged by fallen trees. Additionally, numerous power lines were taken down as the tornado tracked across a few county roads as well as State Highway 492. | |||||||||||
| 31.2 | 1986-03-12 | 2 | 32°15'N / 88°51'W | 32°21'N / 88°45'W | 12.00 Miles | 120 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Lauderdale |
| 32.0 | 2004-11-24 | 3 | 32°56'N / 88°59'W | 33°00'N / 88°50'W | 12.00 Miles | 600 Yards | 1 | 2 | 2.5M | 0 | Winston |
| Brief Description: This strong tornado moved into Winston county from Neshoba county and tracked northeast for 12 miles before moving into Noxubee county. Just inside the Winston county line four large chicken houses were destroyed. As the tornado tracked northeast across State Route 393 and 397, a few hundred trees were uprooted and snapped. Several homes sustained minor roof damage. One home was totally destroyed on McBrayer Road. Pieces of the home was blown and scattered across a field for 1/4 mile. Here three vehicles were moved with two of them landing on top of tree debris and the other thrown into a ditch. This home was where the two injuries and one fatality occurred. The tornado was at its widest point here and as it tracked northeast hundreds of trees were blown down. The tornado moved into Noxubee county 2 miles southeast of Ferns Springs. The total path length across northern Neshoba, southeast Winston and western Noxubee county was 21 miles. M44PH | |||||||||||
| 32.2 | 1976-03-20 | 2 | 32°35'N / 89°10'W | 32°45'N / 88°55'W | 18.50 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Neshoba |
| 33.3 | 1966-03-03 | 5 | 32°49'N / 88°21'W | 33°12'N / 87°49'W | 40.70 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 11 | 250K | 0 | Pickens |
| 33.4 | 2010-04-24 | 2 | 32°15'N / 88°54'W | 32°18'N / 88°45'W | 10.00 Miles | 1056 Yards | 0 | 0 | 650K | 300K | Lauderdale |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: This tornado touched down just to the northeast of Montrose near County Road 2414, in Jasper County. This tornado tracked across 3 counties before it dissipated just before it reached Meridian. Along the path, it produced major structural roof damage to a church. Shingles and siding were blown off of a house. An outbuilding was destroyed along with damage to a grain silo. Thousands of large softwood and hardwood trees were snapped and uprooted. In addition, numerous power lines were blown down. This EF2 tornado had a total path length of 23 miles and a width of 0.6 miles. Maximum winds were around 125 mph. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A powerful spring storm system moved across the region on April 24th and brought an outbreak of severe storms and tornadoes to the area. The most powerful and destructive storm during this event was the long track EF4 tornado which ripped a 149 mile path across the forecast area. In addition to this violent tornado, many other storms became severe and produced 5 additional tornadoes along with numerous reports of quarter to golf ball sized hail. Of the 5 tornadoes, 3 of these were strong (EF2) and occurred across, Jasper, Newton, Lauderdale, Oktibbeha, and Clay Counties. | |||||||||||
| 33.7 | 1965-02-11 | 2 | 32°34'N / 89°07'W | 32°43'N / 89°01'W | 11.90 Miles | 220 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Newton |
| 34.0 | 2004-11-24 | 2 | 32°55'N / 89°00'W | 32°55'N / 88°59'W | 1.00 Mile | 150 Yards | 0 | 0 | 60K | 0 | Neshoba |
| Brief Description: A second, slightly stronger tornado, touched down 1 mile to the east southeast of where the first one dissipated. Damage began and remained on Asa Thomas Road as the tornado moved into Winston county. Severe tree damage occurred along Asa Thomas Road along with several power lines blown down. The tornado was on the ground for 1 mile before moving into southeast Winston county where it stayed on the ground for 21 miles across Winston and western Noxubee counties. | |||||||||||
| 34.5 | 1953-05-04 | 2 | 33°07'N / 88°34'W | 33°13'N / 88°27'W | 9.60 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 2 | 25K | 0 | Noxubee |
| 35.4 | 1973-01-18 | 2 | 32°56'N / 89°02'W | 32°56'N / 88°59'W | 3.30 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Winston |
| 35.5 | 1955-04-12 | 2 | 32°35'N / 89°20'W | 32°59'N / 88°50'W | 40.10 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Neshoba |
| 35.8 | 1971-02-26 | 3 | 32°49'N / 87°56'W | 32°50'N / 87°52'W | 4.30 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Greene |
| 36.1 | 1957-04-04 | 2 | 33°00'N / 88°55'W | 33°21'N / 88°21'W | 40.70 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 4 | 25K | 0 | Winston |
| 36.1 | 1957-06-27 | 2 | 32°46'N / 89°07'W | 32°49'N / 89°04'W | 4.70 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 9 | 25K | 0 | Neshoba |
| 36.5 | 1992-11-22 | 2 | 33°06'N / 88°24'W | 33°16'N / 88°19'W | 15.00 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 15 | 250K | 0 | Noxubee |
| 36.6 | 1986-03-12 | 2 | 32°14'N / 88°49'W | 32°14'N / 88°53'W | 2.00 Miles | 120 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Clarke |
| 36.9 | 1977-02-23 | 2 | 32°50'N / 87°53'W | 0.20 Mile | 30 Yards | 0 | 1 | 3K | 0 | Greene | |
| 37.3 | 2005-08-29 | 2 | 32°29'N / 89°05'W | 32°29'N / 89°06'W | 1.00 Mile | 75 Yards | 0 | 0 | 50K | 150K | Newton |
| Brief Description: This strong tornado briefly touched down off Good Hope Road just North-Northeast of Decatur. As the tornado crossed Good Hope Road, nearly all the trees within a 1/2 mile area were uprooted or damaged. These trees were laying in all directions and were very large with most trees 3 to 4 feet in diameter. Additionally, one home sustained shingle damage off Good Hope Road. | |||||||||||
| 37.4 | 1957-11-17 | 2 | 33°07'N / 88°39'W | 33°17'N / 88°33'W | 12.90 Miles | 70 Yards | 2 | 2 | 250K | 0 | Noxubee |
| 38.0 | 1973-01-18 | 2 | 32°55'N / 89°06'W | 32°56'N / 89°02'W | 4.30 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 8 | 250K | 0 | Neshoba |
| 38.3 | 1954-06-03 | 2 | 32°29'N / 89°10'W | 32°34'N / 89°05'W | 7.60 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 3 | 25K | 0 | Newton |
| 38.8 | 1954-02-20 | 2 | 32°26'N / 89°14'W | 32°34'N / 89°01'W | 15.60 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 5 | 250K | 0 | Newton |
| 39.2 | 1973-11-26 | 2 | 33°14'N / 88°32'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Noxubee | |||
| 39.6 | 2010-04-24 | 2 | 32°13'N / 88°58'W | 32°15'N / 88°54'W | 4.00 Miles | 1056 Yards | 0 | 0 | 200K | 100K | Newton |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: This tornado touched down just to the northeast of Montrose near county road 2414, in Jasper County. This tornado tracked across 3 counties before it dissipated just before it reached Meridian. Along the path, it produced major structural roof damage to a church. Shingles and siding were blown off of a house. An outbuilding was destroyed along with damage to a grain silo. Thousands of large softwood and hardwood trees were snapped and uprooted. In addition, numerous power lines were blown. This EF2 tornado had a total path length of 23 miles and a width of 0.6 miles. Maximum winds were around 125 mph. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A powerful spring storm system moved across the region on April 24th and brought an outbreak of severe storms and tornadoes to the area. The most powerful and destructive storm during this event was the long track EF4 tornado which ripped a 149 mile path across the forecast area. In addition to this violent tornado, many other storms became severe and produced 5 additional tornadoes along with numerous reports of quarter to golf ball sized hail. Of the 5 tornadoes, 3 of these were strong (EF2) and occurred across, Jasper, Newton, Lauderdale, Oktibbeha, and Clay Counties. | |||||||||||
| 40.1 | 1992-03-10 | 3 | 32°35'N / 87°49'W | 32°39'N / 87°47'W | 4.00 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Greene |
| 40.4 | 1965-02-11 | 3 | 33°12'N / 88°12'W | 1.50 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 18 | 250K | 0 | Pickens | |
| 40.5 | 1976-03-20 | 2 | 32°34'N / 89°11'W | 32°35'N / 89°10'W | 1.30 Miles | 250 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Newton |
| 40.5 | 1957-06-28 | 3 | 33°13'N / 88°35'W | 33°17'N / 88°32'W | 5.40 Miles | 50 Yards | 1 | 10 | 250K | 0 | Noxubee |
| 42.2 | 1969-05-08 | 2 | 32°02'N / 88°38'W | 32°05'N / 88°28'W | 10.40 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Clarke |
| 42.3 | 1973-05-27 | 2 | 32°04'N / 88°38'W | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Clarke | |||
| 42.8 | 1982-04-03 | 3 | 32°45'N / 89°20'W | 32°46'N / 89°06'W | 13.00 Miles | 400 Yards | 3 | 35 | 25.0M | 0 | Neshoba |
| 43.3 | 1957-11-17 | 2 | 33°17'N / 88°33'W | 33°18'N / 88°32'W | 1.90 Miles | 70 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Lowndes |
| 43.5 | 1982-01-03 | 3 | 32°15'N / 89°10'W | 32°23'N / 89°03'W | 11.00 Miles | 300 Yards | 1 | 17 | 2.5M | 0 | Newton |
| 43.6 | 1976-03-29 | 4 | 32°17'N / 89°20'W | 32°22'N / 88°54'W | 26.00 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 8 | 2.5M | 0 | Newton |
| 43.9 | 2005-09-24 | 2 | 32°21'N / 89°08'W | 32°21'N / 89°09'W | 0.80 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 1.0M | 0 | Newton |
| Brief Description: This strong tornado touched down briefly on the northeast side of Newton causing significant damage to the Lazy Boy factory building. A large part of the factory roof was torn off and large pieces of metal were thrown 1/3 of a mile to the north-northwest. The iron girders within the building were bent at about 10 degrees with some failure of the roof near the center. Insulation debris was scattered all about with some pieces found 4.5 miles away along the northeast shores of Turkey Creek Lake. In fact, a 4 foot piece of metal roofing was found at the base of the dam, 4 miles north-northwest of the Lazy Boy plant. Additionally, a 1/2 ton pickup, parked next to the building, was lifted and slammed against an iron ladder. A T-post that was laying on the ground was picked up and hurled as a missile about 100 feet. It was then impaled into a utility pole and bent at a 90 degree angle. The tops of trees about 300 feet away were sheared off half way up. | |||||||||||
| 44.2 | 1995-04-20 | 2 | 33°06'N / 89°03'W | 1.00 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 20K | 0 | Winston | |
| Brief Description: A tornado touched down near the intersection of Highways 397 and 490. Numerous trees were blown down. A few buildings were destroyed. | |||||||||||
| 44.4 | 1976-03-20 | 2 | 33°18'N / 88°37'W | 0.50 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Lowndes | |
| 44.5 | 1986-03-12 | 3 | 32°16'N / 89°07'W | 32°19'N / 89°06'W | 10.00 Miles | 123 Yards | 0 | 1 | 2.5M | 0 | Newton |
| 45.0 | 1968-11-17 | 2 | 31°58'N / 88°22'W | 32°06'N / 88°15'W | 11.50 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 2 | 25K | 0 | Choctaw |
| 45.5 | 1985-05-01 | 2 | 33°12'N / 88°57'W | 1.00 Mile | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Winston | |
| 45.7 | 1973-05-27 | 2 | 32°04'N / 88°49'W | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Clarke | |||
| 45.7 | 1986-03-12 | 3 | 33°11'N / 88°12'W | 33°23'N / 88°12'W | 16.00 Miles | 700 Yards | 2 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Pickens |
| 46.0 | 1976-02-18 | 3 | 32°43'N / 89°19'W | 32°45'N / 89°14'W | 5.60 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Neshoba |
| 46.1 | 2010-04-24 | 2 | 32°09'N / 89°06'W | 32°13'N / 88°58'W | 10.00 Miles | 1056 Yards | 0 | 0 | 400K | 600K | Jasper |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: This tornado touched down just to the northeast of Montrose near County Road 2414, in Jasper County. This tornado tracked across 3 counties before it dissipated just before it reached Meridian. Along the path, it produced major structural roof damage to a church. Shingles and siding were blown off of a house. An outbuilding was destroyed along with damage to a grain silo. Thousands of large softwood and hardwood trees were snapped and uprooted. In addition, numerous power lines were blown down. This EF2 tornado had a total path length of 23 miles and a width of 0.6 miles. Maximum winds were around 125 mph. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A powerful spring storm system moved across the region on April 24th and brought an outbreak of severe storms and tornadoes to the area. The most powerful and destructive storm during this event was the long track EF4 tornado which ripped a 149 mile path across the forecast area. In addition to this violent tornado, many other storms became severe and produced 5 additional tornadoes along with numerous reports of quarter to golf ball sized hail. Of the 5 tornadoes, 3 of these were strong (EF2) and occurred across, Jasper, Newton, Lauderdale, Oktibbeha, and Clay Counties. | |||||||||||
| 46.3 | 2002-12-19 | 2 | 32°17'N / 89°12'W | 32°21'N / 89°08'W | 5.50 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 0 | 1.0M | 0 | Newton |
| Brief Description: A tornado developed in Newton County, just southwest of the city of Newton. It moved 5.5 miles northeast through the city, resulting in approximately 50 injuries and damage to numerous buildings. In all, over 150 homes and 95 businesses were either damaged or destroyed. The most extensive damage occurred near the city's Wal-Mart, which received heavy roof damage. The tornado lifted just northeast of the intersection of State Road 15 and Interstate 20. | |||||||||||
| 47.0 | 1976-03-12 | 2 | 32°23'N / 87°53'W | 32°28'N / 87°35'W | 18.40 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Marengo |
| 47.1 | 1982-12-26 | 2 | 32°48'N / 89°17'W | 0.70 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Neshoba | |
| 47.8 | 1958-02-26 | 3 | 32°43'N / 89°19'W | 32°44'N / 89°18'W | 1.90 Miles | 60 Yards | 0 | 10 | 2.5M | 0 | Neshoba |
| 48.1 | 1971-02-26 | 2 | 32°06'N / 88°58'W | 1.00 Mile | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Jasper | |
| 48.2 | 1972-01-04 | 2 | 32°18'N / 87°47'W | 1.00 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Marengo | |
| 48.4 | 1976-06-01 | 2 | 32°26'N / 89°19'W | 32°27'N / 89°14'W | 4.90 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Newton |
| 48.7 | 1973-05-27 | 2 | 31°58'N / 88°35'W | 3.00 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Clarke | |
| 48.7 | 1977-02-23 | 4 | 33°01'N / 89°14'W | 33°11'N / 89°04'W | 15.00 Miles | 350 Yards | 2 | 5 | 250K | 0 | Winston |
| 48.8 | 2000-01-03 | 2 | 32°11'N / 89°09'W | 32°14'N / 89°06'W | 4.00 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 125K | 0 | Jasper |
| Brief Description: This strong tornado nearly destroyed a cinder-block convenience store. One house received major damage as its roof was thrown about fifty yards away. A mobile home was blown off of its foundation and thrown about fifty yards into adjacent woods where it was left in total destruction. Several barns and sheds were either destroyed or received major damage. Several hundred trees were either blown down or snapped off. There were no injuries or fatalities. The tornado left north central Jasper County and moved into south central Newton County. | |||||||||||
| 48.8 | 1992-11-22 | 4 | 32°15'N / 89°13'W | 32°19'N / 89°10'W | 8.00 Miles | 1760 Yards | 0 | 5 | 2.5M | 0 | Newton |
| 48.9 | 1957-11-18 | 3 | 31°58'N / 88°47'W | 32°00'N / 88°38'W | 9.00 Miles | 77 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Clarke |
| 49.5 | 1970-10-13 | 2 | 32°35'N / 89°20'W | 0 | 1 | 0K | 0 | Leake | |||
| 49.7 | 1992-03-10 | 3 | 32°39'N / 87°47'W | 32°42'N / 87°29'W | 14.00 Miles | 440 Yards | 2 | 7 | 250K | 0 | Hale |
| 49.7 | 1973-05-27 | 4 | 32°32'N / 87°48'W | 32°47'N / 87°28'W | 26.00 Miles | 800 Yards | 1 | 72 | 25.0M | 0 | Hale |
* 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.