Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Meadville, MS

What the records show for Meadville

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Meadville

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Meadville: 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 Meadville

The strongest 12 of 106, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Weather by month in Meadville

Averages for 1991–2020 at Meadville, MS (345 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.

Mississippi weather by month, station by station →

Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Meadville

• February 5, 2004: flash flood 2 miles from the centre of Meadville — $3.0 million damage.

  NWS: “Five to six inches of rain fell across all of Lincoln county on February 5th. This heavy rain flooded 25 homes, damaged 7 bridges and flooded numerous roads across the county.”

• September 2, 2008: flash flood 4 miles from the centre of Meadville — $1.2 million damage.

  NWS: “Outer rain bands continued to track over the same areas of central and eastern Franklin County and produced 4 to 7 inches of rain. This was the first major rain axis to move across the county.”

• February 22, 2008: flash flood 3 miles from the centre of Meadville — $1.0 million damage.

  NWS: “Another round of thunderstorms and heavy rain caused additional flooding across northeast and eastern portions of Franklin County. A few creeks were out of their banks and water was over a couple roads.”

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

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).

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