NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Bogue Chitto, MS
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
42 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Bogue Chitto, Mississippi since 1851, 4 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Francine in 2024. Since 1950, 141 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 12 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 4
- Tropical storms
- 38
- Tornadoes
- 141
- EF3 or stronger
- 12
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
23 deaths in all
What the records show for Bogue Chitto
The strongest storm to pass near Bogue Chitto was Camille in 1969, a Category 2 hurricane with 102 mph winds when its centre passed 39 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was an unnamed storm in 1888, whose centre came within 32 miles. The record near Bogue Chitto begins with an unnamed storm in 1856; the most recent system was Francine in 2024, a tropical storm 17 miles away. The 1910s and the 2020s were the busiest decades, with 4 systems each. Of the 42 systems, 9 have come since 2000. Bogue Chitto has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 69% of the 232 Mississippi cities on this site. The highest rating among the 141 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4 or EF4, reached 4 times; the most recent, on March 15, 2025, came within 24 miles. The deadliest, an F4 on January 10, 1975, killed 9 people. Of the 141, 7 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 78 have come since 2000. April and December have had the most tornadoes, 29 each. Bogue Chitto has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 58% of the 232 Mississippi cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 96 times since 1975, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Bogue Chitto has more hail reports within 10 miles than 83% of the 232 Mississippi cities.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Bogue Chitto
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | FrancineSep 12 | 17 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 2 |
| 2021 | IdaAug 30 | 25 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2021 | ClaudetteJun 19 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2020 | CristobalJun 8 | 59 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2019 | OlgaOct 26 | 19 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2011 | LeeSep 5 | 61 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2005 | KatrinaAug 29 | 55 mi | Category 1 (90 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2003 | BillJul 1 | 49 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2002 | IsidoreSep 26 | 36 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1992 | AndrewAug 27 | 38 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1985 | ElenaSep 2 | 23 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1979 | BobJul 11 | 20 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1971 | EdithSep 16 | 1 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1969 | CamilleAug 18 | 39 mi | Category 2 (102 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1964 | HildaOct 4 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (68 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1957 | EstherSep 18 | 15 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1956 | Unnamed 1956 stormJun 14 | 16 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1955 | BrendaAug 2 | 51 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1949 | Unnamed 1949 stormSep 5 | 4 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1948 | Unnamed 1948 stormSep 4 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1936 | Unnamed 1936 stormJul 28 | 73 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1934 | Unnamed 1934 stormJun 17 | 38 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormSep 20 | 43 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1926 | Unnamed 1926 stormSep 22 | 65 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1923 | Unnamed 1923 stormOct 16 | 32 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormJul 6 | 61 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormSep 30 | 31 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1912 | Unnamed 1912 stormJun 13 | 35 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1911 | Unnamed 1911 stormAug 12 | 32 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1909 | Unnamed 1909 stormSep 21 | 73 mi | Category 1 (89 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1905 | Unnamed 1905 stormOct 10 | 51 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1905 | Unnamed 1905 stormSep 30 | 32 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormSep 8 | 47 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1890 | Unnamed 1890 stormAug 27 | 3 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormAug 20 | 32 mi | Category 1 (77 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormJun 15 | 17 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormOct 7 | 22 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormSep 2 | 4 mi | Tropical storm (67 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1872 | Unnamed 1872 stormJul 12 | 67 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1863 | Unnamed 1863 stormOct 1 | 68 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1860 | Unnamed 1860 stormOct 3 | 20 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1856 | Unnamed 1856 stormAug 12 | 34 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 4 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Bogue Chitto: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.
Tornadoes within 25 miles of Bogue Chitto
By decade
- 2020s35(4 EF3+)
- 2010s22(1 EF3+)
- 2000s21
- 1990s25(1 EF3+)
- 1980s18
- 1970s11(5 EF3+)
- 1960s8(1 EF3+)
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 1975 | F4 | 7 mi | 56.5 mi | 9 / 210 |
| Mar 15, 2025 | EF4 | 24 mi | 67.16 mi | 6 / 6 |
| Apr 12, 2020 | EF4 | 20 mi | 22.12 mi | 4 / 3 |
| Apr 18, 1978 | F4 | 21 mi | 19.1 mi | 4 / 31 |
| Dec 28, 2024 | EF3 | 15 mi | 25.98 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Apr 12, 2020 | EF3 | 21 mi | 83.22 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Dec 16, 2019 | EF3 | 2 mi | 30.32 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Feb 27, 1999 | F3 | 18 mi | 17 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 13, 1977 | F3 | 15 mi | 20.4 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Feb 21, 1974 | F3 | 17 mi | 9.8 mi | 0 / 13 |
| Apr 21, 1972 | F3 | in town | 9.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 2, 1967 | F3 | 6 mi | 11.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 141, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Bogue Chitto
The Storm Prediction Center has 96 hail reports within 10 miles of Bogue Chitto since 1975, made on 78 separate days. Of these, 54 were 1 inch across or larger, and 2 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 2.75 inches (baseball size), was reported on 2 days, most recently October 27, 1995. The most recent report is from May 24, 2025. April has the most reports, 22.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Bogue Chitto
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Brookhaven City, MS, 7 miles north of Bogue Chitto at 435 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 90°F and low of 71°F; January is the coolest, at 57°F and 36°F. January is the wettest at 6.5 inches of precipitation on average and October the driest at 3.6 inches; the year adds up to 61.4 inches over 77 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 45% of the year's precipitation (27.5 of 61.4 inches); the other six months are wetter. September has brought the most of the 42 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (15); a normal September there has highs of 86°F and 4.3 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 69 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 47 nights a year. That 61.4 inches is more than at 61 of the 87 Mississippi stations used on this site (70%). Summit, 10 miles south, has its own station (Mccomb/Pike Co/John E Lewis Airport, MS): 60.6 inches a year, 0.8 less than here, and a July average high of 91°F against 90°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 57 | 36 | 6.5 | 8 |
| Feb | 62 | 40 | 5.9 | 7 |
| Mar | 69 | 46 | 5.7 | 7 |
| Apr | 75 | 52 | 5.8 | 5 |
| May | 82 | 61 | 4.4 | 6 |
| Jun | 88 | 69 | 4.6 | 8 |
| Jul | 90 | 71 | 5.7 | 9 |
| Aug | 90 | 70 | 5.1 | 7 |
| Sep | 86 | 65 | 4.3 | 5 |
| Oct | 78 | 53 | 3.6 | 5 |
| Nov | 67 | 43 | 4.2 | 5 |
| Dec | 59 | 39 | 5.6 | 7 |
| Year | 75 | 54 | 61.4 | 77 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Brookhaven City, MS (435 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Bogue Chitto
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 190 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Bogue Chitto: 157 thunderstorm wind reports, 23 flash floods, 7 lightning strikes, 2 floods and 1 heavy rain event. They killed 0 people and injured 2, and the NWS estimated $5.9 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 96 mph, on March 26, 2009. February has had the most flash floods, 5 of 23. Of the 232 Mississippi cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 152 have had fewer than Bogue Chitto.
July 2, 2005: thunderstorm wind 10 miles from the centre of Bogue Chitto — 1 injured, $20,000 damage.
January 8, 2008: lightning strike 3 miles from the centre of Bogue Chitto — 1 injured.
NWS: “A house was struck by lightning and the person inside was injured.”
February 22, 2008: flash flood 6 miles from the centre of Bogue Chitto — $1.0 million damage.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Lincoln County, which includes Bogue Chitto, has been named in 32 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 22 of them major disasters (by incident: 14 hurricanes, 6 severe storms, 3 floods, 3 tornadoes). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on June 30, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Lincoln County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, strong wind, lightning and heat waves; Relatively Low for hurricanes, hail and inland flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $11.0 million a year, the 43rd highest of 82 Mississippi counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $3.7 million (34%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
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Cities near Bogue Chitto
- Brookhaven, MS9 mi
- Summit, MS10 mi
- Mccomb, MS15 mi
- Smithdale, MS15 mi
- Jayess, MS17 mi
- Wesson, MS19 mi
- Monticello, MS21 mi
- Magnolia, MS22 mi
- Meadville, MS26 mi
- Hazlehurst, MS28 mi
- Silver Creek, MS28 mi
- Tylertown, MS29 mi
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