Thunderstorm Wind in Webster County, Mississippi

Thunderstorm Wind in Webster County, Mississippi: 157 recorded events between 1967 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 70. That places the county #1,459 nationally and #49 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Webster County is the 2010s, when 54 of the county's 157 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 Webster County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 58.4% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,459 for this hazard and #49 within Mississippi, putting it in the 53.8 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Webster County with 30 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 Webster County, Mississippi?

157 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Webster County between 1967 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Webster County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Webster County measured 70.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Webster 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.