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Storm Impacting the Northwest U.S.; Fire Weather Conditions in Southern California; Severe Weather in the South

A Pacific storm is bringing areas of low elevation rain, moderate to heavy mountain snow, and high winds to the Northwest. Strong Santa Ana winds and very dry conditions are producing elevated to critical fire weather conditions in southern California. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible through early Wednesday morning across parts of northeast Texas into western Tennessee. Read More >

2017 Mississippi Tornado Count

Official (Jan 1 to Dec 31), 2017

Number of Tornadoes

69

Tornadoes by EF Scale - Fatalities & Injuries

 EF0 

 EF1 

 EF2 

 EF3 

 EF4 

 EF5 

 Fatalities 

 Injuries 

21 38 9 1 0 0 5 59

Tornadoes by Month

 JAN 

 FEB 

 MAR 

 APR 

 MAY 

 JUN 

 JUL 

 AUG 

 SEP 

 OCT 

 NOV 

 DEC 

13* 2 3 34** 0 3 0 11*** 0 2 0 1

*This is the second highest January count since 1950. The highest January count was 30 in 1999.

**This is the second highest April count since 1950. The highest April count was 67 in 2011.

***This is the second highest August count since 1950, tied with 2005. The highest August count was 27 in 1992.