Tropical Storm in Mississippi
Every tropical storm event the National Weather Service has filed in Mississippi, year by year, with the most significant episodes. A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 34 to 63 knots (39 to 73 mph).
The most significant on the map
The most significant tropical storm 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
- 273
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 4
- Damage
- $88 million
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in Mississippi, August 28 to 30, 2012Hurricane Isaac entered the Gulf of Mexico as a tropical storm on August 26, moving northwest after crossing Haiti, Cuba and the Florida Straits. Isaac moved slowly north northwest over the eastern Gulf .
- Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in Mississippi, August 28 to 31, 2012Tropical Depression Nine formed in the Atlantic, east of the Lesser Antilles, on the morning of August 21, 2012. Twelve hours later, Tropical Depression Nine had strengthened into Tropical Storm Isaac.
- Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, September 25 to 27, 2002Tropical Storm Isidore moved steadily northward across the central Gulf of Mexico on September 24th and September 25th before making landfall near Grand Isle, Louisiana during the early morning of September 26th.
- Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in Mississippi, September 1 to 4, 2008Hurricane Gustav was the 2nd major hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season. It took shape as a tropical depression on the morning of August 25th just southeast of Haiti, and rapidly strengthened to hurricane status by the morning of August 26th.
- 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.
- Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, August 29 to 30, 2021Major hurricane Ida made landfall as a strong category four hurricane around 11:55am on August 29 near Grand Isle, LA. It then moved very slowly north through south central Louisiana and into Mississippi on August 30.
- Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in Mississippi, October 2 to 3, 2002Hurricane Lili, a major hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico, during the daylight hours of October 2, 2002 moved steadily northwest around 15 mph toward the Louisiana coast during the evening hour.
- Tropical Storm and Storm Surge in Mississippi, October 9 to 10, 2020Delta first developed into a tropical depression in the Caribbean just south of Jamaica on the afternoon of October 4th. As it tracked across the western Caribbean, it rapidly intensified into a Category 4 hurricane.
- Tropical Storm in Mississippi, July 5 to 6, 2005Hurricane Cindy developed from a tropical depression that formed over the extreme western Caribbean Sea on July 3. This depression moved northwest over the Yucatan Peninsula and emerged over the south central Gulf of Mexico on July 4.
- Tornado and Tropical Storm in Mississippi, June 30, 2003Tropical Storm Bill developed in the southern Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, June 29, 2003 and moved steadily northward toward the Louisiana coast.
- Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, September 26, 2002Tropical Storm Isidore moved onshore the Louisiana coast early in the morning of September 26. The weakening storm then moved northeast across eastern Mississippi during the day.
- Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, September 12 to 16, 2024Tropical Storm Francine made landfall in southern Louisiana on the evening of September 11th, 2024. The weakening storm produced strong wind damage as it moved across central Mississippi the morning of September 12th, 2024.
- Tornado and Tropical Storm in Mississippi, October 28, 2020After making landfall along the southeast Louisiana Gulf Coast around 4:00 p.m. CDT on October 28th, Hurricane Zeta continued to quickly move northeast and weaken as it moved inland.
- Tornado and Tropical Storm in Mississippi, October 9 to 10, 2020Hurricane Delta made landfall along the southwest Louisiana Gulf Coast around 5:00 p.m. CDT on October 9th and moved to the northeast across southwest and central Mississippi.
- Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in Mississippi, September 19 to 20, 1998A tropical depression that formed in the central Gulf of Mexico on September 17th strengthened to a minimal tropical storm named Hermine on the morning of the 18th.
- Tropical Storm and Flash Flood in Mississippi, August 29 to 30, 2005Hurricane Katrina had weakened to tropical storm strength when it reached north Mississippi. An electrical transformer was blown down an a house in Oxford (Lafayette County).
- Tornado and Tropical Storm in Mississippi, September 4 to 6, 2018Tropical Storm Gordon made landfall during the evening of September 4th near the Alabama and Mississippi coast border. It continued to track to the northwest inland across much of central Mississippi on the 5th.
- Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in Mississippi, June 18 to 19, 2021A tropical wave meandered in the Bay of Campeche for a few days in mid June before slowly tracking northeastward towards the Louisiana coastline. It actually didn't attain tropical storm status until after it made landfall in Terrebonne Parish on the early morning of June 19th.
- Tropical Storm in Mississippi, June 11 to 12, 2005Tropical Storm Arlene made landfall near the Alabama/Florida state line and tracked northward across western Alabama through the evening of the 11th.
- Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, June 29 to 30, 2003Heavy rains caused a few streets to flood.
- Tropical Storm and Storm Surge in Mississippi, September 11 to 12, 2024Hurricane Francine formed as a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico on September 9, 2024, and intensified into a Category 2 hurricane before making landfall near Houma, Louisiana, on the morning of September 11.
- Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, July 1, 2003Tropical Storm Bill made landfall in S Louisiana, just to the SW of Houma, around 2 PM on June 30th. The storm then moved to the NE as it slowly weakened into a Tropical Depression.
- Tornado and Tropical Storm in Mississippi, October 7 to 8, 2017Hurricane Nate quickly moved north northwest out of the northwest Caribbean Sea and across the Gulf of Mexico, making landfall near Biloxi, MS just after midnight on October 8th as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum winds of 85 mph.
- Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, August 27 to 28, 2020Hurricane Laura made landfall along the Louisiana coast near Lake Charles in the early morning hours of August 27. It moved north into Central Louisiana during the morning and afternoon before turning to the northeast and tracking through Arkansas.
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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.