Thunderstorm Wind in Walthall County, Mississippi

Thunderstorm Wind in Walthall County, Mississippi: 111 recorded events between 1963 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 66. That places the county #2,069 nationally and #66 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Walthall County is the 2000s, when 37 of the county's 111 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 Walthall County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 55.8% of all recorded severe weather across 5 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,069 for this hazard and #66 within Mississippi, putting it in the 34.3 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Apr is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Walthall County with 26 recorded events, while Sep 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 Walthall County, Mississippi?

111 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Walthall County between 1963 and 2025, causing 2 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Walthall County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Walthall County measured 66.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Walthall 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.