Mississippi

Storm History: Wilkinson County, Mississippi

150 episodes, 174 events since 1968

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Wilkinson 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
174
Deaths
2
Injuries
18
Damage
$29 million
Episodes
150

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
Tornado46015$3.1 million
Thunderstorm Wind3401$98,000
Hail2410$502,000
Excessive Heat1800
Flash Flood1200$7.1 million
Drought1000
Heavy Snow500
Winter Storm400
Flood300$250,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)300$15 million
Tropical Storm302$3.0 million
Winter Weather300
Cold/Wind Chill200
Ice Storm200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Lightning110
Tropical Depression100
Strong Wind100$1,000

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 Wilkinson County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Wilkinson CountyEvery warning in Wilkinson 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.