Hurricane Opal
Sep 27, 1995 to Oct 6, 1995Peak 150 mph916 mb
Hurricane Opal passed within 50 miles of 56 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near Plaquemines Parish, LA, as a Category 4 on October 4, 1995.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Opal · 1995
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- 150 mph, 130 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 916 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 56
- AL, FL, GA
- Counties within 100 miles
- 122
- AL, FL, GA, 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.
| Jackson County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Talladega County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| DeKalb County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | AL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Elmore County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Etowah County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Conecuh County | AL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Coosa County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | AL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Butler County | AL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Okaloosa County | FL | 0.9 | Category 1 |
| Covington County | AL | 1.4 | Category 1 |
| Clay County | AL | 1.6 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | AL | 2.8 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | AL | 3.8 | Tropical storm |
| Autauga County | AL | 4.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Clair County | AL | 4.4 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | FL | 5.3 | Category 3 |
| Crenshaw County | AL | 6.5 | Category 1 |
| Chilton County | AL | 7.1 | Tropical storm |
| Cherokee County | AL | 7.2 | Tropical storm |
| Shelby County | AL | 11.2 | Tropical storm |
| Marshall County | AL | 11.9 | Tropical storm |
| Tallapoosa County | AL | 13.4 | Tropical storm |
| Cleburne County | AL | 14.6 | Tropical storm |
| Blount County | AL | 16.8 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | AL | 18.0 | Category 1 |
| Baldwin County | AL | 18.5 | Category 3 |
| Walker County | GA | 19.1 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | AL | 19.2 | Category 1 |
| Chattooga County | GA | 20.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dallas County | AL | 20.1 | Category 1 |
| Pike County | AL | 20.3 | Category 1 |
| Macon County | AL | 22.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | AL | 23.1 | Tropical storm |
| Walton County | FL | 24.4 | Category 1 |
| Madison County | AL | 25.3 | Tropical storm |
| Bullock County | AL | 27.6 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | AL | 27.7 | Category 1 |
| Randolph County | AL | 27.7 | Tropical storm |
| Floyd County | GA | 27.9 | Tropical storm |
| Cullman County | AL | 28.7 | Tropical storm |
| Geneva County | AL | 32.2 | Category 1 |
| Bibb County | AL | 33.4 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | GA | 33.8 | Tropical storm |
| Chambers County | AL | 35.7 | Tropical storm |
| Morgan County | AL | 36.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | AL | 36.3 | Tropical storm |
| Haralson County | GA | 37.2 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | AL | 38.4 | Tropical storm |
| Carroll County | GA | 44.4 | Tropical storm |
| Gordon County | GA | 45.0 | Tropical storm |
| Holmes County | FL | 45.3 | Category 1 |
| Dale County | AL | 48.3 | Category 1 |
| Heard County | GA | 48.4 | Tropical storm |
| Tuscaloosa County | AL | 50.1 | Tropical storm |
| Barbour County | AL | 50.7 | Category 1 |
| Walker County | AL | 50.8 | Tropical storm |
| Limestone County | AL | 50.9 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | AL | 51.4 | Category 1 |
| Bartow County | GA | 52.0 | Tropical storm |
| Murray County | GA | 52.4 | Tropical storm |
| Mobile County | AL | 52.8 | Category 3 |
| Troup County | GA | 55.9 | Tropical storm |
| Paulding County | GA | 56.4 | Tropical storm |
| Russell County | AL | 56.5 | Tropical storm |
| Marengo County | AL | 58.0 | Category 1 |
| Washington County | FL | 58.2 | Category 1 |
| Giles County | TN | 59.4 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | AL | 59.5 | Category 1 |
| Bay County | FL | 59.8 | Category 2 |
| Winston County | AL | 61.9 | Tropical storm |
| Harris County | GA | 63.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hale County | AL | 63.9 | Tropical storm |
| Coweta County | GA | 64.3 | Tropical storm |
| Douglas County | GA | 65.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | AL | 66.2 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | AL | 68.5 | Category 1 |
| Henry County | AL | 69.1 | Category 1 |
| Pickens County | GA | 69.4 | Tropical storm |
| Cobb County | GA | 70.9 | Tropical storm |
| Cherokee County | GA | 71.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | MS | 71.3 | Category 3 |
| Jackson County | FL | 72.0 | Category 1 |
| Muscogee County | GA | 72.6 | Tropical storm |
| Fulton County | GA | 73.1 | Tropical storm |
| Fayette County | AL | 75.3 | Tropical storm |
| Meriwether County | GA | 76.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lauderdale County | AL | 77.2 | Tropical storm |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 77.7 | Category 4 |
| Greene County | AL | 78.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | TN | 80.3 | Tropical storm |
| Quitman County | GA | 81.3 | Category 1 |
| Stewart County | GA | 81.5 | Tropical storm |
| Chattahoochee County | GA | 81.7 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | GA | 82.7 | Category 1 |
| Sumter County | AL | 83.6 | Category 1 |
| George County | MS | 83.7 | Category 3 |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 84.4 | Category 3 |
| Choctaw County | AL | 84.8 | Category 1 |
| Fayette County | GA | 86.2 | Tropical storm |
| Dawson County | GA | 86.8 | Tropical storm |
| Colbert County | AL | 88.3 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | FL | 89.2 | Category 1 |
| Franklin County | AL | 89.4 | Tropical storm |
| Talbot County | GA | 90.3 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | AL | 90.6 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | MS | 90.8 | Category 2 |
| Early County | GA | 91.8 | Category 1 |
| Pickens County | AL | 91.9 | Tropical storm |
| Clayton County | GA | 92.6 | Tropical storm |
| Randolph County | GA | 93.1 | Category 1 |
| Forsyth County | GA | 94.4 | Tropical storm |
| DeKalb County | GA | 95.0 | Tropical storm |
| Spalding County | GA | 95.4 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | GA | 96.7 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | MS | 97.4 | Category 3 |
| Upson County | GA | 97.8 | Tropical storm |
| Gulf County | FL | 98.0 | Category 2 |
| Marion County | GA | 98.4 | Tropical storm |
| Gwinnett County | GA | 98.6 | 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.