Storm History: Wayne County, Mississippi
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Wayne 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
- 295
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 16
- Damage
- $31 million
- Episodes
- 226
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 91 | 0 | 8 | $510,000 |
| Tornado | 74 | 2 | 6 | $28 million |
| Hail | 70 | 0 | 0 | $92,000 |
| Flash Flood | 33 | 0 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| Winter Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 4 | 0 | 2 | $62,000 |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 4 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Drought | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sleet | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Winter Weather | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, February 28, 1987
- Tornado, April 28, 2014
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 25, 1998
- Flash Flood, December 27, 2018
- Tornado, June 28, 1957
- Tornado, May 8, 1973
- Tornado, November 4, 1988
- Tornado, November 15, 2006
- Flash Flood, March 11, 2016
- Tornado, February 10, 2013
- Tornado, February 23, 2016
- Tornado, January 13, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 1998
- Hail, February 15, 2016
- Tornado, February 19, 1996
- Lightning, August 27, 2003
- Tornado, March 18, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2002
- Tornado, January 9, 1972
- Flash Flood, April 28, 1998
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, February 28, 1987
- Tornado, February 26, 1958
- Tornado, June 28, 1957
- Tornado, January 9, 1972
- Tornado, January 3, 1982
- Tornado, November 4, 1988
- Tornado, April 15, 2011
- Tornado, February 12, 2025
- Tornado, April 8, 1986
- Tornado, April 11, 1995
- Tornado, April 20, 1995
- Tornado, April 28, 2014
- Tornado, March 17, 2021
- Tornado, March 30, 2022
- Tornado, April 5, 2022
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, March 16, 2026
- Tornado, March 11, 2026
- Hail, May 27, 2025
- Tornado, March 4, 2025
- Tornado, February 12, 2025
- Tornado, December 27, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2023
- Hail, June 17, 2023
- Hail, June 16, 2023
- Hail, May 17, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 3, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 25, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2022
- Tornado, April 16, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 13, 2022
- Tornado, April 5, 2022
- Tornado, March 30, 2022
- Flash Flood, February 3, 2022
- Flash Flood, April 10, 2021
- Tornado, March 17, 2021
- Tropical Storm, October 28, 2020
- Tornado, April 23, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 12, 2020
- Tornado, March 31, 2020
- Hail, March 4, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 11, 2020
- Tornado, December 16, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 9, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 13, 2019
- Flash Flood, December 27, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 1, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2018
- Heavy Snow, December 8, 2017
- Tornado, October 7, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2017
- Hail, March 27, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 6, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 2, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- Drought, October 1, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2016
- Flash Flood, March 11, 2016
- Tornado, February 23, 2016
- Hail, February 15, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 31, 2015
- Hail, March 22, 2015
- Sleet, March 5, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 13, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 2, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2014
- Tornado, April 28, 2014
- Hail, February 20, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 11, 2013
- Tornado, February 10, 2013
- Tornado, January 13, 2013
- Hail, May 31, 2012
- Flash Flood, March 21, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2011
- Tornado, April 15, 2011
- Tornado, April 4, 2011
- Flash Flood, March 9, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2010
- Flash Flood, February 4, 2010
- Flash Flood, April 13, 2009
- Winter Weather, December 11, 2008
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2008
- Hail, June 20, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 15, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 11, 2008
- Hail, April 4, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 31, 2008
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 10, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 20, 2007
- Heat, August 8, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 14, 2007
- Tornado, November 15, 2006
- Hail, May 9, 2006
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 29, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 27, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 24, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 30, 2005
- Hail, April 26, 2005
- Hail, April 22, 2005
- Hail, April 22, 2005
- Hail, April 22, 2005
- Hail, April 11, 2005
- Hail, April 11, 2005
- Flash Flood, March 31, 2005
- Hail, March 22, 2005
- Tornado, November 24, 2004
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 14, 2004
- Hail, April 7, 2004
- Lightning, August 27, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2003
- Tornado, May 17, 2003
- Hail, May 3, 2003
- Hail, April 25, 2003
- Hail, April 25, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 6, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 6, 2003
- Hail, March 13, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 10, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2002
- Hail, July 6, 2002
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 13, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 13, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2001
- Lightning, June 11, 2001
- Hail, April 3, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 12, 2001
- Flash Flood, March 3, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 2, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 2, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 29, 2001
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2001
- Winter Storm, December 21, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 16, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2000
- Heat, July 1, 2000
- Hail, May 2, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 2, 2000
- Hail, April 1, 2000
- Sleet, January 27, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 14, 1999
- Hail, March 9, 1999
- Flash Flood, January 29, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 22, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 9, 1999
- Strong Wind, January 2, 1999
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 25, 1998
- Lightning, July 22, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 1998
- Flash Flood, April 28, 1998
- Hail, March 7, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 26, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 10, 1998
- Hail, January 12, 1998
- Hail, November 1, 1997
- Hail, October 25, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 24, 1997
- Flash Flood, May 28, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 26, 1997
- Hail, April 22, 1997
- Hail, April 22, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 21, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 21, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 28, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 15, 1997
- Hail, December 12, 1996
- Hail, December 12, 1996
- Hail, December 12, 1996
- Hail, November 7, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 26, 1996
- Lightning, September 9, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 1996
- Tornado, March 18, 1996
- Hail, March 18, 1996
- Hail, March 18, 1996
- Tornado, March 18, 1996
- Tornado, March 18, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 18, 1996
- Hail, March 6, 1996
- Hail, March 6, 1996
- Hail, March 6, 1996
- Hail, March 6, 1996
- Tornado, February 19, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 26, 1996
- Tornado, October 27, 1995
- Hail, July 12, 1995
- Hail, May 28, 1995
- Tornado, April 20, 1995
- Tornado, April 11, 1995
- Tornado, March 7, 1995
- Hail, January 6, 1995
- Tornado, June 9, 1994
- Tornado, March 9, 1994
- Hail, April 14, 1991
- Hail, April 9, 1991
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 1, 1991
- Hail, August 30, 1990
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 1990
- Hail, May 21, 1990
- Tornado, February 10, 1990
- Tornado, November 8, 1989
- Tornado, April 4, 1989
- Tornado, November 4, 1988
- Hail, June 9, 1988
- Hail, May 24, 1988
- Tornado, May 10, 1988
- Hail, April 18, 1988
- Hail, March 12, 1988
- Tornado, February 28, 1987
- Tornado, April 8, 1986
- Hail, July 11, 1985
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 12, 1984
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 14, 1983
- Tornado, January 3, 1982
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 4, 1981
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 4, 1979
- Tornado, May 8, 1973
- Tornado, January 9, 1972
- Tornado, February 4, 1960
- Tornado, May 11, 1959
- Tornado, February 26, 1958
- Tornado, June 28, 1957
More
Tornadoes in Wayne CountyEvery warning in Wayne 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.