Hurricane Flossy
Sep 20, 1956 to Oct 3, 1956Peak 92 mph974 mb
Hurricane Flossy passed within 50 miles of 65 counties in 5 states. It was strongest near Okaloosa County, FL, as a Category 1 on September 25, 1956.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Flossy · 1956
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- 92 mph, 80 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 974 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 65
- AL, FL, GA, LA, MS
- Counties within 100 miles
- 115
- AL, FL, GA, LA, MS
- Landfalls recorded
- 2
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Walton County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Mitchell County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Miller County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Seminole County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Okaloosa County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Worth County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Turner County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Ben Hill County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Decatur County | GA | 0.2 | Tropical storm |
| Dougherty County | GA | 0.7 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | GA | 1.1 | Tropical storm |
| Holmes County | FL | 3.2 | Tropical storm |
| Irwin County | GA | 3.6 | Tropical storm |
| Early County | GA | 5.2 | Tropical storm |
| Tift County | GA | 5.6 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | AL | 5.9 | Tropical storm |
| Colquitt County | GA | 6.8 | Tropical storm |
| Grady County | GA | 8.5 | Tropical storm |
| Crisp County | GA | 9.5 | Tropical storm |
| Bay County | FL | 10.4 | Category 1 |
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 10.6 | Category 1 |
| Escambia County | FL | 11.9 | Category 1 |
| Lee County | GA | 13.4 | Tropical storm |
| Geneva County | AL | 14.6 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | GA | 15.8 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | FL | 15.8 | Tropical storm |
| Thomas County | GA | 17.2 | Tropical storm |
| Berrien County | GA | 19.4 | Tropical storm |
| Gadsden County | FL | 19.5 | Tropical storm |
| Dooly County | GA | 20.9 | Tropical storm |
| Terrell County | GA | 21.9 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | AL | 22.1 | Category 1 |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 22.3 | Category 1 |
| Cook County | GA | 22.9 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | FL | 24.0 | Tropical storm |
| Henry County | AL | 24.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | GA | 25.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 26.3 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 26.9 | Category 1 |
| Randolph County | GA | 29.3 | Tropical storm |
| Atkinson County | GA | 29.4 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | GA | 29.5 | Tropical storm |
| Dale County | AL | 30.2 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | GA | 31.5 | Tropical storm |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 31.7 | Category 1 |
| Covington County | AL | 32.1 | Category 1 |
| Mobile County | AL | 33.6 | Category 1 |
| Coffee County | AL | 34.7 | Tropical storm |
| Leon County | FL | 35.0 | Tropical storm |
| Gulf County | FL | 38.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | MS | 39.7 | Category 1 |
| Lowndes County | GA | 40.6 | Tropical storm |
| Webster County | GA | 42.9 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | GA | 43.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | FL | 43.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lanier County | GA | 44.1 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | AL | 44.5 | Category 1 |
| Schley County | GA | 47.7 | Tropical storm |
| Wakulla County | FL | 48.5 | Tropical storm |
| Clinch County | GA | 48.5 | Tropical storm |
| Quitman County | GA | 48.9 | Tropical storm |
| Stewart County | GA | 49.6 | Tropical storm |
| Peach County | GA | 51.4 | Tropical storm |
| Barbour County | AL | 51.7 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | MS | 52.6 | Category 1 |
| Marion County | GA | 54.6 | Tropical storm |
| Conecuh County | AL | 57.3 | Category 1 |
| Madison County | FL | 57.7 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | FL | 59.1 | Tropical storm |
| Crenshaw County | AL | 60.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | AL | 60.2 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | GA | 61.1 | Tropical storm |
| Orleans Parish | LA | 61.3 | Category 1 |
| St. Charles Parish | LA | 61.8 | Category 1 |
| Crawford County | GA | 62.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | MS | 63.3 | Category 1 |
| Echols County | GA | 64.1 | Tropical storm |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 66.0 | Category 1 |
| Chattahoochee County | GA | 67.4 | Tropical storm |
| Hamilton County | FL | 68.7 | Tropical storm |
| Russell County | AL | 70.4 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | FL | 70.9 | Tropical storm |
| George County | MS | 72.8 | Category 1 |
| Butler County | AL | 73.1 | Category 1 |
| Bullock County | AL | 74.1 | Tropical storm |
| Talbot County | GA | 77.9 | Tropical storm |
| Upson County | GA | 78.3 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | AL | 80.1 | Category 1 |
| Stone County | MS | 80.5 | Category 1 |
| Muscogee County | GA | 81.7 | Tropical storm |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | LA | 82.7 | Category 1 |
| Pearl River County | MS | 85.8 | Category 1 |
| Suwannee County | FL | 86.3 | Tropical storm |
| St. James Parish | LA | 87.2 | Category 1 |
| Assumption Parish | LA | 87.3 | Category 1 |
| St. Mary Parish | LA | 87.3 | Category 1 |
| Washington County | AL | 87.6 | Category 1 |
| Clarke County | AL | 87.7 | Category 1 |
| Montgomery County | AL | 88.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | FL | 88.1 | Tropical storm |
| Harris County | GA | 88.6 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | MS | 89.3 | Category 1 |
| Macon County | AL | 90.6 | Tropical storm |
| Tangipahoa Parish | LA | 90.7 | Category 1 |
| Columbia County | FL | 91.4 | Tropical storm |
| St. Martin Parish | LA | 91.7 | Category 1 |
| Perry County | MS | 93.8 | Category 1 |
| Lee County | AL | 94.5 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | GA | 97.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | AL | 98.0 | Tropical storm |
| Meriwether County | GA | 99.0 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | FL | 99.8 | 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.