Hurricane Bob
Jul 9, 1979 to Jul 16, 1979Peak 75 mph986 mb
Hurricane Bob passed within 50 miles of 39 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Terrebonne Parish, LA, as a tropical storm on July 11, 1979.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Bob · 1979
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- 75 mph, 65 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 986 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 39
- LA, MS
- Counties within 100 miles
- 56
- LA, MS
- Landfalls recorded
- 0
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Washington Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tangipahoa Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Charles Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Walthall County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 2.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | LA | 3.2 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | MS | 3.5 | Tropical storm |
| Copiah County | MS | 3.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Davis County | MS | 4.5 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | MS | 6.6 | Tropical storm |
| Livingston Parish | LA | 8.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 8.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | MS | 8.9 | Tropical storm |
| St. James Parish | LA | 15.5 | Tropical storm |
| Ascension Parish | LA | 16.6 | Tropical storm |
| Orleans Parish | LA | 17.1 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | MS | 17.4 | Tropical storm |
| St. Helena Parish | LA | 18.0 | Tropical storm |
| Amite County | MS | 20.6 | Tropical storm |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 23.8 | Tropical storm |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 24.3 | Tropical storm |
| Pearl River County | MS | 24.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | MS | 26.7 | Tropical storm |
| Assumption Parish | LA | 27.0 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | MS | 29.3 | Tropical storm |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 33.3 | Tropical storm |
| East Feliciana Parish | LA | 34.1 | Tropical storm |
| St. Mary Parish | LA | 36.1 | Tropical storm |
| St. Martin Parish | LA | 37.4 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | MS | 38.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | MS | 38.3 | Tropical storm |
| Forrest County | MS | 38.5 | Tropical storm |
| Claiborne County | MS | 39.7 | Tropical storm |
| Iberville Parish | LA | 41.0 | Tropical storm |
| West Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 48.2 | Tropical storm |
| Iberia Parish | LA | 49.2 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkinson County | MS | 50.9 | Tropical storm |
| Stone County | MS | 51.3 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | MS | 55.0 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | MS | 56.4 | Tropical storm |
| West Feliciana Parish | LA | 57.3 | Tropical storm |
| Adams County | MS | 59.9 | Tropical storm |
| Pointe Coupee Parish | LA | 61.3 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | MS | 74.3 | Tropical storm |
| Concordia Parish | LA | 77.0 | Tropical storm |
| George County | MS | 78.2 | Tropical storm |
| St. Landry Parish | LA | 80.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | MS | 80.1 | Tropical storm |
| Catahoula Parish | LA | 86.1 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin Parish | LA | 86.6 | Tropical storm |
| Avoyelles Parish | LA | 88.4 | Tropical storm |
| Vermilion Parish | LA | 89.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette Parish | LA | 90.3 | 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.