Hurricane (Typhoon) in Mississippi
Every hurricane (typhoon) event the National Weather Service has filed in Mississippi, year by year, with the most significant episodes. A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 64 knots (74 mph) or more, filed per forecast zone for its wind, and with separate events for its flooding, surge and tornadoes.
The most significant on the map
The most significant hurricane (typhoon) episodes in Mississippi.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 176
- Deaths
- 183
- Injuries
- 104
- Damage
- $16 billion
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Hurricane in Mississippi, August 28 to 29, 2005Hurricane Katrina was one of the strongest and most destructive hurricanes on record to impact the coast of the United States.
- Hurricane in Mississippi, August 29, 2005Hurricane Katrina will likely go down as the worst and costliest natural disaster in United States history. The amount of destruction, the cost of damaged property/agriculture and the large loss of life across the affected region has been overwhelming.
- Hurricane and Tornado in Mississippi, October 28, 2020A tropical depression formed in the northwestern Caribbean on the afternoon of October 24th. 9 hours later, it became the twenty-seventh named storm and eleventh hurricane of the exceptionally active 2020 Atlantic hurricane season.
- Hurricane in Mississippi, September 16, 2004Hurricane Ivan made landfall at 2:02 AM, September 16, near Gulf Shores, Alabama as a upper Category 3 hurricane. The western side of Ivan effected a large portion of Eastern Mississippi as the center moved north through Alabama.
- Hurricane in Mississippi, September 27 to 28, 1998Hurricane Georges, a strong Category 2 hurricane moved slowly northwest across the Gulf of Mexico toward southeast Louisiana and coastal Mississippi on the September 25 and September 26.
- Hurricane in Mississippi, August 27 to 29, 2005For 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.
- Hurricane and Tornadoes in Mississippi, August 28 to 31, 2021The ninth named storm, fourth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, Ida originated from a tropical wave in the Caribbean Sea on August 23rd.
- Hurricane in Mississippi, September 25 to 29, 1998Please see the narrative on Hurricane Georges under Alabama, Southwest, September 25-29, 1998.
- Hurricane and Storm Surge in Mississippi, September 1 to 2, 2008Hurricane Gustav emerged into the southeast Gulf of Mexico as a major category 3 hurricane on August 31st after developing in the Caribbean Sea and moving across western Cuba.
- Hurricane and Storm Surge in Mississippi, September 15 to 16, 2004Hurricane Ivan moved steadily northward across the the north-central Gulf of Mexico on September 15th before turning north-northeast and making landfall near Gulf Shores, Alabama as a Category 3 hurricane during the early morning of September 16th.Hurricane Ivan made landfall…
- Hurricane in Mississippi, July 10 to 11, 2005Hurricane Dennis made landfall during the afternoon of July 10th near Navarre Beach Florida as a category 3 Hurricane.
- Hurricane in Mississippi, September 24 to 25, 2005Hurricane Rita made landfall during the morning of September 24th near the Texas, Louisiana state line at the Sabine Pass.
- Hurricane and Tornadoes in Mississippi, October 3 to 4, 2002Hurricane Lili made landfall along the South-Central Louisiana coast during the morning hours of October third as a category 2 system.
- Hurricane in Mississippi, September 14 to 16, 2004Please see the detailed narrative on Hurricane Ivan under Alabama, Southwest, September 13-16, 2004.
- Hurricane and Tropical Storm in Mississippi, October 7 to 8, 2017Hurricane Nate began as a tropical depression over the northwest Caribbean Sea on the morning of October 4th and moved fairly rapidly northward, with forward speeds in excess of 20 mph, for the next several days while gaining strength.
- Hurricane in Mississippi, July 17 to 19, 1997Hurricane Danny, a minimal Saffir Simpson scale Category 1 hurricane, moved slowly from extreme southeast Louisiana across the Chandeleur and Breton sounds and into Mobile Bay from early on July 18 until late on July 19.
- Hurricane in Mississippi, August 29, 2005High winds from the eyewall of Hurricane Katrina blew down numerous trees in Stone and George counties as the eye of Katrina moved north. Wind gust of 80-100 mph were estimated across Stone county and 70-90 mph across George county.
- Hurricane in Mississippi, August 29, 2005High winds from the eyewall of Hurricane Katrina blew down numerous trees in Perry and Greene counties as the eye of Katrina moved north. Wind gust of 70-90 mph were estimated across Perry county and 60-80 mph across Greene county.
- Hurricane in Mississippi, August 29, 2005High winds from the eyewall of Hurricane Katrina blew down numerous trees in Wayne county as the eye of Katrina moved north. Wind gust of 60-80 mph were estimated across the county. Several of the trees fell on structures and damaged them.
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Hurricane (Typhoon) everywhereEvery kind of event in Mississippi
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.