Thunderstorm Wind in Itawamba County, Mississippi

Thunderstorm Wind in Itawamba County, Mississippi: 175 recorded events between 1967 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 74. That places the county #1,268 nationally and #46 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Itawamba County is the 1990s, when 48 of the county's 175 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 Itawamba County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 55.9% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,268 for this hazard and #46 within Mississippi, putting it in the 59.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Itawamba County with 42 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 Itawamba County, Mississippi?

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

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Itawamba County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Itawamba County measured 74.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Itawamba 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.