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Humphreys County, Mississippi

Recorded hazard history: storm events since 1950, federal disaster declarations since 1953, flood insurance claims since 1978, and FEMA's risk index.

FIPS 28053 · 7,551 residents (2021) · 419 sq mi · dominant hazard Wind

Hail · 58Tornado · 36Flood · 22Wind · 113Winter · 22

Humphreys County within Mississippi. Dots: HailTornadoFloodWind event locations in the kept record. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

NCEI notes that Storm Data is compiled from a variety of sources including the National Weather Service, other federal, state and local agencies, the media and the public; that property and crop damage figures are estimates; and that some events are recorded by NWS forecast zone rather than by county. FEMA notes that NFIP claim records are redacted and aggregated to protect the privacy of policyholders. NCEI storm records through 30 Jun 2026; OpenFEMA declarations refreshed 1 Oct 2026; NFIP claims as of 8 Sep 2026.

Between 1950 and 2026, NCEI recorded 282 storm events in Humphreys County, Mississippi, led by damaging wind.

That is 67.4 events per 100 square miles, below the Mississippi figure of 89.7, and 373.5 per 10,000 residents against 142.8 statewide.

8 events fall in the 12 months to 30 Jun 2026. NCEI attributes 39 deaths and 468 injuries to events in the county, with property damage estimated at $30M and crop damage at $17M.

FEMA has designated the county in 25 federal disaster declarations since 1953; the most recent is Severe Winter Storm (major disaster, 6 Feb 2026).

National Flood Insurance Program policyholders in the county filed 343 claims since 1978, of which 288 were paid, totalling $3.9M (about $13K per paid claim). FEMA counts 99 residential flood policies in force.

FEMA's National Risk Index rates the county's overall risk as "Very Low" and its expected annual loss as "Very Low" ($5.5M a year across 18 hazards).

23 tropical storm or hurricane tracks in the HURDAT2 record passed within 100 miles of the county's centre at tropical-storm strength or more, 0 of them within 50 miles at hurricane strength.

8events, last 12 monthsto 30 Jun 2026

282events since 195039 deaths, 468 injuries recorded

25disaster declarationslast 6 Feb 2026

343NFIP flood claims$3.9M paid

Compared with Mississippi and the United States

Measure	Humphreys County	Mississippi	US
Recorded events since 1950	282	42,114	1,977,440
Events per 100 square miles	67.4	89.7	56.0
Events per 10,000 residents	373.5	142.8	59.6
Events in the last 12 months	8	1,524	62,008
Deaths recorded by NCEI	39	928	26,435
Property damage (NCEI estimates)	$30M	$31B	$575B
NFIP claims per 1,000 residents	45.4	21.9	8.1
Average paid NFIP claim	$13K	$58K	$43K
Claims per 100 policies in force, last 10 years	22.2	11.5	16.1

County-recorded events plus zone-recorded events whose forecast zone is named for the county. State and US rows include events recorded only by forecast zone. Rates use 2021 Census population and land area.

Events by decade

Tornado: 2

Hail: 2Tornado: 3Wind: 1

Hail: 2Tornado: 5Wind: 5

Hail: 4Tornado: 4Wind: 9

Hail: 15Tornado: 6Flood: 3Wind: 23Winter: 2

Hail: 21Tornado: 9Flood: 10Wind: 19Winter: 4Tropical: 2Heat: 4Drought: 4Other: 2

Hail: 7Tornado: 3Flood: 5Wind: 37Winter: 9Heat: 1Cold: 1Drought: 6Lightning: 1Other: 2

Hail: 7Tornado: 4Flood: 4Wind: 19Winter: 7Cold: 1Drought: 5Other: 2

21950s61960s121970s171980s491990s752000s722010s492020s

Recorded events in Humphreys County by decade and hazard group. HailTornadoFloodWindWinterTropicalHeatColdDroughtLightningOther NCEI recorded only tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind before 1996.

Trend: 157 events in the 20 years to 2025 against 91 in the 20 years before. Reporting practice changed in 1996 and again with automated reports in the 2000s, so decade totals measure the record as much as the weather.

Events by type

Wind113

Hail58

Tornado36

Flood22

Winter22

Drought15

Other6

Heat5

Tropical2

Cold2

Lightning1

Hazard	Events	Deaths	Share of state's events
■ Wind	113	—	0.6%	detail
■ Hail	58	—	0.7%	detail
■ Tornado	36	38	1.0%	detail
■ Flood	22	—	0.6%	detail
■ Winter	22	1	1.2%	detail
■ Drought	15	—	1.1%
■ Other	6	—	2.8%
■ Heat	5	—	0.2%
■ Tropical	2	—	0.4%
■ Cold	2	—	0.6%
■ Lightning	1	—	0.3%

Hazard pages exist for hail, tornado, flood, wind and winter where the county has at least 10 recorded events. "Other" covers heavy rain, debris flow, dust, funnel clouds and similar reports.

Largest recorded events

Date	Event type	Group	Magnitude	Property damage	Crop damage	Deaths	Injuries	Geography
21 Feb 1971	Tornado	Tornado	F4	—	—	30	411	County
24 Mar 2023	Tornado	Tornado	EF3	$13M	$78K	3	15	County
21 Feb 1971	Tornado	Tornado	F5	$2.5M	—	2	27	County
24 Sep 2005	Tornado	Tornado	F1	$50K	$50K	1	2	County
27 Mar 1950	Tornado	Tornado	F2	—	—	1	2	County
21 Dec 1990	Tornado	Tornado	F1	$250K	—	1	—	County
14 Jan 2024	Winter Storm	Winter	—	—	—	1	—	Forecast zone
24 Nov 2001	Tornado	Tornado	F3	$4.0M	—	—	5	County
24 Sep 2005	Tornado	Tornado	F2	$2.0M	$500K	—	3	County
22 Jan 1953	Tornado	Tornado	F2	$250K	—	—	1	County
18 Jan 1996	High Wind	Wind	46 mph	$10K	—	—	1	Forecast zone
22 Apr 1974	Tornado	Tornado	F2	—	—	—	1	County
29 Aug 2005	Hurricane (Typhoon)	Tropical	—	$500K	$8.0M	—	—	Forecast zone
1 Oct 2006	Drought	Drought	—	—	$3.0M	—	—	Forecast zone
1 Jun 2007	Drought	Drought	—	—	$2.0M	—	—	Forecast zone
1 May 2007	Drought	Drought	—	—	$1.0M	—	—	Forecast zone
22 Apr 2008	Flash Flood	Flood	—	$1.0M	—	—	—	County
15 May 2008	Flash Flood	Flood	—	$10K	$700K	—	—	County
8 May 2011	Flood	Flood	—	$500K	$200K	—	—	County
16 Oct 2006	Flash Flood	Flood	—	$300K	$200K	—	—	County

Ranked by deaths, then injuries, then NCEI's damage estimate. Deaths and injuries are NCEI counts (direct plus indirect); no personal details are recorded here.

Federal disaster declarations

Declared	Number	Type	Incident	Title	Programs
6 Feb 2026	DR-4899	Major disaster	Winter Storm	Severe Winter Storm	Individual assistance, Public assistance
24 Jan 2026	EM-3640	Emergency	Winter Storm	Severe Winter Storm	Public assistance
21 May 2025	DR-4874	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding	Public assistance
10 Jun 2024	DR-4790	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding	Individual assistance
12 Aug 2023	DR-4727	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Tornadoes.	Public assistance
26 Mar 2023	DR-4697	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Tornadoes	Individual assistance, Public assistance
22 Oct 2021	DR-4626	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Ida	Public assistance
28 Aug 2021	EM-3569	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Ida	Public assistance
8 Oct 2020	EM-3548	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Delta	Public assistance
5 Apr 2020	DR-4528	Major disaster	Biological	Covid-19 Pandemic	Individual assistance, Public assistance
13 Mar 2020	EM-3474	Emergency	Biological	Covid-19	Public assistance
23 Apr 2019	DR-4429	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
11 May 2011	DR-1983	Major disaster	Flood	Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
4 May 2011	EM-3320	Emergency	Flood	Flooding	Public assistance
30 Aug 2008	EM-3291	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Gustav	Public assistance
29 Aug 2005	DR-1604	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina	Individual assistance, Public assistance
7 Dec 2001	DR-1398	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes And Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
23 Feb 2001	DR-1360	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Tornadoes	Individual assistance
25 Jan 1999	DR-1265	Major disaster	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storms, Ice And Freezing Rain	Public assistance
17 May 1991	DR-906	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes & Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
3 Jan 1991	DR-888	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes & Flooding	Individual assistance
22 Feb 1977	EM-3032	Emergency	Snowstorm	Drought & Freezing	Public assistance
4 Apr 1975	EM-3010	Emergency	Flood	Heavy Rains & Flooding	Individual assistance
27 Mar 1973	DR-368	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Heavy Rains, Tornadoes & Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
22 Feb 1971	DR-302	Major disaster	Tornado	Storms & Tornadoes	Individual assistance, Public assistance

Declarations in which FEMA designated this county, from the OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2). DR: major disaster; EM: emergency; FM: fire management assistance. Programs show whether individual or public assistance was made available.

Flood insurance claims

197820022026

NFIP claims by year of loss in Humphreys County, 1978 to 2026 (hover for the amount paid).

Claims since 1978343

Paid claims288

Total paid$3.9M

Average paid claim$13K

Repetitive-loss properties4814 severe

Residential policies in force993.1% of 3,215 structures

Year of loss	Claims	Paid claims	Amount paid	Average paid
2026	1	0	$0	—
2025	2	2	$15,137	$7,568
2024	1	1	$33,000	$33,000
2023	1	1	$17,512	$17,512
2020	4	2	$65,761	$32,880
2019	7	7	$344,185	$49,169
2018	2	2	$51,529	$25,764
2017	4	2	$51,091	$25,546
2016	4	4	$63,365	$15,841
2012	6	5	$171,262	$34,252
2011	25	19	$1,017,233	$53,539
2009	6	6	$45,505	$7,584
2008	11	10	$179,959	$17,996
2007	1	1	$10,973	$10,973
2005	3	3	$67,110	$22,370
2002	2	2	$31,621	$15,811
2001	9	6	$66,352	$11,059
2000	3	2	$49,545	$24,772
1998	27	25	$261,635	$10,465
1997	8	8	$86,268	$10,783
1996	12	12	$113,978	$9,498
1995	4	3	$5,609	$1,870
1994	2	2	$4,178	$2,089
1993	2	1	$3,590	$3,590
1991	24	23	$195,703	$8,509

OpenFEMA NFIP claims (v3, as of 8 Sep 2026), aggregated by year of loss; amounts are building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments as recorded. Repetitive-loss counts from the NFIP Multiple Loss Properties file (2 Aug 2026); policies in force from the NFIP Residential Penetration Rates file (3 Aug 2026).

National Risk Index

Overall riskVery Lowscore 27.9 of 100

Expected annual loss$5.5MVery Low

Social vulnerabilityVery High

Community resilienceRelatively Low

Hazard (NRI)	Risk rating	Expected annual loss
Inland flooding	Very Low	$1,598,444
Drought	Relatively High	$1,073,114
Tornado	Relatively Low	$758,493
Cold wave	Relatively Low	$649,905
Earthquake	Relatively Low	$338,367
Heat wave	Relatively Low	$268,071
Hurricane	Relatively Low	$252,385
Strong wind	Relatively Low	$203,904
Hail	Relatively Low	$192,447
Lightning	Relatively Low	$94,948
Ice storm	Relatively Low	$50,525
Winter weather	Relatively Low	$15,154
Wildfire	Very Low	$2,508
Landslide	Very Low	$28

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 release. Ratings are FEMA's relative comparison of counties; expected annual loss is FEMA's modelled estimate of average yearly building, population and agriculture loss. See how to read the NRI.

Hurricane and tropical storm passes

Tracks within 100 miles23

Tracks within 50 miles9

Hurricane strength within 50 miles0

Storm	Year	Closest approach	Max wind while within 100 mi
Ida	2021	64 mi	40 mph
Delta	2020	67 mi	40 mph
Katrina	2005	90 mi	58 mph
Isidore	2002	77 mi	46 mph
Edith	1971	99 mi	46 mph
Camille	1969	31 mi	86 mph
Betsy	1965	85 mi	40 mph
Audrey	1957	41 mi	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1934	17 mi	52 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1932	43 mi	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1932	26 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1923	55 mi	52 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1923	84 mi	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1916	19 mi	52 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1915	91 mi	58 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1909	57 mi	63 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1906	62 mi	58 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1905	40 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1893	94 mi	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1888	17 mi	75 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1879	62 mi	58 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1872	98 mi	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1860	40 mi	58 mph

HURDAT2 best-track positions at tropical-storm strength (34 kt) or more, measured from the county's Census centre point; through the 2025 season. Distance from a track is not the same as the extent of the storm's wind, rain or surge.

ZIP codes with flood claims

39038 251
39097 25
38754 8

ZIP codes whose NFIP claims carry this county's code, with the number of claims. Five or more claims are needed for a ZIP page to be indexed.

Questions and answers

How often does it hail in Humphreys County, MS?

NCEI records 58 hail events in Humphreys County since 1950, in 27 different years; that is about 0.8 recorded events a year. 14 reports were golf-ball size (1.75 in) or larger.

Has Humphreys County had a tornado?

Yes. NCEI records 36 tornadoes in Humphreys County since 1950, 17 of them rated (E)F2 or stronger. Tornado deaths recorded: 38.

When was the last federal disaster declaration for Humphreys County?

6 Feb 2026: Severe Winter Storm, a major disaster declaration for winter storm. The county appears in 25 declarations since 1953.

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in Humphreys County, and how much was paid?

343 NFIP claims since 1978, 288 of them paid, for $3.9M in total. FEMA publishes these figures redacted and aggregated; individual properties are not identified.

Is Humphreys County in the National Risk Index's high-risk band?

FEMA's National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the county "Very Low" for overall risk, "Very Low" for expected annual loss, "Very High" for social vulnerability and "Relatively Low" for community resilience. These ratings are FEMA's relative comparison across all US counties.

How does Humphreys County compare with the rest of Mississippi?

67.4 recorded events per 100 square miles against 89.7 statewide, and 45.4 NFIP claims per 1,000 residents against 21.9. The comparison table on this page shows each measure beside the state and national figures.

Provenance

Storm events: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, yearly details files through 30 Jun 2026 (public domain). Declarations: OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries v2, refreshed 1 Oct 2026. Flood claims: OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3 as of 8 Sep 2026; NfipMultipleLossProperties v1 (2 Aug 2026); NfipResidentialPenetrationRates v1 (3 Aug 2026). Risk index: FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025. Hurricane tracks: NHC HURDAT2 through 2025. Population and area: US Census Bureau, 2021 vintage. Built 1 Oct 2026; see the methodology and corrections pages. Hazard hubs: Hail · Tornado · Flood · Wind · Winter.