NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Lumberton, 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
67 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Lumberton, Mississippi since 1851, 13 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Francine in 2024. Since 1950, 145 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 8 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 13
- Tropical storms
- 54
- Tornadoes
- 145
- EF3 or stronger
- 8
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
9 deaths in all
What the records show for Lumberton
The strongest storm to pass near Lumberton was Camille in 1969, a Category 3 hurricane with 122 mph winds when its centre passed 11 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was Katrina in 2005, whose centre came within 6 miles. The record near Lumberton begins with an unnamed storm in 1852; the most recent system was Francine in 2024, a tropical storm 42 miles away. The 1890s and the 1910s were the busiest decades, with 6 systems each. Of the 67 systems, 13 have come since 2000. Lumberton has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 88% of the 232 Mississippi cities on this site. The highest rating among the 145 tornadoes within 25 miles is EF4, reached 2 times; the most recent, on April 19, 2020, came within 8 miles. The deadliest, an EF3 on January 21, 2017, killed 4 people. Of the 145, 7 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 90 have come since 2000. March has had the most tornadoes, 23. The most recent tornado was on March 31, 2025. Lumberton has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 60% of the 232 Mississippi cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 70 times since 1965, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Lumberton has more hail reports within 10 miles than 62% of the 232 Mississippi cities.
Compare Lumberton's storm record with another city →
Tropical storms and hurricanes near Lumberton
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | FrancineSep 12 | 42 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Category 2 |
| 2021 | ClaudetteJun 19 | 38 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2020 | ZetaOct 29 | 17 mi | Category 1 (90 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2020 | CristobalJun 8 | 70 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2019 | OlgaOct 26 | 43 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2018 | GordonSep 5 | 22 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2017 | NateOct 8 | 47 mi | Tropical storm (64 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2011 | LeeSep 5 | 8 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2005 | KatrinaAug 29 | 6 mi | Category 1 (94 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2005 | CindyJul 6 | 37 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2003 | BillJul 1 | 13 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2002 | IsidoreSep 26 | 21 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2001 | AllisonJun 11 | 24 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1998 | GeorgesSep 29 | 42 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1995 | ErinAug 4 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1988 | FlorenceSep 10 | 69 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1985 | ElenaSep 2 | 29 mi | Category 1 (94 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1979 | FredericSep 13 | 57 mi | Category 2 (101 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1979 | BobJul 11 | 41 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1971 | EdithSep 17 | 58 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1969 | CamilleAug 18 | 11 mi | Category 3 (122 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1964 | HildaOct 4 | 24 mi | Tropical storm (64 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1960 | EthelSep 16 | 27 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1957 | EstherSep 18 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1956 | Unnamed 1956 stormJun 14 | 65 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1955 | Unnamed 1955 stormAug 27 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1955 | BrendaAug 1 | 58 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1949 | Unnamed 1949 stormSep 5 | 67 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1948 | Unnamed 1948 stormSep 4 | 3 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1947 | Unnamed 1947 stormSep 8 | 52 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1939 | Unnamed 1939 stormSep 26 | 34 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1936 | Unnamed 1936 stormJul 28 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormOct 16 | 20 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormSep 1 | 50 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1926 | Unnamed 1926 stormSep 21 | 43 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1923 | Unnamed 1923 stormOct 18 | 28 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1923 | Unnamed 1923 stormJun 26 | 63 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormJul 6 | 32 mi | Category 1 (76 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormSep 30 | 31 mi | Tropical storm (70 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1914 | Unnamed 1914 stormSep 18 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1912 | Unnamed 1912 stormSep 14 | 59 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1912 | Unnamed 1912 stormJun 13 | 24 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1911 | Unnamed 1911 stormAug 12 | 12 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1907 | Unnamed 1907 stormSep 21 | 41 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1906 | Unnamed 1906 stormSep 27 | 35 mi | Category 1 (83 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1905 | Unnamed 1905 stormOct 10 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1901 | Unnamed 1901 stormAug 15 | 60 mi | Category 1 (79 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1900 | Unnamed 1900 stormSep 13 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1895 | Unnamed 1895 stormAug 16 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1894 | Unnamed 1894 stormAug 8 | 47 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormOct 2 | 60 mi | Category 2 (99 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormSep 8 | 16 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1892 | Unnamed 1892 stormSep 12 | 33 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1890 | Unnamed 1890 stormAug 27 | 63 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1887 | Unnamed 1887 stormOct 19 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (61 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1887 | Unnamed 1887 stormJun 14 | 74 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormJun 15 | 55 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1885 | Unnamed 1885 stormSep 27 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1881 | Unnamed 1881 stormAug 3 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormOct 7 | 25 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormSep 2 | 59 mi | Tropical storm (68 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1872 | Unnamed 1872 stormJul 12 | 27 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1863 | Unnamed 1863 stormOct 1 | 30 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1860 | Unnamed 1860 stormSep 15 | 28 mi | Category 1 (78 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1860 | Unnamed 1860 stormAug 12 | 51 mi | Category 3 (115 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1855 | Unnamed 1855 stormSep 16 | 23 mi | Category 1 (84 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1852 | Unnamed 1852 stormAug 26 | 66 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | Category 3 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Lumberton: 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 Lumberton
By decade
- 2020s16(1 EF3+)
- 2010s42(5 EF3+)
- 2000s32(1 EF3+)
- 1990s19
- 1980s9(1 EF3+)
- 1970s12
- 1960s10
- 1950s5
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 2020 | EF4 | 8 mi | 53.76 mi | 1 / 1 |
| Feb 10, 2013 | EF4 | 17 mi | 21.65 mi | 0 / 71 |
| Jan 21, 2017 | EF3 | 10 mi | 31.06 mi | 4 / 57 |
| Dec 23, 2014 | EF3 | 22 mi | 12.51 mi | 3 / 50 |
| Dec 16, 2019 | EF3 | 25 mi | 5.83 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 25, 2012 | EF3 | 16 mi | 24.05 mi | 0 / 8 |
| Nov 15, 2006 | F3 | 23 mi | 13.02 mi | 0 / 6 |
| May 7, 1982 | F3 | 22 mi | 13 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Feb 23, 2016 | EF2 | 6 mi | 5.63 mi | 1 / 0 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | EF2 | 11 mi | 7.33 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 30, 2022 | EF2 | 19 mi | 5.99 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 30, 2022 | EF2 | 16 mi | 11.26 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 145, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Lumberton
The Storm Prediction Center has 70 hail reports within 10 miles of Lumberton since 1965, made on 61 separate days. Of these, 43 were 1 inch across or larger, and 4 reached 2 inches. The largest, 2.75 inches (baseball size), fell on April 19, 1965. The most recent report is from April 15, 2022. March and April have the most reports, 16 each.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Lumberton
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Poplarville Exp Stn, MS, 14 miles south of Lumberton at 313 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 91°F and low of 71°F; January is the coolest, at 59°F and 39°F. July is the wettest at 6.9 inches of precipitation on average and October the driest at 4.0 inches; the year adds up to 65.0 inches over 81 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 50% of the year's precipitation (32.2 of 65.0 inches). September has brought the most of the 67 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (29); a normal September there has highs of 87°F and 4.8 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 84 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 26 nights a year. That 65.0 inches is more than at 78 of the 87 Mississippi stations used on this site (90%). Purvis, 10 miles northeast, has its own station (Hattiesburg 5SW, MS): 64.5 inches a year, 0.5 less than here, and the same July average high, 91°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 59 | 39 | 5.7 | 7 |
| Feb | 63 | 42 | 5.3 | 7 |
| Mar | 70 | 48 | 5.5 | 6 |
| Apr | 77 | 54 | 5.5 | 6 |
| May | 84 | 62 | 5.3 | 6 |
| Jun | 89 | 69 | 6.4 | 9 |
| Jul | 91 | 71 | 6.9 | 10 |
| Aug | 91 | 70 | 6.0 | 8 |
| Sep | 87 | 66 | 4.8 | 5 |
| Oct | 79 | 56 | 4.0 | 5 |
| Nov | 68 | 46 | 4.1 | 6 |
| Dec | 61 | 41 | 5.5 | 7 |
| Year | 77 | 55 | 65.0 | 81 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Poplarville Exp Stn, MS (313 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 Lumberton
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 140 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Lumberton: 104 thunderstorm wind reports, 29 flash floods, 5 lightning strikes and 2 heavy rain events. They killed 1 person and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $3.9 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on July 4, 2012. August has had the most flash floods, 8 of 29. Of the 232 Mississippi cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 177 have had fewer than Lumberton.
April 24, 2021: thunderstorm wind 10 miles from the centre of Lumberton — 1 killed, $20,000 damage.
May 11, 2019: flash flood 3 miles from the centre of Lumberton — $1.5 million damage.
NWS: “Several roads were flooded or washed out around the Lumberton area. Additionally water covered over portions of US Highway 11, nine culverts were washed out, and the shoulder was washed out along a 100 foot section of Gum Pond Road.”
March 27, 2009: flash flood 9 miles from the centre of Lumberton — $350,000 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 Lumberton's ZIP code 39455 have filed 25 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $461,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The year with the most claims was 2004, with 11. 12% 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, 40 have fewer than Lumberton.
Lamar County, which includes Lumberton, has been named in 27 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1969, 16 of them major disasters (by incident: 16 hurricanes, 4 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 winter storms). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on June 30, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Lamar County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for hurricanes, tornadoes, strong wind, lightning and heat waves; Relatively Low for hail and inland flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $21.7 million a year, the 19th highest of 82 Mississippi counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $8.6 million (40%), 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 Lumberton
- Purvis, MS10 mi
- Poplarville, MS16 mi
- Wiggins, MS20 mi
- Hattiesburg, MS21 mi
- Sandy Hook, MS21 mi
- Angie, LA23 mi
- Columbia, MS23 mi
- Brooklyn, MS24 mi
- Sumrall, MS24 mi
- Petal, MS27 mi
- Foxworth, MS27 mi
- Carriere, MS29 mi
All Mississippi cities →All hurricanes since 1851 →Compare Lumberton with another place →