NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Woodville, 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
44 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Woodville, Mississippi since 1851, 6 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Francine in 2024. Since 1950, 45 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 6
- Tropical storms
- 38
- Tornadoes
- 45
- EF3 or stronger
- 1
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
1 deaths in all
What the records show for Woodville
The strongest storm to pass near Woodville was an unnamed storm in 1909, a Category 1 hurricane with 91 mph winds when its centre passed 17 miles away. The record near Woodville begins with an unnamed storm in 1856; the most recent system was Francine in 2024, a tropical storm 67 miles away. The busiest decade was the 1950s, with 5 systems. Of the 44 systems, 9 have come since 2000. Woodville has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 80% of the 232 Mississippi cities on this site. The strongest of the 45 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F3 on November 7, 1957; its path came within 20 miles. The deadliest, an F2 on February 19, 1954, killed 1 person. Of the 45, 3 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 19 have come since 2000. November has had the most tornadoes, 9. The most recent tornado was on December 28, 2024. Of the 232 Mississippi cities, 100% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Woodville. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 13 times since 1980, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Of the 232 Mississippi cities, 99% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Woodville.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Woodville
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | FrancineSep 12 | 67 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Category 2 |
| 2021 | IdaAug 30 | 29 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2020 | DeltaOct 10 | 53 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2020 | CristobalJun 8 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2019 | OlgaOct 26 | 62 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2012 | IsaacAug 30 | 24 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2011 | LeeSep 5 | 49 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2008 | GustavSep 1 | 61 mi | Category 1 (74 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2002 | LiliOct 3 | 53 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1992 | AndrewAug 26 | 3 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1985 | JuanOct 29 | 65 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1985 | ElenaSep 2 | 27 mi | Tropical storm (61 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1985 | DannyAug 16 | 56 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1979 | BobJul 11 | 69 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1971 | EdithSep 16 | 20 mi | Tropical storm (67 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1965 | BetsySep 10 | 28 mi | Tropical storm (71 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1964 | HildaOct 4 | 55 mi | Tropical storm (72 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1959 | ArleneMay 31 | 50 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1957 | EstherSep 18 | 39 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1956 | Unnamed 1956 stormJun 14 | 41 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1955 | Unnamed 1955 stormAug 27 | 56 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1955 | BrendaAug 2 | 67 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1949 | Unnamed 1949 stormSep 4 | 42 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1947 | Unnamed 1947 stormSep 19 | 43 mi | Category 1 (77 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1934 | Unnamed 1934 stormJun 17 | 7 mi | Tropical storm (67 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormSep 20 | 4 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1931 | Unnamed 1931 stormJul 15 | 22 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1926 | Unnamed 1926 stormSep 22 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1926 | Unnamed 1926 stormAug 26 | 39 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1923 | Unnamed 1923 stormOct 16 | 21 mi | Tropical storm (61 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1920 | Unnamed 1920 stormSep 22 | 32 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1912 | Unnamed 1912 stormJun 13 | 54 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1911 | Unnamed 1911 stormAug 13 | 40 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1909 | Unnamed 1909 stormSep 21 | 17 mi | Category 1 (91 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1905 | Unnamed 1905 stormOct 10 | 58 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1905 | Unnamed 1905 stormSep 29 | overhead | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1898 | Unnamed 1898 stormSep 21 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1890 | Unnamed 1890 stormAug 27 | 47 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormAug 20 | 21 mi | Category 1 (78 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormJun 15 | 4 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormSep 1 | 45 mi | Category 1 (77 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1863 | Unnamed 1863 stormOct 1 | 56 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1860 | Unnamed 1860 stormOct 2 | 24 mi | Category 1 (74 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1856 | Unnamed 1856 stormAug 12 | 3 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 4 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Woodville: 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 Woodville
By decade
- 2020s9
- 2010s7
- 2000s3
- 1990s8
- 1980s9
- 1970s4
- 1960s1
- 1950s4(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 1957 | F3 | 20 mi | 3.6 mi | 0 / 5 |
| Feb 19, 1954 | F2 | 20 mi | 0.5 mi | 1 / 4 |
| Apr 10, 2024 | EF2 | 10 mi | 14.64 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 16, 2019 | EF2 | 23 mi | 4.23 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 20, 2013 | EF2 | 20 mi | 1.21 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 21, 1992 | F2 | 18 mi | 13 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 12, 1990 | F2 | 11 mi | 19 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Nov 20, 1986 | F2 | 13 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 28, 2024 | EF1 | in town | 11.43 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 28, 2024 | EF1 | 23 mi | 3.14 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 10, 2024 | EF1 | 15 mi | 23.78 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 20, 2023 | EF1 | 16 mi | 6.72 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 45, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Woodville
The Storm Prediction Center has 13 hail reports within 10 miles of Woodville since 1980, made on 10 separate days. All were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest size, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), was reported on 2 days, most recently March 30, 2016. The most recent report is from June 17, 2023. April has the most reports, 6.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Woodville
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Woodville 4 ESE, MS, 8 miles east of Woodville at 400 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 93°F and low of 71°F; January is the coolest, at 61°F and 36°F. January is the wettest at 7.4 inches of precipitation on average and September the driest at 4.4 inches; the year adds up to 66.7 inches over 71 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 47% of the year's precipitation (31.4 of 66.7 inches); the other six months are wetter. September has brought the most of the 44 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (16); a normal September there has highs of 89°F and 4.4 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 77 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 29 nights a year. That 66.7 inches is more than at 80 of the 87 Mississippi stations used on this site (92%). Saint Francisville, LA, 18 miles south, has its own station (New Roads 5 NE, LA): 58.6 inches a year, 8.1 less than here, and a July average high of 92°F against 93°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 61 | 36 | 7.4 | 7 |
| Feb | 65 | 40 | 6.1 | 6 |
| Mar | 72 | 47 | 5.9 | 6 |
| Apr | 78 | 54 | 5.4 | 5 |
| May | 85 | 62 | 5.1 | 5 |
| Jun | 90 | 68 | 5.3 | 7 |
| Jul | 93 | 71 | 6.2 | 8 |
| Aug | 93 | 70 | 5.8 | 6 |
| Sep | 89 | 65 | 4.4 | 5 |
| Oct | 81 | 55 | 4.7 | 4 |
| Nov | 71 | 45 | 5.0 | 6 |
| Dec | 63 | 39 | 5.4 | 6 |
| Year | 78 | 54 | 66.7 | 71 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Woodville 4 ESE, MS (400 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 Woodville
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 35 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Woodville: 29 thunderstorm wind reports and 6 flash floods. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $668,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 69 mph, on February 15, 2016. Of the 232 Mississippi cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 19 have had fewer than Woodville.
June 27, 2023: thunderstorm wind 4 miles from the centre of Woodville — 1 injured, $1,500 damage.
NWS: “Tree fell on top of manufactured home.”
April 24, 2021: flash flood 9 miles from the centre of Woodville — $500,000 damage.
NWS: “Wilkinson County EMA reported 9 houses and mobile homes flooded as Percy Creek rose above its embankment. Trapped residents had to be rescued.”
January 24, 2024: flash flood 7 miles from the centre of Woodville — $100,000 damage.
NWS: “Two roads near the Percy Creek collapsed due to flooding from heavy rainfall. Several homes were surrounded by and/or inundated by high water.”
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 Woodville's ZIP code 39669 have filed 985 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $15.3 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Mid-spring storms in 2011: 84 claims (9% of all) and $3.2 million, then Flooding in 1980 with 43. 13% 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, 117 have fewer than Woodville.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Mid-spring storms2011 | 84 | $3.2 million |
| Flooding1980 | 43 | $137,000 |
Wilkinson County, which includes Woodville, has been named in 32 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 22 of them major disasters (by incident: 13 hurricanes, 9 severe storms, 3 floods, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on June 30, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Wilkinson County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for lightning; Relatively Moderate for strong wind; Relatively Low for hurricanes, tornadoes and heat waves; Very Low for hail and inland flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $6.2 million a year, the 65th highest of 82 Mississippi counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $2.3 million (37%), 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 Woodville
- Centreville, MS17 mi
- Saint Francisville, LA18 mi
- Angola, LA18 mi
- Jackson, LA22 mi
- Gloster, MS22 mi
- Ethel, LA26 mi
- Natchez, MS29 mi
- New Roads, LA29 mi
- Simmesport, LA30 mi
- Roxie, MS30 mi
- Vidalia, LA30 mi
- Ventress, LA31 mi
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