NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Kosciusko, MS
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
25 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Kosciusko, Mississippi since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Olga in 2019. Since 1950, 147 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 22 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 25
- Tornadoes
- 147
- EF3 or stronger
- 22
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
53 deaths in all
What the records show for Kosciusko
None of the 25 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Kosciusko; the strongest was Frederic in 1979, a tropical storm with 68 mph winds when its centre passed 65 miles away. The record near Kosciusko begins with an unnamed storm in 1855; the most recent system was Olga in 2019, a tropical storm 13 miles away. The 1910s and the 1930s were the busiest decades, with 3 systems each. Of the 25 systems, 3 have come since 2000. Kosciusko has more tropical storms and hurricanes within 75 miles than 49% of the 232 Mississippi cities on this site. The highest rating among the 147 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4 or EF4, reached 6 times; the most recent, on April 28, 2014, came within 13 miles. The deadliest, an F4 on November 21, 1992, killed 12 people. Of the 147, 7 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 98 have come since 2000. April has had the most tornadoes, 41. The most recent tornado was on July 9, 2024. Kosciusko has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 62% of the 232 Mississippi cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 76 times since 1971, with stones up to 4 inches (softball size). Kosciusko has more hail reports within 10 miles than 69% of the 232 Mississippi cities.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Kosciusko
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | OlgaOct 26 | 13 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2005 | KatrinaAug 30 | 34 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2002 | IsidoreSep 26 | 59 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1995 | ErinAug 4 | 58 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1979 | FredericSep 13 | 65 mi | Tropical storm (68 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1971 | EdithSep 17 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1969 | CamilleAug 18 | 28 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1957 | AudreyJun 28 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1948 | Unnamed 1948 stormSep 5 | 58 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1934 | Unnamed 1934 stormJun 17 | 44 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormSep 20 | 44 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormSep 2 | 5 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1923 | Unnamed 1923 stormOct 18 | 27 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormJul 6 | 34 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormSep 30 | 39 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1912 | Unnamed 1912 stormSep 15 | 62 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1906 | Unnamed 1906 stormSep 28 | 6 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1901 | Unnamed 1901 stormAug 16 | 50 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormSep 8 | 38 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormAug 20 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (68 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1881 | Unnamed 1881 stormAug 29 | 73 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormSep 2 | 19 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1872 | Unnamed 1872 stormJul 12 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1860 | Unnamed 1860 stormOct 3 | 34 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1855 | Unnamed 1855 stormSep 17 | 68 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Category 3 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Kosciusko: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.
Tornadoes within 25 miles of Kosciusko
By decade
- 2020s23
- 2010s53(5 EF3+)
- 2000s22(2 EF3+)
- 1990s10(3 EF3+)
- 1980s8(2 EF3+)
- 1970s17(5 EF3+)
- 1960s6(2 EF3+)
- 1950s8(3 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 1992 | F4 | 4 mi | 128 mi | 12 / 122 |
| Apr 28, 2014 | EF4 | 13 mi | 33.39 mi | 10 / 84 |
| Apr 24, 2010 | EF4 | 10 mi | 148.97 mi | 10 / 146 |
| Feb 23, 1977 | F4 | 19 mi | 15 mi | 2 / 5 |
| Mar 11, 1963 | F4 | 10 mi | 45.2 mi | 2 / 7 |
| Jan 19, 1988 | F4 | 8 mi | 13 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Feb 26, 1958 | F3 | 24 mi | 69.7 mi | 8 / 26 |
| Apr 2, 1982 | F3 | 22 mi | 42 mi | 3 / 40 |
| Jun 3, 1950 | F3 | 3 mi | 2 mi | 2 / 1 |
| Dec 21, 1990 | F3 | 22 mi | 20 mi | 1 / 15 |
| May 9, 1971 | F3 | 12 mi | 1 mi | 1 / 3 |
| Apr 27, 2011 | EF3 | 19 mi | 23 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 147, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Kosciusko
The Storm Prediction Center has 76 hail reports within 10 miles of Kosciusko since 1971, made on 56 separate days. Of these, 42 were 1 inch across or larger, and 4 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4 inches (softball size), fell on May 15, 1995. The most recent report is from March 23, 2025. May has the most reports, 18.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Kosciusko
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Kosciusko, MS, 2 miles northwest of Kosciusko at 410 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 90°F and low of 71°F; January is the coolest, at 54°F and 33°F. April is the wettest at 6.8 inches of precipitation on average and August the driest at 3.7 inches; the year adds up to 62.7 inches over 75 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 44% of the year's precipitation (27.6 of 62.7 inches); the other six months are wetter. September has brought the most of the 25 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (12); a normal September there has highs of 85°F and 4.5 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 62 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 59 nights a year. Snowfall averages 1.3 inches a year, most of it in January. That 62.7 inches is more than at 74 of the 87 Mississippi stations used on this site (85%). Carthage, 18 miles south, has its own station (Carthage, MS): 57.8 inches a year, 4.9 less than here, and a July average high of 92°F against 90°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 54 | 33 | 5.8 | 7 | 0.6 |
| Feb | 59 | 36 | 6.0 | 7 | 0.2 |
| Mar | 67 | 43 | 5.9 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Apr | 74 | 51 | 6.8 | 6 | 0.0 |
| May | 81 | 60 | 4.8 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 88 | 68 | 4.2 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 90 | 71 | 5.9 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 90 | 70 | 3.7 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 85 | 64 | 4.5 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 75 | 52 | 4.5 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 64 | 41 | 4.8 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Dec | 56 | 36 | 5.8 | 7 | 0.5 |
| Year | 74 | 52 | 62.7 | 75 | 1.3 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Kosciusko, MS (410 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Kosciusko
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 141 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Kosciusko: 127 thunderstorm wind reports and 14 flash floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $2.4 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on June 14, 2023. Of the 232 Mississippi cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 79 have had fewer than Kosciusko.
October 16, 2006: flash flood 3 miles from the centre of Kosciusko — $400,000 damage.
NWS: “Heavy rain between four and seven inches fell across all of Attala County during the evening hours of October 16th. This heavy rain caused many roads to become flooded by several feet of water and for several homes to take in water.”
August 29, 2005: flash flood 5 miles from the centre of Kosciusko — $200,000 damage.
September 1, 2021: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Kosciusko — $200,000 damage.
NWS: “Trees and large limbs were blown down at the Cooperative Observer site in Kosciusko. The roof of the Strand Theater was damaged.”
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Flood insurance policyholders in Kosciusko's ZIP code 39090 have filed 23 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $410,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The year with the most claims was 2001, with 10. 17% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 133 Mississippi cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 35 have fewer than Kosciusko.
Attala County, which includes Kosciusko, has been named in 23 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1977, 17 of them major disasters (by incident: 8 severe storms, 7 hurricanes, 2 biological emergencies, 2 ice storms). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storm, on February 6, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Attala County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for tornadoes and strong wind; Relatively Low for hurricanes, hail, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for inland flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $7.9 million a year, the 57th highest of 82 Mississippi counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $2.3 million (30%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
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