Tornado History Map

Hancock County, Mississippi tornado history

63 tornadoes recorded in or across Hancock County from 1952 to 2024, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Hancock County

The Storm Prediction Center records 63 tornadoes whose paths touched Hancock County, Mississippi between 1952 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 19 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 19 May 1980. The most recent was on 10 April 2024.

  • 63tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 14injuries
  • 1,329per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Hancock County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF02743%
F1 / EF12540%
F2 / EF2813%
F3 / EF312%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating23%

Hancock County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 16 in 2020s.1950s11960s21970s71980s91990s92000s132010s62020s16

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s2
1970s7
1980s9
1990s9
2000s13
2010s6
2020s16
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 19 in Apr.Jan1Feb2Mar3Apr19May10Jun3Jul5Aug7Sep5Oct2Nov4Dec2
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PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb2
Mar3
Apr19
May10
Jun3
Jul5
Aug7
Sep5
Oct2
Nov4
Dec2

Records for Hancock County

  • Strongest: Mississippi tornado19 May 1980, F3, 8 injuries, 13.1 miles long
  • Longest path: Mississippi tornado20 April 1982, F2, 18 miles long
  • Most recent: Mississippi tornado10 April 2024, EF0, 2.8 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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