Gulfport,Mississippi's history with tropical systems
Current weather
(br)=brush (ts)=Tropical Storm (bd)=Back Door,meaning coming from over land from opposite coast.Not all names are noted,also storms before 1950 were not named.Not every stat on every storm description is given.

Years within 60 miles
1872ts,1879br,1881br,1885ts,1885tsbr,1887ts,1892ts,1893,1895ts,1900ts,1901br,1904-05tsbr
1906,1907tsbr,1912br,1914tsbr,1916,1923ts,1926,1932br,1934tsbr,1944ts,1947,1947ts
1955tsbr,1960ts,1965br,1969,1979br,1985,1988br,1998,2002tsbr, 2-2002ts,2004br,2005ts,2005,2009ts
40 times in 139yrs end of 2009


Names from list above
Ethel,Betsy,Camille,Frederic,Elena,Florence,Georges,Bertha,Hanna,Isidore,Ivan,Cindy, Katrina,Ida,

How often this area gets affected?
brushed or hit every 3.48 years

Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes)
(9h)once every 15.44 years

Statistically when this area should be affected next
before the end of 2013

Last affected by
2009 just S.E tropical storm Ida Nov 10th while moving NNE with 55mph winds.


This areas hurricane past
1819 hurricane worst in 50 years
1893 85mph oct 2nd over 1,000 in mississippi killed bodies washed ashore up to 1 month after landfall
1906 sept 27th a 130mph hurricane hits.Quarantine station on Ship Island was devastated and lives lost. The storm ate one mile off east end of Horn Island, swallowing lighthouse and drowning keeper.
1916 a cat 2 july 5th hits the area for 16hrs killing 10
1926 a minimal hurricane weakening to Tropical storm reached Gulfport with a calm eye for 10 min press 29.08
1947 sept 19th a hurricane just south cat 2 brings a 12 ft storm surge kills 22 on gulf coast. Newspaper article
1969 camille aug 17th,just west as a cat 5 190mph press 26.85 ,major damage with a 22 ft storm surge in this area. kills 137 along the coast . Over8,000 animals killed,9,500 injured. | Damage photo | Camille headlines from New York | Newspaper headline | Surge reports | Camille remembered newspaper 20 yrs later | advisory showing winds & size before landfall | Newspaper headline
1985 sept 2nd hurricane Elena hits just east gulfport had N.W winds of 100mph to 125mph, Tornado rips off roof at shelter.8 ft storm surge heavy damage on shoreline.Gulfport, MI 8:00 am 9/2 60 mph 105 mph -- Ham RadioWind map | newspaper headlines
1988 florence highest gust 75mph
1998 hurricane georges hit just east of here with 105mph winds press 28.76 this area had north winds of 90mph recorded moderate damage in late sept
2005 August 29th Hurricane Katrina hits this area hard with cat 3/4 winds. (nws)Gulfport gpt sustained 070/40 kt 1025 utc peak 090/55 kt 1008 utc . A category 5 surge accompanies this hurricane & kills well over 100 in this area.Wind swath from HRD | Radar animation | Newspaper article about winds | damage map | Jim Williams from hurricanecity.com predicts a hurricane hit for this area on june 1st 2005.(video rp) | portion of our live coverage | Dramatic before & after photos from Mississippi #1 | #2 |#3 |#4 |#5 |#6 |#7 | damage shot | Illinois newspaper 9 months later | Color enhanced satellite vapor image | track and dates


Text Sources:The Major Hurricanes to affect the Bahamas Wayne Neely.....Hurricane Watch Dr. Bob Sheets & Jack Williams.....Inside the Hurricane Pete Davies.....The Ship & the Storm Jim Carrier.....Lunatic Wind William Price Fox...Sudden Sea R.A Scotti.....Hurricane Almanac Bryan Norcross.....Divine Wind Kerry Emanuel.....Florida's Hurricane History Jay Barnes.....Stormscaping Pamela Crawford.....Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States Rick Scwartz..... Killer Cane Robert Mykle..... Isaac's Storm Erik Larson.....Florida Hurricanes & Tropical Storms John M. Williams & Iver W.Duedall.....Path of destruction John McQuaid & Mark Schleifstein.....Sun sentinel newspaper(microfilm).....Miami Herald newspaper(microfilm).....NOAA research division.....hurricanecity.com (calculations) Jim Williams.....plus many more.............


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