Thunderstorm Wind in Mississippi
Every thunderstorm wind event the National Weather Service has filed in Mississippi, year by year, with the most significant episodes. 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.
The most significant on the map
The most significant thunderstorm wind episodes in Mississippi.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 18,161
- Deaths
- 45
- Injuries
- 347
- Damage
- $466 million
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, February 21, 1971
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Mississippi, March 24, 2023In the afternoon and evening of the 24th, clusters of strong to severe storms were stretched from southwest to northeast across southeastern Arkansas as robust instability and very strong wind shear served to produce a volatile severe weather environment.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, April 25 to 27, 2011A stationary front remained draped across Southern Missouri into Western Kentucky from April 24th, 2011 into April 25th, 2011. A very warm and unstable atmosphere was in place across the Mid-South ahead of the front.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, November 21, 1992
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, January 10, 1975
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 21, 1984
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, April 28 to 29, 2014A powerful spring storm system brought a multi-day severe weather outbreak across a large portion of the country during the April 27-30 time frame. This outbreak started across the Central Plains on the 27th and slowly migrated eastward over the following two days.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, April 12, 2020An outbreak of severe weather occurred on Easter Sunday, 2020. This was a multifaceted event with a few different waves of activity, each of which brought their own unique hazardous weather to the residents of the region.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 26 to 27, 2011A historic outbreak of tornadoes across the Ark-La-Miss began late on Tuesday, April 26th continuing into the early morning hours of Wednesday, April 27th. The event ramped up again during the early afternoon of April 27th continuing into the early evening.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, February 26, 1958
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, March 29, 1976
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 29, 1963
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, February 24, 2001Forty mobile homes and nineteen houses were damaged or destroyed. A fire station had a severely damaged wall. Some chain link fencing was blown over.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, November 22, 1992
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 19, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, December 23, 2014During the afternoon of Dec 23, just enough ingredients came together to support numerous severe storms ahead of a cold front. Across the Lower Mississippi River Valley, peak heating contributed to decent instability in the developing warm sector in advance of the front.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, January 21, 2017Two rounds of severe weather impacted the ArkLaMiss region - one beginning shortly after midnight on the morning of January 21st and ending shortly before daybreak. The round of storms began during the evening hours on the 21st and ended just before midnight.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, November 24, 2001A supercell thunderstorm moved out of Chicot County Arkansas into northern Washington County, Mississippi. The storm produced a violent tornado that touced down 2.5 miles southwest of Winterville, or along the northern edge of Lake Ferguson.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, May 1 to 2, 2010An upper level disturbance slowly approached the Mid-South during the evening of April 30th, 2010 as a cold front became stationary to the west. This pattern remained in place through the evening hours of May 2nd, 2010.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 18, 1978
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, March 14 to 15, 2025Isolated severe thunderstorms developed across portions of Mississippi in the overnight hours of March 14th. Coverage of severe storms increased into the morning of the 15th before a squall line developed and moved across the area.
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 10, 1992
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, February 4, 1971
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, March 24, 2023The first significant event to produce widespread severe weather across the Mid-South for 2023 occurred on March 24, during the afternoon and evening hours. This severe weather episode occurred mainly over portions of the Lower Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, February 10, 2013An approaching cold front, an unusually high amount of wind shear, and sufficient instability resulted in an outbreak of severe thunderstorms across portions of the lower Deep South, including a violent tornado that moved through Hattiesburg.
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Thunderstorm Wind everywhereEvery kind of event in Mississippi
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.