Mississippi

Storm History: Washington County, Mississippi

437 episodes, 625 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Washington County, Mississippi: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
625
Deaths
7
Injuries
54
Damage
$80 million
Episodes
437

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.

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Every year

From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Tornado215140$46 million
Hail15000$2.1 million
Thunderstorm Wind10110$2.0 million
Flash Flood9500$3.2 million
Drought1300$8.3 million
Ice Storm12011$1.8 million
Heavy Snow1010$587,000
Heat620
Strong Wind400$54,000
Winter Weather400
Hurricane (Typhoon)300$8.8 million
Winter Storm213
Flood200$6.6 million
High Wind200$32,000
Tropical Storm200$45,000
Cold/Wind Chill100$300,000
Excessive Heat110
Lightning100$10,000
Sleet100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Washington County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Washington CountyEvery warning in Washington County since 1986Every county 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.