Thunderstorm Wind in Alcorn County, Mississippi

Thunderstorm Wind in Alcorn County, Mississippi: 147 recorded events between 1968 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 81. That places the county #1,570 nationally and #57 statewide for this hazard.

Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Alcorn County is the 2000s, when 38 of the county's 147 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.

Within the Alcorn County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 48.5% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,570 for this hazard and #57 within Mississippi, putting it in the 50.1 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Alcorn County with 31 recorded events, while Feb is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.

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Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Alcorn County, Mississippi?

147 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Alcorn County between 1968 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Alcorn County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Alcorn County measured 81.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Alcorn County come from?

All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.