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Tropical Storm Hanna

Sep 12, 2002 to Sep 15, 2002Peak 58 mph1001 mb

Tropical Storm Hanna passed within 50 miles of 10 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near Jackson County, MS, as a tropical storm on September 14, 2002.

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Tropical Storm Hanna · 2002

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

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From space

Tropical Storm Hanna on September 13, 2002, about 16 hours before landfall in Plaquemines Parish, LA.

Tropical Storm Hanna on September 13, 2002, about 16 hours before landfall in Plaquemines Parish, LA.
True-colour image from MODIS, aboard NASA’s Terra satellite, on its late-morning pass, around 16:27 UTC. Imagery: NASA Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System.

The storm

Peak strength
Tropical storm
58 mph, 50 kt
Lowest pressure
1001 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
10
AL, LA, MS
Counties within 100 miles
25
AL, LA, MS
Strongest near the U.S.
Tropical storm
Jackson County, MS, 0.0 mi, Sep 14, 2002
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.

Counties within 100 miles
Jackson CountyMS0.0Tropical stormSep 14, 2002
Mobile CountyAL0.0Tropical stormSep 14, 2002
St. Bernard ParishLA1.0Tropical stormSep 14, 2002
Plaquemines ParishLA1.2Tropical stormSep 14, 2002
Harrison CountyMS14.6Tropical stormSep 14, 2002
George CountyMS16.4Tropical stormSep 14, 2002
Stone CountyMS34.6Tropical stormSep 14, 2002
Hancock CountyMS38.1Tropical stormSep 14, 2002
Perry CountyMS42.6Tropical stormSep 14, 2002
St. Tammany ParishLA45.5Tropical stormSep 14, 2002
Orleans ParishLA50.5Tropical stormSep 14, 2002
Jefferson ParishLA50.5Tropical stormSep 14, 2002
Pearl River CountyMS53.7Tropical stormSep 14, 2002
Forrest CountyMS56.3Tropical stormSep 14, 2002
Lafourche ParishLA56.7Tropical stormSep 14, 2002
Lamar CountyMS70.4Tropical stormSep 14, 2002
St. Charles ParishLA75.4Tropical stormSep 14, 2002
Washington ParishLA77.3Tropical stormSep 14, 2002
Terrebonne ParishLA78.3Tropical stormSep 14, 2002
St. John the Baptist ParishLA81.9Tropical stormSep 14, 2002
Tangipahoa ParishLA82.9Tropical stormSep 14, 2002
Marion CountyMS83.8Tropical stormSep 14, 2002
Covington CountyMS91.5Tropical stormSep 14, 2002
Walthall CountyMS91.9Tropical stormSep 14, 2002
Jefferson Davis CountyMS99.9Tropical stormSep 14, 2002

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.