Stone County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Stone County: 0.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Every large fire

1. Large fires mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program since 1984: 1,000 acres or more in the West, 500 or more in the East. Prescribed burns are excluded. Acres here are the part of each perimeter inside this place.

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), 1984 to 2026.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Aug 27, 2005Hurricane (Typhoon), Stone$250 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   For the narrative on Hurricane Katrina in southeast Mississippi see Alabama, Southwest. Katrina caused major tree damage across southeast Mississippi. The damage was more severe along and west of Highway 49. Many of the fallen trees fell on structures and caused damage.

2. Sep 25, 1998Hurricane (Typhoon), Stone$25.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Please see the narrative on Hurricane Georges under Alabama, Southwest, September 25-29, 1998.

3. Jul 24, 2017Flash Flood$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Slow moving thunderstorms produced heavy rain that produced widespread flooding across portions of Stone County. Several roads were closed across the western half of the county due to the heavy rain.

4. Sep 4, 2011Tornado$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The tornado touched down just north of Bankston Road which is just west of the town of Perkinston. The tornado moved north and lifted in the town of Bond near the intersection of U.S. Highway 49 and Pump Branch Road. The path length was approximately 9 miles, but was not always fully in contact with the ground and became very narrow in several places. Numerous trees were blown over or snapped with several trees snapped off at the top. Two residences suffered damage from the tornado. A double-wide mobile home on Sumrall Road west of Perkinston lost 40 percent of its roof. The mobile home was also shifted off its concrete masonry unit piers, consistent with EF-1 intensity damage…

5. Jun 22, 1996Thunderstorm Wind$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 50 MPH BLEW THE ROOF OFF OF A GREERS GROCERY STORE IN WIGGINS. THE ROOF WAS BLOWN INTO THE PARKING LOT AND DAMAGED SEVERAL VEHICLES. IT APPEARED THAT THE WIND GOT UP UNDER PART OF THE ROOF THAT WAS NEVER FINISHED WHEN A NEW ROOF WAS PUT ON A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. THE WIND JUST PICKED THE ROOF UP AND PUT IT IN THE PARKING LOT. NOTHING ELSE WAS DAMAGED IN THE AREA. FIVE PEOPLE SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES.

6. Sep 30, 2012Tornado$60,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The tornado touched down one quarter mile north of West McHenry Road and west of US Highway 49 where trees were snapped off at mid-trunk and uprooted. The tornado continued northeast to Pine Avenue where it briefly increased in strength to EF-1 intensity and nearly 100 yards wide taking the roof off of one residence and damaging the roof structures of 4 other homes. The tornado then continued northeast across Highway 49 before lifting on Wire Road East near the Highway 49 intersection where a wooden backyard privacy fence was blown down and a few trees were topped out.

7. Aug 29, 2012Flood$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Several roads were closed from flooding that occurred overnight...City Bridge Road near the town of Big Level...Riceville Road near Mchenry and Ralph Miller Road in the eastern portion of the county.

8. Jan 5, 2007Tornado$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A weak tornado first touched down near the fire station in Wiggins. The tornado did some minor roof damage to the station. The tornado then moved across the street and blew the roof off of the old train depot. The tornado then moved across a business where several metal buildings were damaged. The tornado then went back into the clouds just northeast of the business. Some debris from the train depot was found about a quarter of a mile away near Flint Creek Water Park. No one was injured.

9. Mar 9, 2011Thunderstorm Wind$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   An NWS storm survey revealed straight line wind damage off of highway 26 just west of highway 49. Sporadic damage continued to the northeast to just north of College Avenue. Along the path...numerous hardwood and softwood trees were either snapped or uprooted. Four homes suffered significant damage when trees fell onto them.

10. Jun 16, 2017Thunderstorm Wind$50,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Winds estimated at 70 mph downed a tree on a house. Multiple trees were also downed in the area.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

105°F3 times, most recently Jul 17, 2000

All-time low

3°FJan 21, 1985

Warmest night

84°F2 times, most recently Jul 14, 1901

Coldest day

25°FJan 11, 1962

Wettest day

10.52 inDec 10, 1961

Snowiest day

7.0 inDec 31, 1963

Hottest year

1921mean 70.8°F

Coldest year

1989mean 64.2°F

Wettest year

196197.26 in

Driest year

192433.12 in

Station Poplarville Experiment Station (USC00227128), 313 ft elevation, 24.4 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1896 to October 21, 2026; 91.3% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00227128.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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