NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Brooklyn, 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
59 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Brooklyn, Mississippi since 1851, 13 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Francine in 2024. Since 1950, 111 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 6 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 13
- Tropical storms
- 46
- Tornadoes
- 111
- EF3 or stronger
- 6
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
10 deaths in all
What the records show for Brooklyn
The strongest storm to pass near Brooklyn was Camille in 1969, a Category 3 hurricane with 123 mph winds when its centre passed 34 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was an unnamed storm in 1855, whose centre crossed the city. The record near Brooklyn begins with an unnamed storm in 1852; the most recent system was Francine in 2024, a tropical storm 66 miles away. The busiest decade was the 1910s, with 6 systems, one of them at hurricane strength. Of the 59 systems, 12 have come since 2000. Brooklyn has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 88% of the 232 Mississippi cities on this site. The highest rating among the 111 tornadoes within 25 miles is EF4, reached 2 times; the most recent, on April 19, 2020, came within 12 miles. The deadliest, an EF3 on January 21, 2017, killed 4 people. Of the 111, 5 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 66 have come since 2000. March has had the most tornadoes, 19. The most recent tornado was on April 6, 2025. Of the 232 Mississippi cities, 61% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Brooklyn. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 25 times since 1984, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Of the 232 Mississippi cities, 93% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Brooklyn.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Brooklyn
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | FrancineSep 12 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Category 2 |
| 2021 | ClaudetteJun 19 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2020 | ZetaOct 29 | overhead | Category 1 (89 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2019 | OlgaOct 26 | 65 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2018 | GordonSep 5 | 2 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2017 | NateOct 8 | 26 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2011 | LeeSep 5 | 3 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2005 | KatrinaAug 29 | 30 mi | Category 1 (90 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2005 | CindyJul 6 | 20 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2002 | IsidoreSep 26 | 45 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2002 | HannaSep 14 | 61 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2001 | AllisonJun 11 | 17 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1998 | GeorgesSep 29 | 32 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1995 | ErinAug 4 | 42 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1985 | ElenaSep 2 | 43 mi | Category 2 (106 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1979 | FredericSep 13 | 33 mi | Category 2 (101 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1979 | BobJul 11 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1971 | EdithSep 17 | 70 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1969 | CamilleAug 18 | 34 mi | Category 3 (123 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1964 | HildaOct 4 | 26 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1960 | EthelSep 16 | 4 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1955 | Unnamed 1955 stormAug 27 | 73 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1950 | BakerAug 31 | 70 mi | Tropical storm (68 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1948 | Unnamed 1948 stormSep 4 | 18 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1947 | Unnamed 1947 stormSep 8 | 34 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1944 | Unnamed 1944 stormSep 10 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1939 | Unnamed 1939 stormSep 26 | 16 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1939 | Unnamed 1939 stormJun 16 | 55 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormOct 16 | 3 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormSep 1 | 28 mi | Tropical storm (68 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1926 | Unnamed 1926 stormSep 21 | 48 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1923 | Unnamed 1923 stormOct 18 | 4 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1923 | Unnamed 1923 stormJun 26 | 48 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormJul 6 | 12 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormSep 30 | 52 mi | Tropical storm (67 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1914 | Unnamed 1914 stormSep 18 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1912 | Unnamed 1912 stormSep 14 | 35 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1912 | Unnamed 1912 stormJun 13 | 38 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1911 | Unnamed 1911 stormAug 12 | 17 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1907 | Unnamed 1907 stormSep 22 | 18 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1906 | Unnamed 1906 stormSep 27 | 11 mi | Category 1 (85 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1901 | Unnamed 1901 stormAug 15 | 41 mi | Category 1 (76 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1900 | Unnamed 1900 stormSep 13 | 48 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1895 | Unnamed 1895 stormAug 16 | 35 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1894 | Unnamed 1894 stormAug 8 | 24 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormOct 2 | 43 mi | Category 1 (94 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormSep 8 | 36 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1892 | Unnamed 1892 stormSep 12 | 15 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1887 | Unnamed 1887 stormOct 19 | 47 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1887 | Unnamed 1887 stormJun 14 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1885 | Unnamed 1885 stormSep 27 | 48 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1881 | Unnamed 1881 stormAug 3 | 36 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormOct 7 | 48 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1872 | Unnamed 1872 stormJul 12 | 3 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1863 | Unnamed 1863 stormOct 1 | 40 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1860 | Unnamed 1860 stormSep 15 | 7 mi | Category 1 (76 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1860 | Unnamed 1860 stormAug 12 | 39 mi | Category 2 (109 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1855 | Unnamed 1855 stormSep 16 | overhead | Category 1 (79 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1852 | Unnamed 1852 stormAug 26 | 46 mi | Category 2 (99 mph) | Category 3 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Brooklyn: 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 Brooklyn
By decade
- 2020s13(1 EF3+)
- 2010s21(3 EF3+)
- 2000s32
- 1990s14
- 1980s6(1 EF3+)
- 1970s10
- 1960s8
- 1950s7(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 2020 | EF4 | 12 mi | 53.76 mi | 1 / 1 |
| Feb 10, 2013 | EF4 | 21 mi | 21.65 mi | 0 / 71 |
| Jan 21, 2017 | EF3 | 19 mi | 31.06 mi | 4 / 57 |
| Feb 26, 1958 | F3 | 22 mi | 29.1 mi | 4 / 20 |
| Dec 25, 2012 | EF3 | 21 mi | 24.05 mi | 0 / 8 |
| May 7, 1982 | F3 | 18 mi | 13 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Feb 23, 2016 | EF2 | 23 mi | 5.63 mi | 1 / 0 |
| Apr 6, 2025 | EF2 | 25 mi | 6.45 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 14, 2022 | EF2 | 24 mi | 1.93 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 17, 2022 | EF2 | 12 mi | 1.66 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 30, 2022 | EF2 | 15 mi | 2.05 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 30, 2022 | EF2 | 4 mi | 11.26 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 111, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Brooklyn
The Storm Prediction Center has 25 hail reports within 10 miles of Brooklyn since 1984, made on 24 separate days. Of these, 11 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest size, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), was reported on 5 days, most recently January 8, 2024. The most recent report is from January 8, 2024. June has the most reports, 7.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Brooklyn
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Beaumont Expstation, MS, 16 miles northeast of Brooklyn at 194 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 94°F and low of 71°F; January is the coolest, at 62°F and 36°F. December is the wettest at 6.2 inches of precipitation on average and September the driest at 4.1 inches; the year adds up to 64.0 inches over 81 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 47% of the year's precipitation (30.0 of 64.0 inches); the other six months are wetter. September has brought the most of the 59 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (27); a normal September there has highs of 90°F and 4.1 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 113 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 49 nights a year. Snowfall averages 0.5 inches a year, most of it in March. That 64.0 inches is more than at 76 of the 87 Mississippi stations used on this site (87%). Wiggins, 10 miles southwest, has its own station (Poplarville Exp Stn, MS): 65.0 inches a year, 1.0 more than here, and a July average high of 91°F against 94°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 62 | 36 | 6.1 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Feb | 66 | 39 | 5.1 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Mar | 73 | 45 | 6.0 | 7 | 0.3 |
| Apr | 80 | 52 | 5.4 | 6 | 0.0 |
| May | 87 | 60 | 5.2 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 92 | 68 | 5.7 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 94 | 71 | 6.1 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 94 | 70 | 5.7 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 90 | 65 | 4.1 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 82 | 53 | 4.2 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 71 | 42 | 4.2 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Dec | 64 | 38 | 6.2 | 7 | 0.2 |
| Year | 79 | 53 | 64.0 | 81 | 0.5 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Beaumont Expstation, MS (194 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 Brooklyn
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 54 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Brooklyn: 41 thunderstorm wind reports and 13 flash floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $2.4 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 92 mph, on June 5, 1998. May has had the most flash floods, 5 of 13. Of the 232 Mississippi cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 67 have had fewer than Brooklyn.
May 11, 2019: flash flood 6 miles from the centre of Brooklyn — $1.7 million damage.
NWS: “Several roads across southern Forrest County were flooded including portions of Old Highway 49 between Brooklyn and Maxie. A few roads were also washed out including Churchwell Road, Tower Road, Entrekin Road, Worth Nall Road, and Bud Myers Road.”
June 5, 1998: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Brooklyn — $500,000 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
Flood insurance policyholders in Brooklyn's ZIP code 39425 have filed 20 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1998, and were paid $413,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The year with the most claims was 2012, with 10. 60% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 133 Mississippi cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 30 have fewer than Brooklyn.
Perry County, which includes Brooklyn, has been named in 33 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1969, 22 of them major disasters (by incident: 16 hurricanes, 6 severe storms, 3 tornadoes, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Tropical Storm Arthur, on August 3, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Perry County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for hurricanes, tornadoes, strong wind, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for hail and inland flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $5.8 million a year, the 66th highest of 82 Mississippi counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $2.3 million (39%), 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).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
Cities near Brooklyn
- Wiggins, MS10 mi
- Beaumont, MS13 mi
- Purvis, MS20 mi
- Hattiesburg, MS22 mi
- Petal, MS22 mi
- Lumberton, MS24 mi
- Perkinston, MS24 mi
- Richton, MS25 mi
- Mc Henry, MS25 mi
- Ovett, MS30 mi
- Leakesville, MS30 mi
- Saucier, MS32 mi
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