(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,1877br,1879tsbr,1881ts,1882br,1885ts,1885tsbr,1887-2ts,1889ts,1892ts,1893tsbr,1893,1894tsbr, 1895ts,1900ts,1901,1902tsbr,1906,1907ts,1911ts,1912bdtsbr,1912,1914tsbd,1916,1916br,1917br,1923-2ts, 1926,1932,1932tsbr,1934tsbr,1939ts,1944ts,1947br,1948tsbr,1950br,1955tsbr,1955ts,1956br,1959tsbr,1960ts,1964xtropstbd, 1969,1979,1985,1985tsbr,1995br,1997,1998,2002 ts,2004,2005ts,2005,2009ts 56
140yrs end of 2011
Names from
list above Baker,Brenda,Flossy,Irene,Ethel,Hilda,Camille,Frederic,Elena,Juan,Opal,Danny,Georges,Hanna,Ivan,Cindy,Katrina ,Ida,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=34, 60.71% H=22, 39.29%
Longest gap between storms 9 years 1969-1979 & 1985-1995
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 2.50 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(hurricane force wind gusts for a few hours) (14h)once every 10.00 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 109 mph
Statistically when this area should be affected
next before the end of 2012
Last affected
by 2009 just S.E tropical storm Ida Nov 10th while moving NE with 50mph winds.
This areas hurricane past 1893, 95mph oct 2nd causes heavy damage,bodies washed ashore up to 1 month after hurricane hit from the S.W 1901 july 11th Category 1 85mph from the SSW. 1906 a hurricane with 110mph winds hits sept 27 causing a 10 ft storm surge gusts to 130mph winds from the SSE. 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. 1912 Sept 14th 75mph from the SSE 1916 july 5th a hurricane batters the area for 16 hrs killing 10,120mph winds.Lowest pressure at landfall was 961 mb (peripheral pressure) observed at Fort
Morgan, Alabama around 20 UTC.Highest observed winds were 93 kt from
Mobile around 20 UTC. This wind reduces to 76 kt true after accounting for the
high bias of the instrument of the era . 1926 sept 21st 110 passes just south from the ESE with a pressure of 28.99. 1932 Sept 1st 80mph from the SE 1969 Aug 18th from the SSE hurricane Camille just west as a cat 5, 165mph causes a 13 ft storm surge in Pascagoula
heavy damage 137 killed along the coast. Damage photo | Camille headlines from New York | Surge reports | advisory showing winds & size before landfall | Newspaper headline | Surge animation 1979 hurricane Frederic hits with 130mph winds sept 12th,ship island cut in half. Newspaper headline 1985 hurricane Elena just south 115mph from the
E.S.E Sept 2nd.Reports have car windows shattering from quick drop in barometeric pressure .Highest storm surge was estimated around 10 feet in the Pascagoula, MI area. Lowest sea level pressure was 951 mb. The eye of the hurricane was about 20 miles in diameter at landfall.Several shopping centers along Route 90 in Pascagoula had masonry wall failures and roofs collapsed. Pascagoula, 5:00 am 9/2 92 mph 115 mph --
MI, Chevron Wind map | newspaper headlines 1997 July 19th,Hurricane Danny passes to the SE while moving slowly NE into Alabama with 75mph winds dumping heavy rain. 1998 Sept 28th hurricane Georges direct 105mph from the S.E
moderate damage damage to signs,windows,some roof damage,Heavy flooding from
storm surge & rainfall see sat here
2004 ,sept 16th very early morning,Hurricane Ivan just East by 50 miles with 130mph winds moving NNE over Eastern Alabama with Ivan having a wind field approx 85 miles out.Light to Moderate damage here from North & NW winds. 86mph gust unofficial
2005 August 29th Hurricane Katrina hits just west with 125 winds 55 miles to west.Surge accompanies this hurricane with 12.16 ft surge & kills well over 200 on the Mississippi coast.Gusts reported to 125mph in Pascagoula at the Jackson county EOC.Surge image from Pascagoula | Radar animation | Newspaper article about winds | Jim Williams from hurricanecity.com predicts a hurricane hit for this area on june 1st 2005. | Color enhanced satellite vapor image
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.............
