The unnamed tropical storm of 1923
Oct 16, 1923 to Oct 21, 1923Peak 58 mph992 mb
The unnamed tropical storm of 1923 passed within 50 miles of 73 counties in 4 states. It was strongest near Harrison County, MS, as a tropical storm on October 18, 1923.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed storm · 1923
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 58 mph, 50 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 992 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 73
- AL, LA, MS, TN
- Counties within 100 miles
- 133
- AL, AR, FL, LA, 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.
| Newton County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Stone County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chickasaw County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hardeman County | TN | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Benton County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Neshoba County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pontotoc County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Choctaw County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | MS | 3.2 | Tropical storm |
| Winston County | MS | 3.3 | Tropical storm |
| Oktibbeha County | MS | 3.7 | Tropical storm |
| Webster County | MS | 3.9 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | MS | 5.1 | Tropical storm |
| Fayette County | TN | 5.1 | Tropical storm |
| Tippah County | MS | 5.1 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | MS | 5.4 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | MS | 5.7 | Tropical storm |
| Marshall County | MS | 5.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | MS | 6.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | MS | 7.3 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | MS | 7.3 | Tropical storm |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 8.0 | Tropical storm |
| Forrest County | MS | 9.0 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | MS | 9.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | MS | 9.9 | Tropical storm |
| George County | MS | 9.9 | Tropical storm |
| Kemper County | MS | 10.9 | Tropical storm |
| Attala County | MS | 12.0 | Tropical storm |
| Leake County | MS | 12.9 | Tropical storm |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 13.3 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | MS | 13.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lauderdale County | MS | 14.5 | Tropical storm |
| Smith County | MS | 15.6 | Tropical storm |
| Noxubee County | MS | 16.8 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | MS | 17.5 | Tropical storm |
| Scott County | MS | 17.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | MS | 18.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | MS | 19.3 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | MS | 20.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | MS | 20.5 | Tropical storm |
| Yalobusha County | MS | 20.6 | Tropical storm |
| Alcorn County | MS | 21.0 | Tropical storm |
| Grenada County | MS | 22.3 | Tropical storm |
| Pearl River County | MS | 22.5 | Tropical storm |
| McNairy County | TN | 23.0 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | MS | 24.5 | Tropical storm |
| Prentiss County | MS | 24.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | MS | 26.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tate County | MS | 28.8 | Tropical storm |
| Carroll County | MS | 30.7 | Tropical storm |
| DeSoto County | MS | 31.0 | Tropical storm |
| Panola County | MS | 32.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 32.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Davis County | MS | 32.9 | Tropical storm |
| Choctaw County | AL | 34.5 | Tropical storm |
| Simpson County | MS | 35.2 | Tropical storm |
| Itawamba County | MS | 35.5 | Tropical storm |
| Mobile County | AL | 36.4 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | MS | 36.6 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | AL | 36.7 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | MS | 36.8 | Tropical storm |
| Holmes County | MS | 37.5 | Tropical storm |
| Rankin County | MS | 38.0 | Tropical storm |
| Orleans Parish | LA | 38.7 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | AL | 38.8 | Tropical storm |
| Washington Parish | LA | 43.1 | Tropical storm |
| Pickens County | AL | 44.5 | Tropical storm |
| Tallahatchie County | MS | 44.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hardin County | TN | 45.7 | Tropical storm |
| Tishomingo County | MS | 46.3 | Tropical storm |
| Walthall County | MS | 50.0 | Tropical storm |
| Crittenden County | AR | 50.1 | Tropical storm |
| Yazoo County | MS | 50.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | AL | 50.6 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | AL | 51.7 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | AL | 51.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | MS | 54.1 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | AL | 54.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lauderdale County | AL | 55.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 56.2 | Tropical storm |
| Leflore County | MS | 56.2 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | AL | 56.4 | Tropical storm |
| Quitman County | MS | 56.4 | Tropical storm |
| Marengo County | AL | 56.4 | Tropical storm |
| Hinds County | MS | 57.5 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | AL | 58.2 | Tropical storm |
| Colbert County | AL | 58.5 | Tropical storm |
| Tunica County | MS | 58.9 | Tropical storm |
| Copiah County | MS | 61.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 62.5 | Tropical storm |
| Fayette County | AL | 68.6 | Tropical storm |
| St. Francis County | AR | 69.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | LA | 69.3 | Tropical storm |
| Tangipahoa Parish | LA | 69.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | AR | 70.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | MS | 70.3 | Tropical storm |
| Humphreys County | MS | 70.4 | Tropical storm |
| St. Charles Parish | LA | 71.0 | Tropical storm |
| Coahoma County | MS | 71.5 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | MS | 72.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hale County | AL | 72.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tuscaloosa County | AL | 73.9 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | AL | 74.1 | Tropical storm |
| Sunflower County | MS | 75.9 | Tropical storm |
| Phillips County | AR | 78.3 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | AL | 81.8 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | FL | 82.2 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | AL | 84.2 | Tropical storm |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 84.3 | Tropical storm |
| Walker County | AL | 86.3 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | MS | 86.5 | Tropical storm |
| Bolivar County | MS | 86.5 | Tropical storm |
| Winston County | AL | 86.9 | Tropical storm |
| Livingston Parish | LA | 88.0 | Tropical storm |
| Amite County | MS | 89.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | TN | 89.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sharkey County | MS | 90.3 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | MS | 90.7 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | AL | 91.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Helena Parish | LA | 92.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | AL | 92.8 | Tropical storm |
| Dallas County | AL | 93.9 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | MS | 94.0 | Tropical storm |
| Issaquena County | MS | 94.2 | Tropical storm |
| Conecuh County | AL | 95.4 | Tropical storm |
| Claiborne County | MS | 96.9 | Tropical storm |
| Bibb County | AL | 97.4 | Tropical storm |
| Ascension Parish | LA | 97.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | MS | 98.5 | Tropical storm |
| St. James Parish | LA | 98.5 | Tropical storm |
| Desha County | AR | 98.8 | 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.