Hurricane Elena
Aug 28, 1985 to Sep 4, 1985Peak 127 mph953 mb
Hurricane Elena passed within 50 miles of 64 counties in 4 states. It was strongest near Gulf County, FL, as a Category 3 on September 1, 1985.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Elena · 1985
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- 127 mph, 110 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 953 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 64
- AL, FL, LA, MS
- Counties within 100 miles
- 131
- AL, AR, FL, LA, MS
- 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.
| Adams County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Washington Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Catahoula Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pearl River County | MS | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Jackson Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Caldwell Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | MS | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Harrison County | MS | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Amite County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Winn Parish | LA | 0.8 | Tropical storm |
| Tensas Parish | LA | 1.3 | Tropical storm |
| Concordia Parish | LA | 1.3 | Tropical storm |
| Tangipahoa Parish | LA | 3.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | MS | 3.7 | Category 3 |
| LaSalle Parish | LA | 4.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | MS | 5.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkinson County | MS | 7.6 | Tropical storm |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 7.9 | Category 1 |
| Walthall County | MS | 8.3 | Tropical storm |
| Ouachita Parish | LA | 8.8 | Tropical storm |
| St. Helena Parish | LA | 9.9 | Tropical storm |
| Stone County | MS | 10.6 | Category 2 |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 11.3 | Category 3 |
| Richland Parish | LA | 11.3 | Tropical storm |
| Mobile County | AL | 13.7 | Category 3 |
| Lincoln County | MS | 13.8 | Tropical storm |
| East Feliciana Parish | LA | 15.4 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | MS | 17.5 | Category 1 |
| Baldwin County | AL | 19.2 | Category 3 |
| Claiborne County | MS | 19.3 | Tropical storm |
| Grant Parish | LA | 23.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | MS | 23.0 | Category 1 |
| Madison Parish | LA | 25.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | MS | 25.9 | Tropical storm |
| Livingston Parish | LA | 26.1 | Tropical storm |
| Forrest County | MS | 27.4 | Category 2 |
| Copiah County | MS | 27.4 | Tropical storm |
| Orleans Parish | LA | 27.5 | Category 2 |
| West Feliciana Parish | LA | 27.7 | Tropical storm |
| George County | MS | 29.8 | Category 3 |
| Gulf County | FL | 31.9 | Category 3 |
| Perry County | MS | 32.4 | Category 2 |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 32.4 | Tropical storm |
| Morehouse Parish | LA | 33.0 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | FL | 33.2 | Category 3 |
| Avoyelles Parish | LA | 34.8 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | FL | 35.3 | Category 3 |
| Warren County | MS | 35.5 | Tropical storm |
| Rapides Parish | LA | 36.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Davis County | MS | 37.2 | Category 1 |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | LA | 39.4 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 41.6 | Category 2 |
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 43.1 | Category 3 |
| Pointe Coupee Parish | LA | 45.3 | Tropical storm |
| Bay County | FL | 45.9 | Category 3 |
| St. Charles Parish | LA | 45.9 | Category 1 |
| Greene County | MS | 46.5 | Category 3 |
| West Carroll Parish | LA | 46.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hinds County | MS | 47.0 | Tropical storm |
| Levy County | FL | 48.2 | Category 2 |
| East Carroll Parish | LA | 48.6 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | MS | 50.5 | Category 1 |
| Dixie County | FL | 51.1 | Category 2 |
| Simpson County | MS | 51.4 | Tropical storm |
| West Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 51.7 | Tropical storm |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 52.5 | Category 2 |
| Ascension Parish | LA | 52.9 | Tropical storm |
| Okaloosa County | FL | 54.0 | Category 3 |
| Monroe County | FL | 55.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | MS | 55.8 | Category 1 |
| St. James Parish | LA | 57.0 | Category 1 |
| Walton County | FL | 57.2 | Category 3 |
| Issaquena County | MS | 57.7 | Tropical storm |
| St. Landry Parish | LA | 59.2 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | FL | 59.4 | Category 3 |
| Iberville Parish | LA | 59.7 | Tropical storm |
| Citrus County | FL | 63.1 | Category 2 |
| Calhoun County | FL | 63.2 | Category 3 |
| Rankin County | MS | 63.9 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | FL | 64.0 | Category 2 |
| Washington County | FL | 65.4 | Category 3 |
| Vernon Parish | LA | 66.9 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | AL | 66.9 | Category 3 |
| Hernando County | FL | 68.6 | Category 2 |
| Evangeline Parish | LA | 68.7 | Tropical storm |
| Smith County | MS | 69.0 | Category 1 |
| Pasco County | FL | 69.1 | Category 3 |
| Wayne County | MS | 69.6 | Category 2 |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 70.4 | Category 1 |
| Pinellas County | FL | 70.7 | Category 3 |
| Sharkey County | MS | 71.8 | Tropical storm |
| Assumption Parish | LA | 72.7 | Tropical storm |
| Wakulla County | FL | 74.1 | Category 3 |
| St. Martin Parish | LA | 74.3 | Tropical storm |
| Gilchrist County | FL | 74.5 | Category 2 |
| Lafayette County | FL | 75.6 | Category 2 |
| Chicot County | AR | 75.8 | Tropical storm |
| Yazoo County | MS | 76.5 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | AL | 76.9 | Category 3 |
| Marion County | FL | 78.3 | Category 2 |
| Madison County | MS | 80.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | MS | 80.3 | Category 1 |
| Hillsborough County | FL | 81.3 | Category 3 |
| Iberia Parish | LA | 82.5 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | AL | 82.6 | Category 3 |
| Allen Parish | LA | 83.6 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | MS | 85.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | FL | 85.3 | Category 3 |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 85.6 | Category 1 |
| Alachua County | FL | 85.7 | Category 2 |
| Holmes County | FL | 86.1 | Category 3 |
| Leon County | FL | 88.2 | Category 3 |
| Jefferson County | FL | 88.9 | Category 2 |
| Sumter County | FL | 90.7 | Category 2 |
| Lafayette Parish | LA | 90.7 | Tropical storm |
| Scott County | MS | 91.1 | Tropical storm |
| Suwannee County | FL | 92.3 | Category 2 |
| Monroe County | AL | 92.4 | Category 3 |
| Clarke County | MS | 93.8 | Category 2 |
| Acadia Parish | LA | 94.3 | Tropical storm |
| Gadsden County | FL | 94.5 | Category 3 |
| Covington County | AL | 95.8 | Category 3 |
| Beauregard Parish | LA | 96.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Mary Parish | LA | 96.3 | Tropical storm |
| Humphreys County | MS | 96.9 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | FL | 97.3 | Category 2 |
| Conecuh County | AL | 98.1 | Category 3 |
| Choctaw County | AL | 99.7 | Category 3 |
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.