NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Flowood, 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
28 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Flowood, Mississippi since 1851, 2 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ida in 2021. Since 1950, 251 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 19 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 2
- Tropical storms
- 26
- Tornadoes
- 251
- EF3 or stronger
- 19
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
136 deaths in all
What the records show for Flowood
The strongest storm to pass near Flowood was Camille in 1969, a Category 1 hurricane with 79 mph winds when its centre passed 26 miles away. The record near Flowood begins with an unnamed storm in 1860; the most recent system was Ida in 2021, a tropical storm 2 miles away. Of the 28 systems, 5 have come since 2000. Flowood has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 55% of the 232 Mississippi cities on this site. The highest rating among the 251 tornadoes within 25 miles is F5, reached 2 times; the most recent, on March 3, 1966, came within 5 miles. Of the 251, 23 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 143 have come since 2000. April has had the most tornadoes, 59. The most recent tornado was on November 25, 2025. Flowood has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 95% of the 232 Mississippi cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 103 times since 1960, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Flowood has more hail reports within 10 miles than 86% of the 232 Mississippi cities.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Flowood
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | IdaAug 30 | 2 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2020 | DeltaOct 10 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2019 | OlgaOct 26 | 29 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2005 | KatrinaAug 29 | 67 mi | Tropical storm (70 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2002 | IsidoreSep 26 | 36 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1992 | AndrewAug 27 | 69 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1985 | ElenaSep 2 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1971 | EdithSep 17 | 44 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1969 | CamilleAug 18 | 26 mi | Category 1 (79 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1957 | EstherSep 19 | 59 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1949 | Unnamed 1949 stormSep 5 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1948 | Unnamed 1948 stormSep 4 | 74 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1934 | Unnamed 1934 stormJun 17 | 21 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormSep 20 | 21 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormSep 2 | 61 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1923 | Unnamed 1923 stormOct 16 | 39 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormJul 6 | 24 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormSep 30 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (61 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1909 | Unnamed 1909 stormSep 21 | 70 mi | Category 1 (74 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1906 | Unnamed 1906 stormSep 28 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1905 | Unnamed 1905 stormSep 30 | 37 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormSep 8 | 70 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1890 | Unnamed 1890 stormAug 28 | 56 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormAug 20 | 31 mi | Tropical storm (72 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormOct 7 | 5 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormSep 2 | 24 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1872 | Unnamed 1872 stormJul 12 | 52 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1860 | Unnamed 1860 stormOct 3 | 5 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 2 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Flowood: 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 Flowood
By decade
- 2020s40
- 2010s60(2 EF3+)
- 2000s43(3 EF3+)
- 1990s22(3 EF3+)
- 1980s26(1 EF3+)
- 1970s25(5 EF3+)
- 1960s19(2 EF3+)
- 1950s16(3 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 1966 | F5 | 5 mi | 202.5 mi | 58 / 518 |
| Dec 5, 1953 | F5 | 24 mi | 9 mi | 38 / 270 |
| Feb 21, 1971 | F4 | 17 mi | 65.2 mi | 13 / 182 |
| Nov 21, 1992 | F4 | 20 mi | 128 mi | 12 / 122 |
| Mar 29, 1976 | F4 | 21 mi | 22.3 mi | 3 / 177 |
| Nov 24, 2001 | F4 | 14 mi | 11.5 mi | 2 / 21 |
| Feb 26, 1958 | F3 | 10 mi | 69.7 mi | 8 / 26 |
| Apr 28, 2014 | EF3 | 12 mi | 29.72 mi | 1 / 10 |
| Apr 15, 2011 | EF3 | 2 mi | 16.53 mi | 0 / 10 |
| Apr 6, 2005 | F3 | 20 mi | 15 mi | 0 / 6 |
| Apr 24, 2003 | F3 | 24 mi | 12 mi | 0 / 6 |
| Dec 9, 1999 | F3 | 22 mi | 6 mi | 0 / 1 |
The strongest 12 of 251, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Flowood
The Storm Prediction Center has 103 hail reports within 10 miles of Flowood since 1960, made on 92 separate days. Of these, 58 were 1 inch across or larger, and 5 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 2.75 inches (baseball size), was reported on 2 days, most recently March 18, 1996. The most recent report is from May 17, 2025. April has the most reports, 24.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Flowood
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Oakley Exp Stn, MS, 10 miles southwest of Flowood at 205 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 93°F and low of 71°F; January is the coolest, at 59°F and 35°F. January is the wettest at 5.9 inches of precipitation on average and October the driest at 4.0 inches; the year adds up to 60.3 inches. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 45% of the year's precipitation (27.3 of 60.3 inches); the other six months are wetter. September has brought the most of the 28 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (14); a normal September there has highs of 89°F and 4.1 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 100 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 54 nights a year. That 60.3 inches is more than at 52 of the 87 Mississippi stations used on this site (60%). Clinton, 5 miles northeast, has its own station (Jackson Hawkins Field, MS): 51.3 inches a year, 9.0 less than here, and a July average high of 92°F against 93°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 59 | 35 | 5.9 |
| Feb | 63 | 39 | 5.5 |
| Mar | 70 | 46 | 5.7 |
| Apr | 77 | 53 | 5.8 |
| May | 84 | 62 | 4.5 |
| Jun | 91 | 69 | 4.8 |
| Jul | 93 | 71 | 5.2 |
| Aug | 93 | 70 | 4.7 |
| Sep | 89 | 64 | 4.1 |
| Oct | 81 | 53 | 4.0 |
| Nov | 69 | 42 | 4.5 |
| Dec | 61 | 38 | 5.6 |
| Year | 77 | 53 | 60.3 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Oakley Exp Stn, MS (205 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 Flowood
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 297 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Flowood: 236 thunderstorm wind reports, 54 flash floods, 3 lightning strikes, 2 floods and 2 heavy rain events. They killed 0 people and injured 4, and the NWS estimated $71.0 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 115 mph, on April 4, 2008. April has had the most flash floods, 14 of 54. Of the 232 Mississippi cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 214 have had fewer than Flowood.
July 27, 2009: heavy rain event 10 miles from the centre of Flowood — 2 injured, $25,000 damage.
March 26, 2005: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Flowood — 1 injured, $1.0 million damage.
April 28, 2014: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Flowood — 1 injured, $110,000 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 Flowood's ZIP code 39232 have filed 153 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $4.2 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1983: 34 claims (22% of all) and $442,000. The year with the most claims was 2003, with 43. 24% 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, 92 have fewer than Flowood.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1983 | 34 | $442,000 |
Hinds County, which includes Flowood, has been named in 27 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1969, 18 of them major disasters (by incident: 10 hurricanes, 8 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 tornadoes). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storm, on February 6, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Hinds County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for hail and strong wind; Relatively High for tornadoes, inland flooding, lightning and heat waves; Relatively Moderate for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $116.8 million a year, the 2nd highest of 82 Mississippi counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $56.4 million (48%), 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 Flowood
- Byram, MSunder 1 mi
- Clinton, MS5 mi
- Raymond, MS7 mi
- Bolton, MS7 mi
- Jackson, MS11 mi
- Edwards, MS12 mi
- Terry, MS14 mi
- Richland, MS15 mi
- Pearl, MS17 mi
- Ridgeland, MS17 mi
- Flora, MS18 mi
- Utica, MS19 mi
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