Mississippi severe thunderstorm wind
Every recorded severe thunderstorm wind event since 1955 · 82 counties with a record
NOAA's Storm Events Database records 18,161 severe thunderstorm wind events in Mississippi from 1955 through June 30, 2026, about 497 a year since 2000. The deadliest was the March 11, 2026 thunderstorm wind: 3 deaths, 2 injuries and $167,000 in damage in 2025 dollars across 35 records. Mississippi ranks 15th of 52 states and territories by count and 18th of 51 per square mile.
Severe thunderstorm wind in Mississippi, 1955 to 2026
Thunderstorm wind records per year (NOAA Storm Events); 2026 to June 30, 2026. NOAA recorded every event type only from 1996.
- recorded, no damage figure
- under $1 million
- $1 million or more
- $10 million or more
- $100 million or more, or 10 deaths
- $1 billion or more, or 100 deaths
- a year's colour: its recorded damage or deaths
- a year with a death
- 1996: all 48 event types recorded from 1996
- Records
- 18,1611955 to June 30, 2026
- A year since 2000
- 497average
- Deaths
- 45347 injuries
- Damage, 2025 dollars
- $661Mas filed
- Busiest year
- 2008829 records
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records through June 30, 2026; deaths and damage as filed, damage in 2025 dollars. Search the record at NCEI.
Are severe thunderstorm wind events common in Mississippi?
Mississippi averages about 497 severe thunderstorm wind events a year since 2000, 15th of 52 states and territories by count. The busiest year on record was 2008 (829). Per 10,000 square miles of land, Mississippi records 3870 severe thunderstorm wind events since 1955, 18th of 51 states and territories by that measure.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records since 1955, per 10,000 square miles of land area (Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer; places under 1,000 square miles not ranked). Damage colours: Storm Events damage, 2025 dollars.
Which counties in Mississippi have the most severe thunderstorm wind events?
Per square mile, Forrest County leads Mississippi: 263 days with a severe thunderstorm wind event since 1955, 564.3 per 1,000 square miles of land. By raw count, Hinds County has the most thunderstorm wind records (757 since 1955); large counties collect more records simply by covering more ground, so the ranking counts days with a record per unit of area (a storm filed for several forecast zones adds several records but one day).
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, days with a record in the county since 1955 per 1,000 square miles of land (Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer); in brackets, the count of records.
When is the severe thunderstorm season in Mississippi?
Mississippi's severe thunderstorm wind events by month. The busiest month is June (3,008 records).
The values, month by month
Jan 911 · Feb 1,117 · Mar 1,864 · Apr 2,868 · May 2,475 · Jun 3,008 · Jul 2,015 · Aug 1,421 · Sep 379 · Oct 527 · Nov 792 · Dec 784 (records).
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records by the month they began, since 1955.
What were the deadliest severe thunderstorm wind events in Mississippi?
| Date | Record | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-11 | Thunderstorm WindRobinwood, Lawrence County One storm episode: 35 records in 11 places; the totals are the episode's. An organized line of storms was able to tap into a favorable environmental shear profile to produce several swaths of significant wind damage, as well as a few tornadoes across south central Mississippi. | 52 kt wind | 3 | 2 | $167K |
| 1998-06-05 | Thunderstorm WindHattiesburg, Forrest County Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the city of Hattiesburg blocking many of the roads and highways. Winds heavily damaged twenty-five homes and twenty-five mobile homes. Forty-five people were injured and two people were killed. The two fatalities were both in automobiles which ran into falling ... | 2 | 45 | $1.8M | |
| 2011-06-13 | Thunderstorm WindBluff Spgs, Panola County One storm episode: 2 records in 2 places; the totals are the episode's. A mesoscale convective complex developed over Southwest Missouri during the early morning hours of June 13th, 2011. The remnants of the complex moved into the Mid-South during the late morning into the afternoon hours. Additional thunderstorms developed along old outflow boundaries of the complex. Some of these ... | 61 kt wind | 2 | 2 | $3.9M |
| 2023-08-06 | Thunderstorm WindTrebloc, Chickasaw County One storm episode: 2 records in 2 places; the totals are the episode's. A mesoscale convective vortex, originating from the Plains, moved into the Mid-South. This feature re-ignited convection during the afternoon hours across northeast Mississippi as the airmass destabilized due to surface heating. There were numerous reports of damaging winds across northeast Mississippi. | 50 kt wind | 2 | 2 | $24K |
| 2024-04-09 | Thunderstorm WindForest, Scott County One storm episode: 8 records in 6 places; the totals are the episode's. A line of severe thunderstorms produced significant wind damage, heavy rain, hail, and a tornado as it crossed from Northeast Louisiana into Mississippi during the evening of April 9th. Subsequent heavy rain and storms continued into the daytime of April 10th. | 87 kt wind | 1 | 7 | $4.7M |
| 2009-05-10 | Thunderstorm WindBarnett Res West, Rankin County One storm episode: 4 records in 4 places; the totals are the episode's. During the afternoon and evening of the 10th, a small outbreak of severe storms occurred across the ArkLaMiss region. There were a number of reports of hail, wind damage, and a few tornadoes across the region. One of the strongest storms moved across Sharkey county. This storm produced an EF1 tornado in the Delta ... | 61 kt wind | 1 | 3 | $406K |
| 2023-06-16 | Thunderstorm WindFlora, Madison County One storm episode: 17 records in 12 places; the totals are the episode's. During the afternoon and evening of June 15th, an upper-level disturbance triggered a cluster of thunderstorms along a stationary front boundary around the Texas and Oklahoma border. These storms intensified and grew upscale into an intense mesoscale convective system (MCS) as they moved east-southeast along an axis ... | 65 kt wind | 1 | 3 | $3.7M |
| 2000-07-20 | Thunderstorm WindOxford, Lafayette County One storm episode: 2 records in 2 places; the totals are the episode's. One construction worker was killed and two co-workers were injured when a wall they were working on collapsed because of thunderstorm winds. Several trees and power lines were knocked down. | 1 | 3 | $26K | |
| 2015-05-24 | Thunderstorm WindNew Albany, Union County Strong winds knocked down a tree on Highway 30 just east of New Albany. The tree struck two cars killing one person. Two others received minor injuries. Several other limbs were knocked down in the city. | 35 kt wind | 1 | 2 | – |
| 2024-05-09 | Thunderstorm WindLuckney, Rankin County One storm episode: 5 records in 3 places; the totals are the episode's. Severe thunderstorms moved across the state of Mississippi and produced damaging wind gusts, hail, and one tornado. Two swaths of wind produced significant damage. | 85 kt wind | 1 | 2 | $1.1M |
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: deaths direct and indirect, as filed by the National Weather Service, summed over each storm (one episode, or one named storm filed by several offices). Storm names from the titles of FEMA declarations that name the storm's counties.
The costliest severe thunderstorm wind events in Mississippi
| Date | Record | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-04-04 | Thunderstorm WindCynthia, Hinds County One storm episode: 44 records in 13 places; the totals are the episode's. | 87 kt wind | 0 | 1 | $110M |
| 1998-02-26 | Thunderstorm WindNatchez, Adams County | 0 | 4 | $54M | |
| 2001-02-16 | Thunderstorm WindMayhew, Lowndes County One storm episode: 7 records in 7 places; the totals are the episode's. | 0 | 0 | $39M | |
| 2006-03-09 | Thunderstorm WindColumbus, Lowndes County One storm episode: 2 records; the totals are the episode's. | 80 kt wind | 0 | 3 | $23M |
| 2008-08-02 | Thunderstorm WindSebastopol, Scott County One storm episode: 22 records in 16 places; the totals are the episode's. | 65 kt wind | 0 | 0 | $20M |
| 2006-03-09 | Thunderstorm WindLouisville, Winston County One storm episode: 2 records; the totals are the episode's. | 80 kt wind | 0 | 0 | $15M |
| 2008-02-12 | Thunderstorm WindFlowood, Rankin County One storm episode: 28 records in 15 places; the totals are the episode's. | 87 kt wind | 0 | 0 | $9.4M |
| 2009-05-03 | Thunderstorm WindHebron, Jones County One storm episode: 18 records in 11 places; the totals are the episode's. | 68 kt wind | 1 | 1 | $9.3M |
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: property and crop damage as estimated by the National Weather Service, in 2025 dollars.
Are severe thunderstorm wind events becoming more frequent in Mississippi?
Mississippi's count per decade against the whole country's, and its share. NOAA recorded every event type only from 1996, so earlier decades are not comparable; the share of the national total is the fairer comparison across decades.
| Decade | Mississippi | United States | Mississippi's share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955-59 | 53 | 3,482 | 1.5% |
| 1960s | 320 | 10,124 | 3.2% |
| 1970s | 784 | 18,714 | 4.2% |
| 1980s | 1,057 | 39,604 | 2.7% |
| 1990s | 2,687 | 85,554 | 3.1% |
| 2000s | 4,986 | 129,990 | 3.8% |
| 2010s | 4,727 | 161,286 | 2.9% |
| 2020-26 | 3,547 | 126,815 | 2.8% |
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.
The most recent severe thunderstorm wind events in Mississippi
| Date | Record | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | Thunderstorm WindNorth Biloxi Airport, Jackson County | 50 kt wind | 0 | 0 | $1K |
| 2026-06-30 | Thunderstorm WindOcean Spgs, Jackson County | 50 kt wind | 0 | 0 | $1K |
| 2026-06-30 | Thunderstorm WindPecan, Jackson County | 50 kt wind | 0 | 0 | $1K |
| 2026-06-25 | Thunderstorm WindBlunts, Newton County | 52 kt wind | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-06-25 | Thunderstorm WindRice Hill, Rankin County | 58 kt wind | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-06-24 | Thunderstorm WindVestry, Jackson County | 50 kt wind | 0 | 0 | $5K |
| 2026-06-24 | Thunderstorm WindAirey, Harrison County | 50 kt wind | 0 | 0 | $5K |
| 2026-06-24 | Thunderstorm WindSilver Run, Pearl River County | 50 kt wind | 0 | 0 | $2K |
| 2026-06-24 | Thunderstorm WindMillard, Pearl River County | 50 kt wind | 0 | 0 | $2K |
| 2026-06-23 | Thunderstorm WindThomasville, Rankin County | 52 kt wind | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-06-22 | Thunderstorm WindBeechwood, Warren County | 52 kt wind | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-06-22 | Thunderstorm WindNoxapater, Winston County | 54 kt wind | 0 | 0 | – |
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records through June 30, 2026; the newest months are revised by NCEI as reports arrive. Search the record at NCEI.
Federal disaster declarations for severe thunderstorm wind events in Mississippi
FEMA files hail and wind disasters under the incident type Severe Storm: 43 declarations in Mississippi, 42 of them major disasters; the latest on June 30, 2026.
| Declared | Number | Title | Areas named |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | DR-4922 | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding | 5 |
| 2025-05-21 | DR-4874 | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding | 18 |
| 2024-06-10 | DR-4790 | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding | 6 |
| 2023-08-12 | DR-4727 | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes. | 30 |
| 2023-03-26 | DR-4697 | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes | 7 |
| 2020-07-09 | DR-4551 | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding | 11 |
| 2020-04-23 | DR-4538 | Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides | 15 |
| 2020-04-16 | DR-4536 | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding | 29 |
| 2020-03-12 | DR-4478 | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding | 13 |
| 2019-12-06 | DR-4470 | Severe Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding | 19 |
| 2019-06-20 | DR-4450 | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding | 9 |
| 2019-04-23 | DR-4429 | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding | 30 |
Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2), through October 2, 2026. OpenFEMA dataset page.
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