Friday, Oct 9: Mississippi has thunderstorms in the outlook but no severe risk, and none through Sunday.
The Storm Prediction Center's outlook for Mississippi over the next three days, the SevereWX forecast for each Mississippi city we cover, and what a typical severe weather year looks like here.
SPC outlook for Mississippi
Day 1 (Friday, October 9): General thunderstorms
Day 2 (Saturday, October 10): General thunderstorms
Mississippi averages 59.2 tornadoes a year (1996–2025), about 9.4 of them rated EF2 or stronger.
46% of them touch down between February and April, and April alone accounts for 25%. The busiest year on record in that span was 2022, with 136.
Storm reports average about 131 for large hail a year (9.4 of them 2 inches or larger) and 516 for damaging wind (2016–2025).
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database. Tornadoes are counted in the state where they began. One storm can produce many reports. spc.noaa.gov