The unnamed hurricane of 1923
Oct 12, 1923 to Oct 17, 1923Peak 81 mph983 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1923 passed within 50 miles of 116 counties in 4 states. It was strongest near Terrebonne Parish, LA, as a Category 1 on October 16, 1923.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1923
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- 81 mph, 70 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 983 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 116
- AR, LA, MO, MS
- Counties within 100 miles
- 203
- AR, LA, MO, MS, TN
- Landfalls recorded
- 1
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Chicot County | AR | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Independence County | AR | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Claiborne County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Issaquena County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Arkansas County | AR | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Madison Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | AR | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| East Feliciana Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Woodruff County | AR | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Assumption Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Amite County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bolivar County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dent County | MO | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sharp County | AR | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Shannon County | MO | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Oregon County | MO | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Ascension Parish | LA | 0.8 | Tropical storm |
| East Carroll Parish | LA | 0.9 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | MS | 1.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | MS | 1.2 | Tropical storm |
| White County | AR | 1.2 | Tropical storm |
| Desha County | AR | 1.4 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | MS | 1.8 | Tropical storm |
| Prairie County | AR | 2.2 | Tropical storm |
| Iberville Parish | LA | 2.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | AR | 2.7 | Tropical storm |
| St. James Parish | LA | 3.3 | Tropical storm |
| Livingston Parish | LA | 3.3 | Tropical storm |
| Tensas Parish | LA | 3.5 | Tropical storm |
| Fulton County | AR | 3.5 | Tropical storm |
| St. Mary Parish | LA | 5.8 | Category 1 |
| Texas County | MO | 6.1 | Tropical storm |
| St. Helena Parish | LA | 7.7 | Tropical storm |
| West Carroll Parish | LA | 7.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 8.0 | Tropical storm |
| Howell County | MO | 8.4 | Tropical storm |
| West Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 8.7 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkinson County | MS | 8.9 | Tropical storm |
| Phillips County | AR | 9.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sharkey County | MS | 9.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | AR | 9.2 | Tropical storm |
| St. Martin Parish | LA | 10.0 | Category 1 |
| St. Francis County | AR | 10.6 | Tropical storm |
| Randolph County | AR | 10.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | AR | 10.9 | Tropical storm |
| Izard County | AR | 11.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | AR | 11.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | AR | 12.0 | Tropical storm |
| Crawford County | MO | 12.4 | Tropical storm |
| Adams County | MS | 12.8 | Tropical storm |
| West Feliciana Parish | LA | 13.2 | Tropical storm |
| Iberia Parish | LA | 14.2 | Tropical storm |
| Drew County | AR | 15.4 | Tropical storm |
| Coahoma County | MS | 16.9 | Tropical storm |
| Ashley County | AR | 17.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | MS | 17.3 | Tropical storm |
| Morehouse Parish | LA | 17.5 | Tropical storm |
| Copiah County | MS | 17.8 | Tropical storm |
| Cross County | AR | 18.3 | Tropical storm |
| Poinsett County | AR | 19.2 | Tropical storm |
| Pointe Coupee Parish | LA | 19.3 | Tropical storm |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | LA | 19.3 | Tropical storm |
| Richland Parish | LA | 19.5 | Tropical storm |
| Hinds County | MS | 19.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lonoke County | AR | 19.9 | Tropical storm |
| Craighead County | AR | 20.4 | Tropical storm |
| Reynolds County | MO | 21.1 | Tropical storm |
| Carter County | MO | 21.4 | Tropical storm |
| Concordia Parish | LA | 21.8 | Tropical storm |
| Cleburne County | AR | 21.9 | Tropical storm |
| Yazoo County | MS | 22.1 | Tropical storm |
| Sunflower County | MS | 23.7 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin Parish | LA | 24.1 | Tropical storm |
| Stone County | AR | 24.2 | Tropical storm |
| Ripley County | MO | 24.5 | Tropical storm |
| Humphreys County | MS | 25.6 | Tropical storm |
| Douglas County | MO | 26.1 | Tropical storm |
| Tangipahoa Parish | LA | 26.9 | Tropical storm |
| St. Charles Parish | LA | 27.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | MS | 28.0 | Tropical storm |
| Laclede County | MO | 28.2 | Tropical storm |
| Ozark County | MO | 29.3 | Tropical storm |
| Wright County | MO | 30.3 | Tropical storm |
| Iron County | MO | 30.5 | Tropical storm |
| Catahoula Parish | LA | 31.0 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | AR | 33.0 | Tropical storm |
| Baxter County | AR | 34.0 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | MO | 35.5 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | MS | 37.8 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | AR | 38.6 | Tropical storm |
| Washington Parish | LA | 39.5 | Tropical storm |
| Avoyelles Parish | LA | 40.4 | Tropical storm |
| Tunica County | MS | 40.6 | Tropical storm |
| St. Landry Parish | LA | 40.6 | Tropical storm |
| Holmes County | MS | 41.3 | Tropical storm |
| Cleveland County | AR | 41.3 | Tropical storm |
| Leflore County | MS | 41.4 | Tropical storm |
| Pulaski County | AR | 41.8 | Tropical storm |
| Faulkner County | AR | 42.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 43.1 | Tropical storm |
| Tallahatchie County | MS | 43.7 | Tropical storm |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 44.1 | Tropical storm |
| Walthall County | MS | 44.6 | Tropical storm |
| Bradley County | AR | 44.6 | Tropical storm |
| Quitman County | MS | 44.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | MS | 45.8 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | MO | 46.5 | Tropical storm |
| Van Buren County | AR | 47.2 | Tropical storm |
| Ouachita Parish | LA | 47.2 | Tropical storm |
| Simpson County | MS | 47.4 | Tropical storm |
| Crittenden County | AR | 47.6 | Tropical storm |
| Caldwell Parish | LA | 47.7 | Tropical storm |
| Rankin County | MS | 47.9 | Tropical storm |
| Butler County | MO | 50.9 | Tropical storm |
| Orleans Parish | LA | 51.5 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | AR | 51.5 | Tropical storm |
| Searcy County | AR | 53.4 | Tropical storm |
| Grant County | AR | 53.6 | Tropical storm |
| Webster County | MO | 54.1 | Tropical storm |
| Union Parish | LA | 54.2 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | AR | 54.3 | Tropical storm |
| Saline County | AR | 54.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette Parish | LA | 55.7 | Tropical storm |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 56.6 | Tropical storm |
| DeSoto County | MS | 57.0 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | MS | 57.0 | Tropical storm |
| LaSalle Parish | LA | 57.2 | Tropical storm |
| Carroll County | MS | 57.3 | Tropical storm |
| Shelby County | TN | 57.9 | Tropical storm |
| Vermilion Parish | LA | 58.1 | Tropical storm |
| St. Francois County | MO | 58.5 | Tropical storm |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 59.2 | Tropical storm |
| Dunklin County | MO | 59.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Davis County | MS | 60.3 | Tropical storm |
| Tate County | MS | 60.4 | Tropical storm |
| Mississippi County | AR | 61.0 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | MO | 61.0 | Tropical storm |
| Grenada County | MS | 61.1 | Tropical storm |
| Panola County | MS | 61.4 | Tropical storm |
| Conway County | AR | 63.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dallas County | AR | 63.2 | Tropical storm |
| Rapides Parish | LA | 64.2 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | AR | 64.4 | Tropical storm |
| Taney County | MO | 64.7 | Tropical storm |
| Tipton County | TN | 66.9 | Tropical storm |
| Attala County | MS | 68.0 | Tropical storm |
| Acadia Parish | LA | 68.1 | Tropical storm |
| Pearl River County | MS | 68.4 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | AR | 68.4 | Tropical storm |
| Christian County | MO | 69.5 | Tropical storm |
| Evangeline Parish | LA | 69.7 | Tropical storm |
| Grant Parish | LA | 70.5 | Tropical storm |
| Ste. Genevieve County | MO | 71.0 | Tropical storm |
| Boone County | AR | 72.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson Parish | LA | 73.0 | Tropical storm |
| Winn Parish | LA | 73.1 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | MS | 73.7 | Tropical storm |
| Stoddard County | MO | 74.0 | Tropical storm |
| Yalobusha County | MS | 74.4 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | MO | 75.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln Parish | LA | 76.7 | Tropical storm |
| Scott County | MS | 76.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bollinger County | MO | 77.1 | Tropical storm |
| Smith County | MS | 77.4 | Tropical storm |
| Pope County | AR | 78.5 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | MS | 78.6 | Tropical storm |
| Ouachita County | AR | 79.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | MS | 79.4 | Tropical storm |
| Leake County | MS | 79.8 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | MS | 79.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hot Spring County | AR | 80.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lauderdale County | TN | 80.8 | Tropical storm |
| Newton County | AR | 81.5 | Tropical storm |
| Pemiscot County | MO | 83.3 | Tropical storm |
| New Madrid County | MO | 85.3 | Tropical storm |
| Garland County | AR | 85.3 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | MO | 85.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | MS | 87.2 | Tropical storm |
| Yell County | AR | 87.6 | Tropical storm |
| Marshall County | MS | 89.6 | Tropical storm |
| Forrest County | MS | 91.4 | Tropical storm |
| Claiborne Parish | LA | 92.3 | Tropical storm |
| Clark County | AR | 93.6 | Tropical storm |
| Stone County | MO | 94.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | MS | 94.4 | Tropical storm |
| Allen Parish | LA | 94.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | LA | 95.0 | Tropical storm |
| Fayette County | TN | 95.6 | Tropical storm |
| Dyer County | TN | 95.6 | Tropical storm |
| Webster County | MS | 96.2 | Tropical storm |
| Cameron Parish | LA | 96.8 | Tropical storm |
| Cape Girardeau County | MO | 96.9 | Tropical storm |
| Carroll County | AR | 97.0 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | MS | 97.3 | Tropical storm |
| Johnson County | AR | 97.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bienville Parish | LA | 98.2 | Tropical storm |
| Stone County | MS | 98.7 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | MS | 98.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lake County | TN | 98.8 | Tropical storm |
| Choctaw County | MS | 99.0 | Tropical storm |
Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.
National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.