George County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within George County: 0.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Every large fire

1. Large fires mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program since 1984: 1,000 acres or more in the West, 500 or more in the East. Prescribed burns are excluded. Acres here are the part of each perimeter inside this place.

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), 1984 to 2026.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Sep 25, 1998Hurricane (Typhoon), George$30.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Please see the narrative on Hurricane Georges under Alabama, Southwest, September 25-29, 1998.

2. Aug 30, 2021Flash Flood$1.8 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Very heavy rainfall with 2 inch per hour rain rates fell over very saturated conditions and resulted in additional flash flooding. This resulted in the collapse of a portion of Highway 26 near Crossroads Road. Several vehicles drove into a 50 foot deep hole. Three people were killed and seven others were injured.

3. Apr 14, 2018Flash Flood$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Flash flooding on the Cypress Creek resulted in numerous people becoming trapped in the Red Creek Off Road Park. 81 people had to be rescued from the rising flood waters. The park suffered erosion, road damage, and damaged water lines. Multiple vehicles were submerged by flood waters, including some ATVs and RVs.

4. Jun 11, 2001Thunderstorm Wind$250,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A cluster of severe thunderstorms spawned from the remains of Tropical Storm Allison moved across central George county during the early morning hours. The high winds from the storms did the most damage from the Twin Creeks area north across Inland Beach road to near US Highway 98 just northwest of Lucedale. The damage was all facing to the west as the storms were moving around the eastern periphery of Allison. It was estimated that about twenty-five homes in these areas suffered some form of damage with at least ten manufactured homes damaged so bad they were deemed destroyed. The high winds covered a large area with several trees and power lines also blown down. The roof was…

5. Sep 14, 2004Hurricane (Typhoon), George$200,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Please see the detailed narrative on Hurricane Ivan under Alabama, Southwest, September 13-16, 2004. Hurricane force winds, primarily in gusts, occurred over most interior portions of southeast Mississippi during the late evening hours of September 15th ,and the very early morning hours of September 16th. Duration of the winds producing hurricane force gusts was around two hours. These strong winds downed some trees across the region, some of which fell onto structures which were damaged as a result. Although Ivan did produce wind damage across southeast Mississippi, this damage was neither as widespread nor as severe as was the wind damage over much of southwest Alabama and the…

6. Jun 11, 2001Tornado$150,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A severe thunderstorm produced an F1 tornado in the southeast part of the county, first touching down near the Howell community about 3 miles east of Movella. The tornado first touched down just inside the George county line near Red Edwards Lane and Howell Road and moved north from there. Initially the tornado just produced tree damage, with some minor roof damage to a couple of homes. As the tornado moved north, it crossed Griffin Lane and totally destroyed a newer model manufactured home. The mobile home tie downs were pulled out of the ground and the home turned over and was torn apart as it rolled. The female occupant of the home was in the house at the time the tornado…

7. Jun 5, 1998Thunderstorm Wind$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A line of severe thunderstorms moved through the county between 1035 pm and 1110 pm. Trees and power lines were blown down throughout the county. In Lucedale two mobile homes were damaged when trees fell on them. No injuries were reported.

8. Oct 7, 2017Tropical Storm, George$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Hurricane Nate quickly moved north northwest out of the northwest Caribbean Sea and across the Gulf of Mexico, making landfall near Biloxi, MS just after midnight on October 8th as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum winds of 85 mph. Nate quickly weakened as it moved inland across inland southeast Mississippi and southwest Alabama and was downgraded to a tropical depression over central Alabama by 10am CDT on October 8th.||The remnant eastern eyewall of Nate moved across George and Greene Counties between midnight and 3am. Tropical storm force winds, with maximum gusts estimated at 60 to 70 mph, resulted in numerous downed trees and power lines in George County. Several homes…

9. Oct 25, 1997Tornado$90,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A mesocyclone intermittently produced a weak tornado as the storm tracked northeast across George county. The tornado first briefly touched down along River Road near the Barton community where trees were blown down. The tornado touched down again near Grain Elevator Road blowing down several century old Live Oak trees. The oak trees fell around a home which sustained only minor damage. The tornado touched down again just west of State Road 63 where it destroyed two mobile homes and caused major damage to another. Trees and some outbuildings were also damaged. The tornado again briefly touched down along Barton Agricola Road where trees were blown down. The tornado then touched…

10. Jun 5, 1998Lightning$70,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Lightning struck an apartment building and the residence burned to the ground. No one was injured.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

106°FAug 26, 2023

All-time low

3°FJan 21, 1985

Warmest night

82°F5 times, most recently Aug 13, 2023

Coldest day

23°FDec 25, 1983

Wettest day

13.36 inApr 13, 1955

Snowiest day

7.5 inJan 21, 2025

Hottest year

2023mean 71.0°F

Coldest year

1983mean 64.5°F

Wettest year

197586.58 in

Driest year

195442.35 in

Snowiest season

7.5 in2024-25

Station Mobile (USW00013894), 289 ft elevation, 24.6 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1948 to October 24, 2026; 99.9% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USW00013894.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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