Strong Wind Risk in Mississippi

All Mississippi counties ranked by FEMA National Risk Index strong wind score

Strong Wind risk — damaging straight-line winds outside of tornadoes and hurricanes — is rated for 82 of 82 Mississippi counties in FEMA's National Risk Index. Hinds County carries the state's highest strong wind score at 98.1, with $4M in expected annual strong wind losses.

10 Mississippi counties are rated High or Very High for strong wind, and expected annual losses from strong wind total roughly $53M statewide. The full ranking below links to each county's complete 18-hazard risk profile.

County Rankings — Strong Wind

#CountyStrong Wind ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1 Hinds County
98.1
Very High 3.56 / yr $4M
2 Panola County
92.0
High 1.46 / yr $1M
3 Rankin County
91.9
High 3.89 / yr $2M
4 Forrest County
91.5
High 2.59 / yr $2M
5 Warren County
89.9
High 3.47 / yr $1M
6 Leake County
89.9
High 3.54 / yr $1M
7 Jones County
89.7
High 3.04 / yr $1M
8 Chickasaw County
86.7
High 1.99 / yr $1M
9 Lowndes County
85.7
High 2.01 / yr $1M
10 Harrison County
85.4
High 1.60 / yr $1M
11 Washington County
83.4
Medium 2.45 / yr $902K
12 Carroll County
83.1
Medium 2.48 / yr $1000K
13 Walthall County
81.6
Medium 2.50 / yr $1M
14 Yazoo County
81.4
Medium 3.43 / yr $879K
15 Tallahatchie County
78.4
Medium 1.81 / yr $774K
16 Winston County
77.8
Medium 2.63 / yr $742K
17 Scott County
77.7
Medium 3.84 / yr $748K
18 Madison County
77.0
Medium 3.64 / yr $1M
19 DeSoto County
76.5
Medium 1.26 / yr $1M
20 Coahoma County
76.3
Medium 1.62 / yr $758K
21 Pike County
75.5
Medium 2.31 / yr $692K
22 Leflore County
75.4
Medium 2.24 / yr $701K
23 Lauderdale County
74.9
Medium 2.66 / yr $769K
24 Pearl River County
73.8
Medium 2.01 / yr $799K
25 Neshoba County
73.7
Medium 3.05 / yr $804K
26 Copiah County
73.3
Medium 3.49 / yr $701K
27 Holmes County
71.9
Medium 2.94 / yr $577K
28 Newton County
71.8
Medium 3.26 / yr $639K
29 Lincoln County
71.5
Medium 2.96 / yr $716K
30 Wilkinson County
70.4
Medium 1.71 / yr $567K
31 Union County
68.2
Medium 1.79 / yr $699K
32 Lee County
65.6
Medium 2.12 / yr $723K
33 Sunflower County
64.5
Medium 2.21 / yr $520K
34 Choctaw County
64.4
Medium 2.64 / yr $609K
35 Bolivar County
64.2
Medium 1.96 / yr $497K
36 Lamar County
63.6
Medium 2.71 / yr $715K
37 Simpson County
62.8
Medium 3.94 / yr $588K
38 Oktibbeha County
62.6
Medium 2.23 / yr $653K
39 Grenada County
62.4
Medium 2.05 / yr $505K
40 Smith County
62.1
Medium 3.92 / yr $504K
41 Adams County
61.2
Medium 2.22 / yr $488K
42 Attala County
59.6
Medium 3.04 / yr $524K
43 Covington County
58.5
Medium 3.36 / yr $430K
44 Marion County
55.3
Medium 2.72 / yr $473K
45 Lafayette County
54.5
Medium 1.49 / yr $664K
46 Pontotoc County
52.4
Medium 1.82 / yr $468K
47 Jackson County
51.8
Medium 1.42 / yr $536K
48 Jasper County
49.2
Low 3.33 / yr $335K
49 Itawamba County
47.4
Low 3.01 / yr $378K
50 Kemper County
46.9
Low 2.49 / yr $341K
51 Lawrence County
45.7
Low 3.27 / yr $372K
52 Prentiss County
45.3
Low 2.58 / yr $340K
53 Alcorn County
43.3
Low 2.39 / yr $345K
54 Jefferson Davis County
43.0
Low 3.28 / yr $262K
55 Claiborne County
41.6
Low 3.33 / yr $280K
56 Amite County
41.2
Low 2.04 / yr $246K
57 Noxubee County
40.1
Low 2.19 / yr $240K
58 Monroe County
39.9
Low 2.39 / yr $294K
59 Marshall County
39.0
Low 1.29 / yr $262K
60 Clay County
38.7
Low 2.03 / yr $264K
61 Clarke County
38.4
Low 2.79 / yr $312K
62 Stone County
38.3
Low 1.96 / yr $291K
63 Franklin County
38.2
Low 2.61 / yr $252K
64 Tippah County
36.2
Low 1.96 / yr $265K
65 Hancock County
35.3
Low 1.47 / yr $274K
66 Tishomingo County
35.1
Low 3.42 / yr $256K
67 Montgomery County
34.5
Low 2.37 / yr $278K
68 Humphreys County
34.4
Low 2.85 / yr $204K
69 Wayne County
34.3
Low 2.72 / yr $237K
70 George County
31.5
Low 2.16 / yr $340K
71 Calhoun County
31.1
Low 1.81 / yr $216K
72 Greene County
30.7
Low 2.47 / yr $211K
73 Jefferson County
29.0
Low 2.71 / yr $178K
74 Sharkey County
28.8
Low 3.25 / yr $175K
75 Tate County
28.3
Low 1.28 / yr $240K
76 Tunica County
27.6
Low 1.34 / yr $175K
77 Webster County
25.3
Low 2.07 / yr $172K
78 Perry County
24.5
Low 2.48 / yr $187K
79 Yalobusha County
24.4
Low 1.68 / yr $175K
80 Quitman County
20.0
Low 1.56 / yr $105K
81 Issaquena County
15.3
Very Low 3.35 / yr $89K
82 Benton County
14.5
Very Low 1.33 / yr $73K

82 Mississippi counties with measurable strong wind risk. See the national strong wind ranking or all Mississippi counties by overall risk.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Mississippi county has the highest strong wind risk?

Hinds County has the highest FEMA strong wind risk score in Mississippi at 98.1 (Very High), with $4M in expected annual losses and about 3.56 events per year.

How many Mississippi counties face significant strong wind risk?

82 Mississippi counties record measurable strong wind risk in FEMA's National Risk Index; 10 of them are rated High or Very High.

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