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Hurricane Floyd (1999)
Floyd in the federal records: the 2,009 cities near its track, flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and NWS reports.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Floyd (1999) passed within 75 miles of 2,009 cities on this site in 14 states, 206 of them while it was at hurricane strength. Its peak wind on the NHC track was 155 mph (Category 4); the track runs from September 7, 1999 to September 19, 1999. It is on this list for 58 deaths in NWS reports that name it. The most cities within 75 miles were in New Jersey (446), New York (326), Massachusetts (315) and Connecticut (186).
- Cities within 75 mi
- 2,009
- Peak wind
- 155 mph
- NFIP claims
- 27,447
- Deaths in NWS reports
- 58
206 at hurricane strength
Category 4
$460.1 million
598 reports
The full track, landfalls and every city it passed →
Where it came closest
| City | Closest | Wind on the track | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Island, NC | 10 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | September 16, 1999 |
| Supply, NC | 21 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | September 16, 1999 |
| Shallotte, NC | 25 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | September 16, 1999 |
| Ocean Isle Beach, NC | 27 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | September 16, 1999 |
| Sunset Beach, NC | 30 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | September 16, 1999 |
| Calabash, NC | 34 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | September 16, 1999 |
| Little River, SC | 37 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | September 16, 1999 |
| North Myrtle Beach, SC | 39 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | September 16, 1999 |
| Nakina, NC | 43 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | September 16, 1999 |
| Longs, SC | 44 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | September 16, 1999 |
| Surfside Beach, SC | 51 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | September 16, 1999 |
| Myrtle Beach, SC | 52 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | September 16, 1999 |
The 12 cities with the strongest wind on the NHC best track at its closest point, of 2,009 within 75 miles. Wind on the track is not the wind felt in the city.
Flood insurance claims and federal declarations
National Flood Insurance Program policyholders filed 27,447 claims under its name and were paid $460.1 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of the time; that is the 12th most of the 104 tropical systems with claims under their name. North Carolina had 12,334 of them (45%), then New Jersey with 7,129 and South Carolina with 2,049. Among the cities on this site, the most claims came from Holly Ridge, NC: 1,212, paid $8.9 million. Claims data as of September 8, 2026. FEMA issued 13 major disaster declarations and 7 emergency declarations naming it, covering 373 designated areas in 14 states and territories; the first came on September 14, 1999.
| City | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Holly Ridge, NC | 1,212 | $8.9 million |
| Wrightsville Beach, NC | 951 | $10.6 million |
| Oak Island, NC | 660 | $10.1 million |
| Wilmington, NC | 634 | $8.3 million |
| Carolina Beach, NC | 603 | $8.6 million |
| Belhaven, NC | 597 | $5.6 million |
| Rocky Mount, NC | 557 | $32.5 million |
| Supply, NC | 468 | $2.8 million |
FEMA, OpenFEMA FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3 (claims whose flood event carries the storm's name, ZIP codes summed by city) and Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, 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).
What the National Weather Service recorded
The National Weather Service logged 598 reports whose account names it, in 17 states: 211 flash flood, 146 high wind, 129 hurricane, 28 heavy rain and 21 strong wind. They record 58 deaths and 253 injuries, and $5.54 billion in estimated property and crop damage.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, reports dated within the storm's track whose account names it. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses; some reports are unverified.
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