Thunderstorm Wind, Walthall
- When
- June 17, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Walthall County
- Coordinates
- 31.120, -90.150
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 17, 1985
14 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
14 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Benton
- When
- June 17, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County
- Coordinates
- 34.830, -89.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Tate
- When
- June 17, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tate County
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -90.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Tate
- When
- June 17, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tate County
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -89.800
Thunderstorm Wind, De Soto
- When
- June 17, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- De Soto County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.950, -90.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall
- When
- June 17, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Coordinates
- 34.770, -89.450
Thunderstorm Wind, De Soto
- When
- June 17, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- De Soto County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.820, -90.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Coahoma
- When
- June 17, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Coahoma County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.370, -90.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Sunflower
- When
- June 17, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Sunflower County
- Coordinates
- 33.530, -90.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- June 17, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Measured
- 84 kt (97 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -89.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- June 17, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Coordinates
- 34.120, -88.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- June 17, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Coordinates
- 34.380, -88.680
Tornado, Tishomingo
- When
- June 17, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Tishomingo County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 70 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.530, -88.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Itawamba
- When
- June 17, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Itawamba County
- Coordinates
- 34.270, -88.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Tishomingo
- When
- June 17, 9:01 PM CST
- Where
- Tishomingo County
- Coordinates
- 34.630, -88.230
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10060852, 10060853, 10061704, 10061705, 10061706, 10061707, 10061920, 10061921, 10061922, 10061923, 10061924, 10061925, 10061926, 10061927, 10061928.