NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Moselle, 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
51 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Moselle, Mississippi since 1851, 8 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Claudette in 2021. Since 1950, 207 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 22 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 8
- Tropical storms
- 43
- Tornadoes
- 207
- EF3 or stronger
- 22
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
36 deaths in all
What the records show for Moselle
The strongest storm to pass near Moselle was Camille in 1969, a Category 2 hurricane with 107 mph winds when its centre passed 28 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was Katrina in 2005, whose centre came within 9 miles. The record near Moselle begins with an unnamed storm in 1852; the most recent system was Claudette in 2021, a tropical storm 71 miles away. The busiest decade was the 1890s, with 6 systems, one of them at hurricane strength. Of the 51 systems, 10 have come since 2000. Moselle has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 82% of the 232 Mississippi cities on this site. The highest rating among the 207 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4 or EF4, reached 5 times; the most recent, on March 15, 2025, came within 22 miles. The deadliest, an EF4 on April 12, 2020, killed 7 people. Of the 207, 9 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 133 have come since 2000. April has had the most tornadoes, 39. The most recent tornado was on April 6, 2025. Moselle has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 86% of the 232 Mississippi cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 72 times since 1971, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Moselle has more hail reports within 10 miles than 64% of the 232 Mississippi cities.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Moselle
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | ClaudetteJun 19 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2020 | ZetaOct 29 | 28 mi | Category 1 (86 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2019 | OlgaOct 26 | 43 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2018 | GordonSep 5 | 6 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2017 | NateOct 8 | 50 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2011 | LeeSep 5 | 30 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2005 | KatrinaAug 29 | 9 mi | Category 1 (82 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2005 | CindyJul 6 | 49 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2002 | IsidoreSep 26 | 31 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2001 | AllisonJun 11 | 50 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1998 | GeorgesSep 29 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1995 | ErinAug 4 | 38 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1985 | ElenaSep 2 | 62 mi | Category 1 (91 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1979 | FredericSep 13 | 41 mi | Category 1 (91 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1979 | BobJul 11 | 46 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1971 | EdithSep 17 | 37 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1969 | CamilleAug 18 | 28 mi | Category 2 (107 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1964 | HildaOct 4 | 55 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1960 | EthelSep 16 | 20 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1948 | Unnamed 1948 stormSep 4 | overhead | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1947 | Unnamed 1947 stormSep 8 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1939 | Unnamed 1939 stormSep 26 | 45 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1939 | Unnamed 1939 stormJun 16 | 74 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormOct 16 | 33 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormSep 1 | 27 mi | Tropical storm (61 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1923 | Unnamed 1923 stormOct 18 | 15 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormJul 6 | 4 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormSep 30 | 26 mi | Tropical storm (64 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1912 | Unnamed 1912 stormSep 14 | 47 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1912 | Unnamed 1912 stormJun 13 | 6 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1911 | Unnamed 1911 stormAug 12 | 45 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1907 | Unnamed 1907 stormSep 22 | 44 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1906 | Unnamed 1906 stormSep 27 | 16 mi | Tropical storm (72 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1901 | Unnamed 1901 stormAug 16 | 67 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1895 | Unnamed 1895 stormAug 17 | 55 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1894 | Unnamed 1894 stormAug 8 | 49 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormOct 2 | 73 mi | Category 1 (90 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormSep 8 | 11 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1892 | Unnamed 1892 stormSep 12 | 41 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1890 | Unnamed 1890 stormAug 28 | 69 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormJun 15 | 68 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1881 | Unnamed 1881 stormAug 3 | 67 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1880 | Unnamed 1880 stormSep 1 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormOct 7 | 45 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormSep 2 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1872 | Unnamed 1872 stormJul 12 | 4 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1863 | Unnamed 1863 stormOct 1 | 63 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1860 | Unnamed 1860 stormSep 15 | 30 mi | Tropical storm (68 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1860 | Unnamed 1860 stormAug 12 | 71 mi | Category 2 (106 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1855 | Unnamed 1855 stormSep 16 | 20 mi | Tropical storm (71 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1852 | Unnamed 1852 stormAug 26 | 72 mi | Category 1 (89 mph) | Category 3 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Moselle: 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 Moselle
By decade
- 2020s35(4 EF3+)
- 2010s48(6 EF3+)
- 2000s50(2 EF3+)
- 1990s17(2 EF3+)
- 1980s15(3 EF3+)
- 1970s20(3 EF3+)
- 1960s13
- 1950s9(2 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 2020 | EF4 | 15 mi | 67.43 mi | 7 / 98 |
| Mar 15, 2025 | EF4 | 22 mi | 67.16 mi | 6 / 6 |
| Feb 28, 1987 | F4 | 3 mi | 35 mi | 6 / 350 |
| Apr 19, 2020 | EF4 | 21 mi | 53.76 mi | 1 / 1 |
| Feb 10, 2013 | EF4 | 12 mi | 21.65 mi | 0 / 71 |
| Jan 21, 2017 | EF3 | 13 mi | 31.06 mi | 4 / 57 |
| Dec 23, 2014 | EF3 | 24 mi | 12.51 mi | 3 / 50 |
| Apr 21, 1951 | F3 | 13 mi | 33.5 mi | 2 / 16 |
| Apr 14, 1999 | F3 | 17 mi | 25.5 mi | 1 / 33 |
| May 27, 1973 | F3 | 11 mi | 15 mi | 1 / 35 |
| Apr 12, 2020 | EF3 | 23 mi | 83.22 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Dec 16, 2019 | EF3 | 14 mi | 61.19 mi | 0 / 2 |
The strongest 12 of 207, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Moselle
The Storm Prediction Center has 72 hail reports within 10 miles of Moselle since 1971, made on 59 separate days. Of these, 39 were 1 inch across or larger, and 2 reached 2 inches. The largest, 2.75 inches (baseball size), fell on March 6, 1996. The most recent report is from April 22, 2025. March has the most reports, 19.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Moselle
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Hattiesburg Chain Municipal Airport, MS, 15 miles south of Moselle at 151 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 92°F and low of 72°F; January is the coolest, at 60°F and 38°F. June is the wettest at 5.9 inches of precipitation on average and October and November the driest at 3.7 inches; the year adds up to 59.1 inches over 77 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 47% of the year's precipitation (28.0 of 59.1 inches); the other six months are wetter. September has brought the most of the 51 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (22); a normal September there has highs of 88°F and 4.2 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 96 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 34 nights a year. That 59.1 inches is more than at 43 of the 87 Mississippi stations used on this site (49%). Ellisville, 8 miles northeast, has its own station (Laurel, MS): 59.8 inches a year, 0.7 more than here, and a July average high of 93°F against 92°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 60 | 38 | 5.8 | 6 |
| Feb | 65 | 42 | 4.9 | 7 |
| Mar | 72 | 48 | 5.6 | 7 |
| Apr | 78 | 54 | 5.4 | 6 |
| May | 85 | 62 | 4.4 | 6 |
| Jun | 90 | 70 | 5.9 | 8 |
| Jul | 92 | 72 | 5.7 | 9 |
| Aug | 92 | 72 | 4.8 | 8 |
| Sep | 88 | 67 | 4.2 | 6 |
| Oct | 80 | 55 | 3.7 | 4 |
| Nov | 69 | 44 | 3.7 | 5 |
| Dec | 62 | 41 | 5.0 | 7 |
| Year | 78 | 55 | 59.1 | 77 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Hattiesburg Chain Municipal Airport, MS (151 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 Moselle
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 227 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Moselle: 169 thunderstorm wind reports, 44 flash floods, 10 lightning strikes and 4 floods. They killed 0 people and injured 4, and the NWS estimated $10.2 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on May 13, 2024. March has had the most flash floods, 9 of 44. Of the 232 Mississippi cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 200 have had fewer than Moselle.
July 12, 2017: lightning strike 8 miles from the centre of Moselle — 1 injured, $30,000 damage.
May 13, 2024: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Moselle — 1 injured, $25,000 damage.
September 9, 2019: thunderstorm wind 1 mile from the centre of Moselle — 1 injured, $15,000 damage.
NWS: “An awning at Moselle Elementary School was blown down and struck a teacher. The teacher sustained a minor injury.”
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 Moselle's ZIP code 39459 have filed 13 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1980, and were paid $60,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 31% 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, 13 have fewer than Moselle.
Jones County, which includes Moselle, has been named in 33 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1969, 22 of them major disasters (by incident: 16 hurricanes, 9 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 floods). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storm, on February 6, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Jones County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for tornadoes, strong wind and lightning; Relatively Moderate for hurricanes, hail and heat waves; Relatively Low for inland flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $31.5 million a year, the 14th highest of 82 Mississippi counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $10.3 million (33%), 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 Moselle
- Ellisville, MS8 mi
- Seminary, MS10 mi
- Petal, MS11 mi
- Hattiesburg, MS13 mi
- Ovett, MS15 mi
- Laurel, MS18 mi
- Sumrall, MS18 mi
- Collins, MS19 mi
- Taylorsville, MS23 mi
- Purvis, MS24 mi
- Bassfield, MS25 mi
- Mount Olive, MS28 mi
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