NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Lucedale, 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
66 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Lucedale, Mississippi since 1851, 21 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Zeta in 2020. Since 1950, 101 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 4 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 21
- Tropical storms
- 45
- Tornadoes
- 101
- EF3 or stronger
- 4
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
5 deaths in all
What the records show for Lucedale
The strongest storm to pass near Lucedale was Camille in 1969, a Category 4 hurricane with 150 mph winds when its centre passed 60 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was an unnamed storm in 1916, whose centre came within 4 miles. The record near Lucedale begins with an unnamed storm in 1852; the most recent system was Zeta in 2020, a Category 1 hurricane 32 miles away. The busiest decade was the 2000s, with 8 systems, 2 of them at hurricane strength. Of the 66 systems, 13 have come since 2000. Lucedale has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 93% of the 232 Mississippi cities on this site. The highest rating among the 101 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3 or EF3, reached 4 times; the most recent, on April 15, 2011, came within 18 miles. Of the 101, 12 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 66 have come since 2000. April has had the most tornadoes, 23. The most recent tornado was on October 26, 2025. Of the 232 Mississippi cities, 72% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Lucedale. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 33 times since 1959, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Of the 232 Mississippi cities, 86% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Lucedale.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Lucedale
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ZetaOct 29 | 32 mi | Category 1 (87 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2020 | SallySep 16 | 64 mi | Category 2 (98 mph) | Category 2 |
| 2018 | GordonSep 5 | 14 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2017 | NateOct 8 | 6 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2011 | LeeSep 5 | 29 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2009 | IdaNov 10 | 53 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Category 2 |
| 2005 | KatrinaAug 29 | 60 mi | Category 2 (99 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2005 | DennisJul 10 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2005 | CindyJul 6 | 11 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2005 | ArleneJun 11 | 61 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2004 | IvanSep 16 | 47 mi | Category 2 (101 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2002 | HannaSep 14 | 30 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2001 | AllisonJun 11 | 5 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1998 | GeorgesSep 29 | 19 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1997 | DannyJul 19 | 52 mi | Category 1 (76 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1995 | ErinAug 3 | 30 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1985 | JuanOct 31 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (61 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1985 | ElenaSep 2 | 46 mi | Category 3 (115 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1979 | FredericSep 13 | 5 mi | Category 2 (107 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1969 | CamilleAug 18 | 60 mi | Category 4 (150 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1964 | HildaOct 4 | 18 mi | Tropical storm (61 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1960 | EthelSep 16 | 27 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1959 | IreneOct 8 | 62 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1955 | Unnamed 1955 stormAug 27 | 69 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1950 | BakerAug 31 | 41 mi | Category 1 (78 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1948 | Unnamed 1948 stormSep 4 | 51 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1947 | Unnamed 1947 stormSep 8 | 13 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1944 | Unnamed 1944 stormSep 10 | 31 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1939 | Unnamed 1939 stormSep 26 | 15 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1939 | Unnamed 1939 stormAug 14 | 69 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1939 | Unnamed 1939 stormJun 16 | 36 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormOct 16 | 27 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormSep 1 | 6 mi | Category 1 (74 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1926 | Unnamed 1926 stormSep 21 | 39 mi | Tropical storm (68 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1923 | Unnamed 1923 stormOct 18 | 26 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1923 | Unnamed 1923 stormJun 26 | 18 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormOct 18 | 74 mi | Category 2 (100 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormJul 6 | 4 mi | Category 1 (91 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1914 | Unnamed 1914 stormSep 18 | 43 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1912 | Unnamed 1912 stormSep 14 | 5 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1912 | Unnamed 1912 stormJun 13 | 65 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1911 | Unnamed 1911 stormAug 12 | 13 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1907 | Unnamed 1907 stormSep 21 | 14 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1906 | Unnamed 1906 stormSep 27 | 15 mi | Category 1 (94 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1901 | Unnamed 1901 stormAug 15 | 9 mi | Category 1 (74 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1900 | Unnamed 1900 stormSep 13 | 26 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1895 | Unnamed 1895 stormAug 16 | 3 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1894 | Unnamed 1894 stormAug 8 | 7 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormOct 2 | 13 mi | Category 1 (91 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormSep 8 | 69 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1892 | Unnamed 1892 stormSep 12 | 17 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1889 | Unnamed 1889 stormSep 23 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1887 | Unnamed 1887 stormOct 19 | 19 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1887 | Unnamed 1887 stormJun 14 | 47 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1885 | Unnamed 1885 stormSep 27 | 22 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1881 | Unnamed 1881 stormAug 3 | 11 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1880 | Unnamed 1880 stormSep 1 | 59 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormOct 7 | 73 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1877 | Unnamed 1877 stormSep 19 | 68 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1872 | Unnamed 1872 stormJul 11 | 24 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1863 | Unnamed 1863 stormOct 1 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1860 | Unnamed 1860 stormSep 15 | 26 mi | Category 1 (76 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1860 | Unnamed 1860 stormAug 12 | 12 mi | Category 2 (99 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1859 | Unnamed 1859 stormSep 16 | 46 mi | Category 1 (75 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1855 | Unnamed 1855 stormSep 16 | 32 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1852 | Unnamed 1852 stormAug 26 | 14 mi | Category 2 (97 mph) | Category 3 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Lucedale: 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 Lucedale
By decade
- 2020s42
- 2010s9(1 EF3+)
- 2000s15
- 1990s7
- 1980s6(2 EF3+)
- 1970s15(1 EF3+)
- 1960s5
- 1950s2
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 2011 | EF3 | 18 mi | 18.3 mi | 4 / 28 |
| Mar 20, 1983 | F3 | 19 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 19, 1980 | F3 | 4 mi | 4.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 27, 1976 | F3 | 7 mi | 13.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 12, 2023 | EF2 | 25 mi | 11.65 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 30, 2022 | EF2 | 21 mi | 2.05 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 25, 2012 | EF2 | 22 mi | 28.64 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Feb 10, 1981 | F2 | 25 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Feb 23, 1977 | F2 | 20 mi | 13.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 7, 1973 | F2 | 2 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 26, 1971 | F2 | 22 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 12, 1971 | F2 | in town | 25.5 mi | 0 / 2 |
The strongest 12 of 101, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Lucedale
The Storm Prediction Center has 33 hail reports within 10 miles of Lucedale since 1959, made on 28 separate days. Of these, 19 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest size, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), was reported on 4 days, most recently June 17, 2023. The most recent report is from June 17, 2023. April has the most reports, 10.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Lucedale
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Mobile, AL, 25 miles southeast of Lucedale at 208 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 91°F and low of 73°F; January is the coolest, at 62°F and 41°F. July is the wettest at 7.7 inches of precipitation on average and October the driest at 4.0 inches; the year adds up to 67.3 inches over 80 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 52% of the year's precipitation (35.1 of 67.3 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 66 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (29); a normal September there has highs of 88°F and 5.3 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 77 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 21 nights a year. That 67.3 inches is more than at 83 of the 87 Mississippi stations used on this site (95%). Leakesville, 20 miles north, has its own station (Beaumont Expstation, MS): 64.0 inches a year, 3.3 less than here, and a July average high of 94°F against 91°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 62 | 41 | 5.7 | 7 |
| Feb | 66 | 44 | 4.5 | 6 |
| Mar | 72 | 50 | 5.4 | 6 |
| Apr | 78 | 56 | 5.7 | 6 |
| May | 85 | 64 | 5.4 | 6 |
| Jun | 89 | 71 | 6.6 | 9 |
| Jul | 91 | 73 | 7.7 | 11 |
| Aug | 91 | 73 | 6.9 | 9 |
| Sep | 88 | 69 | 5.3 | 6 |
| Oct | 80 | 58 | 4.0 | 4 |
| Nov | 70 | 48 | 4.6 | 5 |
| Dec | 64 | 43 | 5.5 | 7 |
| Year | 78 | 57 | 67.3 | 80 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Mobile, AL (208 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 Lucedale
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 63 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Lucedale: 46 thunderstorm wind reports and 17 flash floods. They killed 3 people and injured 12, and the NWS estimated $2.4 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 98 mph, on June 11, 2001. August has had the most flash floods, 5 of 17. Of the 232 Mississippi cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 104 have had fewer than Lucedale.
August 30, 2021: flash flood 7 miles from the centre of Lucedale — 3 killed, 7 injured, $1.8 million damage.
NWS: “Very heavy rainfall with 2 inch per hour rain rates fell over very saturated conditions and resulted in additional flash flooding. This resulted in the collapse of a portion of Highway 26 near Crossroads Road.”
June 11, 2001: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Lucedale — 5 injured, $250,000 damage.
NWS: “A cluster of severe thunderstorms spawned from the remains of Tropical Storm Allison moved across central George county during the early morning hours. The high winds from the storms did the most damage from the Twin Creeks area north across Inland Beach road to near US Highway 98 just northwest of Lucedale.”
June 5, 1998: thunderstorm wind 4 miles from the centre of Lucedale — $100,000 damage.
NWS: “A line of severe thunderstorms moved through the county between 1035 pm and 1110 pm. Trees and power lines were blown down throughout the county.”
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 Lucedale's ZIP code 39452 have filed 87 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $671,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Katrina in 2005: 12 claims (14% of all) and $45,000. 48% 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, 77 have fewer than Lucedale.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Hurricane Katrina2005 | 12 | $45,000 |
George County, which includes Lucedale, has been named in 34 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1969, 22 of them major disasters (by incident: 21 hurricanes, 5 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 floods). The latest major disaster declaration was Tropical Storm Arthur, on August 3, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives George County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for hurricanes and lightning; Relatively Low for tornadoes, strong wind and heat waves; Very Low for hail, inland flooding and coastal flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $22.0 million a year, the 18th highest of 82 Mississippi counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $14.3 million (65%), is from hurricanes.
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 Lucedale
- Wilmer, AL14 mi
- Leakesville, MS20 mi
- Semmes, AL21 mi
- Vancleave, MS24 mi
- Citronelle, AL24 mi
- Chunchula, AL25 mi
- Eight Mile, AL26 mi
- Moss Point, MS28 mi
- Beaumont, MS28 mi
- Mobile, AL29 mi
- Saraland, AL29 mi
- Whistler, AL30 mi
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