NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Tylertown, 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
56 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Tylertown, Mississippi since 1851, 8 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Francine in 2024. Since 1950, 160 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 11 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 8
- Tropical storms
- 48
- Tornadoes
- 160
- EF3 or stronger
- 11
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
25 deaths in all
What the records show for Tylertown
The strongest storm to pass near Tylertown was Camille in 1969, a Category 3 hurricane with 115 mph winds when its centre passed 25 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was Elena in 1985, whose centre came within 16 miles. The record near Tylertown begins with an unnamed storm in 1855; the most recent system was Francine in 2024, a tropical storm 4 miles away. Of the 56 systems, 13 have come since 2000. Tylertown has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 82% of the 232 Mississippi cities on this site. The highest rating among the 160 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4 or EF4, reached 4 times; the most recent, on March 15, 2025, came within 5 miles. The deadliest, an F4 on January 10, 1975, killed 9 people. Of the 160, 12 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 93 have come since 2000. April has had the most tornadoes, 31. The most recent tornado was on March 31, 2025. Tylertown has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 70% of the 232 Mississippi cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 44 times since 1963, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Of the 232 Mississippi cities, 66% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Tylertown.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Tylertown
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | FrancineSep 12 | 4 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Category 2 |
| 2021 | IdaAug 30 | 43 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2021 | ClaudetteJun 19 | 36 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2020 | ZetaOct 29 | 50 mi | Category 1 (92 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2020 | CristobalJun 8 | 44 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2019 | OlgaOct 26 | 6 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2018 | GordonSep 5 | 48 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2011 | LeeSep 5 | 33 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2005 | KatrinaAug 29 | 31 mi | Category 1 (92 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2005 | CindyJul 6 | 70 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2003 | BillJul 1 | 21 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2002 | IsidoreSep 26 | 17 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2001 | AllisonJun 11 | 50 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1992 | AndrewAug 27 | 63 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1988 | BerylAug 9 | 73 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1985 | ElenaSep 2 | 16 mi | Category 1 (75 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1979 | BobJul 11 | 3 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1971 | EdithSep 16 | 30 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1969 | CamilleAug 18 | 25 mi | Category 3 (115 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1964 | HildaOct 4 | 34 mi | Tropical storm (67 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1960 | EthelSep 16 | 65 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1957 | EstherSep 18 | 34 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1956 | Unnamed 1956 stormJun 14 | 29 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1955 | Unnamed 1955 stormAug 27 | 67 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1955 | BrendaAug 2 | 40 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1949 | Unnamed 1949 stormSep 4 | 29 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1948 | Unnamed 1948 stormSep 4 | 40 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1939 | Unnamed 1939 stormSep 26 | 69 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1936 | Unnamed 1936 stormJul 28 | 51 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1934 | Unnamed 1934 stormJun 17 | 62 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormOct 16 | 51 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormSep 20 | 70 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1926 | Unnamed 1926 stormSep 21 | 46 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1923 | Unnamed 1923 stormOct 18 | 65 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1923 | Unnamed 1923 stormOct 16 | 52 mi | Tropical storm (61 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormJul 6 | 58 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormSep 30 | 7 mi | Tropical storm (70 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1912 | Unnamed 1912 stormJun 13 | 6 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1911 | Unnamed 1911 stormAug 12 | 13 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1906 | Unnamed 1906 stormSep 27 | 69 mi | Category 1 (76 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1905 | Unnamed 1905 stormOct 10 | 37 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1905 | Unnamed 1905 stormSep 29 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormSep 8 | 20 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1892 | Unnamed 1892 stormSep 12 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1890 | Unnamed 1890 stormAug 27 | 25 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormAug 20 | 52 mi | Category 1 (78 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormJun 15 | 5 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormOct 7 | 9 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormSep 2 | 22 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1872 | Unnamed 1872 stormJul 12 | 59 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1869 | Unnamed 1869 stormSep 6 | 70 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1863 | Unnamed 1863 stormOct 1 | 43 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1860 | Unnamed 1860 stormOct 3 | 45 mi | Tropical storm (68 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1860 | Unnamed 1860 stormSep 15 | 65 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1856 | Unnamed 1856 stormAug 12 | 53 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1855 | Unnamed 1855 stormSep 16 | 61 mi | Category 1 (86 mph) | Category 3 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Tylertown: 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 Tylertown
By decade
- 2020s28(5 EF3+)
- 2010s30(1 EF3+)
- 2000s35
- 1990s22(1 EF3+)
- 1980s17(1 EF3+)
- 1970s10(3 EF3+)
- 1960s13
- 1950s5
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 1975 | F4 | 21 mi | 56.5 mi | 9 / 210 |
| Mar 15, 2025 | EF4 | 5 mi | 67.16 mi | 6 / 6 |
| Apr 12, 2020 | EF4 | 10 mi | 22.12 mi | 4 / 3 |
| Apr 19, 2020 | EF4 | 11 mi | 53.76 mi | 1 / 1 |
| Dec 23, 2014 | EF3 | 19 mi | 12.51 mi | 3 / 50 |
| Mar 15, 2025 | EF3 | 2 mi | 26.05 mi | 1 / 2 |
| Apr 12, 2020 | EF3 | 17 mi | 83.22 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Nov 21, 1992 | F3 | 24 mi | 27 mi | 0 / 105 |
| Mar 20, 1983 | F3 | 13 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 13, 1977 | F3 | 19 mi | 20.4 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Dec 10, 1971 | F3 | 14 mi | 19.1 mi | 0 / 5 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | EF2 | 23 mi | 7.33 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 160, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Tylertown
The Storm Prediction Center has 44 hail reports within 10 miles of Tylertown since 1963, made on 41 separate days. Of these, 30 were 1 inch across or larger, and one reached 2 inches. The largest, 2.75 inches (baseball size), fell on January 10, 2008. The most recent report is from March 28, 2023. April has the most reports, 17.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Tylertown
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Tylertown 5ESE, MS, 5 miles southeast of Tylertown at 382 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 92°F and low of 71°F; January is the coolest, at 60°F and 37°F. August is the wettest at 6.3 inches of precipitation on average and September and November the driest at 4.3 inches; the year adds up to 62.6 inches over 77 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 48% of the year's precipitation (30.3 of 62.6 inches); the other six months are wetter. September has brought the most of the 56 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (22); a normal September there has highs of 88°F and 4.3 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 75 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 37 nights a year. That 62.6 inches is more than at 72 of the 87 Mississippi stations used on this site (83%). Foxworth, 14 miles northeast, has its own station (Columbia, MS): 62.0 inches a year, 0.6 less than here, and the same August average high, 92°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 60 | 37 | 6.2 | 8 |
| Feb | 64 | 40 | 5.4 | 6 |
| Mar | 71 | 47 | 5.2 | 6 |
| Apr | 77 | 53 | 5.7 | 5 |
| May | 84 | 62 | 4.5 | 6 |
| Jun | 90 | 68 | 4.9 | 7 |
| Jul | 91 | 71 | 5.7 | 9 |
| Aug | 92 | 71 | 6.3 | 7 |
| Sep | 88 | 66 | 4.3 | 5 |
| Oct | 80 | 55 | 4.8 | 5 |
| Nov | 69 | 45 | 4.3 | 6 |
| Dec | 62 | 40 | 5.3 | 6 |
| Year | 77 | 55 | 62.6 | 77 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Tylertown 5ESE, MS (382 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 Tylertown
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 76 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Tylertown: 73 thunderstorm wind reports, 2 flash floods and 1 lightning strike. They killed 2 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $608,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 76 mph, on December 16, 2019.
June 17, 1997: thunderstorm wind 7 miles from the centre of Tylertown — 1 killed, $10,000 damage.
March 12, 2001: thunderstorm wind 4 miles from the centre of Tylertown — 1 killed, $10,000 damage.
NWS: “Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree along Highway 583 that fell on a car fatally injuring the driver.”
April 9, 2021: thunderstorm wind 7 miles from the centre of Tylertown — 1 injured, $15,000 damage.
NWS: “Thunderstorm damaging winds downed 3 trees. 3 separate cars hit the trees, one of which resulted in a an 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 Tylertown's ZIP code 39667 have filed 230 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $2.7 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Isaac in 2012: 24 claims (10% of all) and $485,000, then Late winter severe storms in 2016 with 24 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005 with 14. The year with the most claims was 1994, with 32. 33% 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, 101 have fewer than Tylertown.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Hurricane Isaac2012 | 24 | $485,000 |
| Late winter severe storms2016 | 24 | $523,000 |
| Hurricane Katrina2005 | 14 | $18,000 |
| Flooding1980 | 13 | $208,000 |
Walthall County, which includes Tylertown, has been named in 29 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1969, 19 of them major disasters (by incident: 13 hurricanes, 8 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 Walthall County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for strong wind; Relatively Low for hurricanes, tornadoes, hail, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for inland flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $7.0 million a year, the 62nd highest of 82 Mississippi counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $2.5 million (36%), 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 Tylertown
- Foxworth, MS14 mi
- Mount Hermon, LA15 mi
- Jayess, MS16 mi
- Sandy Hook, MS17 mi
- Mccomb, MS19 mi
- Magnolia, MS19 mi
- Franklinton, LA20 mi
- Angie, LA21 mi
- Columbia, MS22 mi
- Summit, MS22 mi
- Kentwood, LA26 mi
- Monticello, MS29 mi
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