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NHC AL132002 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Lili (2002)

September 21, 2002 – October 4, 2002

Hurricane Lili peaked at Category 4 with 144 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 148 US cities, 36 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

144 mph

Cities within 75 mi
148
At hurricane strength
36

when closest

States
3

Cities Lili passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (135)

and 75 more

Mississippi (10)

Arkansas (3)

About this record

The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.