Hurricane Helene
Sep 23, 2024 to Sep 28, 2024Peak 138 mph939 mb
Hurricane Helene passed within 50 miles of 155 counties in 6 states. It was strongest near Taylor County, FL, as a Category 4 on September 27, 2024.
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Hurricane Helene · 2024
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
From space
Hurricane Helene on September 26, 2024, about 8 hours before landfall in Taylor County, FL.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- 138 mph, 120 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 939 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 155
- FL, GA, KY, NC, SC, TN
- Counties within 100 miles
- 274
- AL, FL, GA, KY, NC, SC, TN, VA
- 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.
| Rabun County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | GA | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Greene County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Blount County | TN | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkinson County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dodge County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Franklin County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Oglethorpe County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Roane County | TN | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | FL | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Berrien County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Ben Hill County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Cherokee County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Scott County | TN | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | NC | 2.1 | Tropical storm |
| Fentress County | TN | 2.4 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | NC | 2.8 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | FL | 3.1 | Category 4 |
| Lowndes County | GA | 3.2 | Category 2 |
| Putnam County | GA | 3.2 | Tropical storm |
| Morgan County | TN | 3.4 | Tropical storm |
| Anderson County | TN | 3.4 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | GA | 3.5 | Category 1 |
| Washington County | GA | 3.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | GA | 3.6 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | TN | 3.6 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | GA | 3.7 | Tropical storm |
| Bleckley County | GA | 4.2 | Category 1 |
| Habersham County | GA | 4.3 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | GA | 4.3 | Tropical storm |
| Cook County | GA | 4.5 | Category 1 |
| Telfair County | GA | 4.6 | Category 1 |
| Graham County | NC | 4.9 | Tropical storm |
| Knox County | TN | 5.4 | Tropical storm |
| Stephens County | GA | 5.5 | Tropical storm |
| Loudon County | TN | 6.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hart County | GA | 6.1 | Tropical storm |
| Oconee County | GA | 7.2 | Tropical storm |
| Swain County | NC | 7.3 | Tropical storm |
| Irwin County | GA | 7.6 | Category 1 |
| Madison County | GA | 7.6 | Tropical storm |
| Tift County | GA | 8.1 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson County | FL | 8.3 | Category 3 |
| Taliaferro County | GA | 8.4 | Tropical storm |
| White County | GA | 8.6 | Tropical storm |
| Oconee County | SC | 8.8 | Tropical storm |
| Towns County | GA | 9.7 | Tropical storm |
| Morgan County | GA | 10.2 | Tropical storm |
| Banks County | GA | 10.3 | Tropical storm |
| Pickett County | TN | 10.7 | Tropical storm |
| Pulaski County | GA | 12.4 | Category 1 |
| Atkinson County | GA | 12.6 | Category 1 |
| Coffee County | GA | 12.6 | Category 1 |
| Colquitt County | GA | 12.7 | Category 1 |
| Wilkes County | GA | 13.2 | Tropical storm |
| Johnson County | GA | 13.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lanier County | GA | 13.2 | Category 1 |
| Campbell County | TN | 13.3 | Tropical storm |
| Anderson County | SC | 13.5 | Tropical storm |
| Turner County | GA | 13.6 | Category 1 |
| Elbert County | GA | 14.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | GA | 14.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | GA | 15.1 | Tropical storm |
| Laurens County | GA | 15.4 | Category 1 |
| Twiggs County | GA | 15.4 | Category 1 |
| Hamilton County | FL | 16.1 | Category 2 |
| Lafayette County | FL | 16.1 | Category 3 |
| Warren County | GA | 16.2 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | GA | 16.9 | Tropical storm |
| Thomas County | GA | 17.5 | Category 2 |
| Houston County | GA | 18.8 | Category 1 |
| Wheeler County | GA | 20.2 | Category 1 |
| Walton County | GA | 20.3 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | TN | 20.4 | Tropical storm |
| Sevier County | TN | 20.8 | Tropical storm |
| Clinch County | GA | 21.0 | Category 1 |
| Worth County | GA | 21.0 | Category 1 |
| Barrow County | GA | 21.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lumpkin County | GA | 21.9 | Tropical storm |
| Echols County | GA | 22.2 | Category 2 |
| Crisp County | GA | 22.4 | Category 1 |
| Suwannee County | FL | 22.5 | Category 3 |
| Hall County | GA | 23.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bibb County | GA | 23.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | GA | 23.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jeff Davis County | GA | 23.3 | Category 1 |
| Wakulla County | FL | 23.5 | Category 4 |
| Glascock County | GA | 24.0 | Tropical storm |
| McMinn County | TN | 24.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pickens County | SC | 24.2 | Tropical storm |
| Leon County | FL | 24.5 | Category 3 |
| Treutlen County | GA | 24.6 | Category 1 |
| Union County | TN | 25.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | NC | 25.2 | Tropical storm |
| Fannin County | GA | 25.2 | Tropical storm |
| Whitley County | KY | 25.4 | Tropical storm |
| Meigs County | TN | 25.8 | Tropical storm |
| Dixie County | FL | 25.8 | Category 4 |
| Dooly County | GA | 25.8 | Category 1 |
| Rhea County | TN | 27.1 | Tropical storm |
| Abbeville County | SC | 29.2 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | TN | 29.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | GA | 29.8 | Tropical storm |
| Transylvania County | NC | 29.9 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | GA | 30.2 | Category 1 |
| Lincoln County | GA | 30.4 | Tropical storm |
| McDuffie County | GA | 31.4 | Tropical storm |
| Newton County | GA | 31.8 | Tropical storm |
| Emanuel County | GA | 31.9 | Category 1 |
| Putnam County | TN | 32.4 | Tropical storm |
| McCormick County | SC | 33.7 | Tropical storm |
| Peach County | GA | 34.1 | Category 1 |
| Grady County | GA | 35.0 | Category 2 |
| Jefferson County | TN | 35.4 | Tropical storm |
| Grainger County | TN | 35.4 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | GA | 35.4 | Tropical storm |
| Ware County | GA | 35.5 | Category 1 |
| Mitchell County | GA | 35.5 | Category 2 |
| Franklin County | FL | 36.2 | Category 4 |
| Gwinnett County | GA | 36.3 | Tropical storm |
| Bledsoe County | TN | 36.5 | Tropical storm |
| Claiborne County | TN | 37.3 | Tropical storm |
| Bacon County | GA | 37.3 | Category 1 |
| Crawford County | GA | 37.8 | Tropical storm |
| Dawson County | GA | 38.7 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | GA | 39.1 | Category 1 |
| Haywood County | NC | 39.2 | Tropical storm |
| Bell County | KY | 40.2 | Tropical storm |
| Appling County | GA | 40.5 | Category 1 |
| Butts County | GA | 40.6 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | GA | 40.7 | Category 1 |
| Lee County | GA | 40.7 | Category 1 |
| Gilmer County | GA | 41.2 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | GA | 41.5 | Tropical storm |
| Dougherty County | GA | 41.8 | Category 1 |
| Forsyth County | GA | 41.8 | Tropical storm |
| Toombs County | GA | 42.8 | Category 1 |
| Knox County | KY | 42.9 | Tropical storm |
| Bradley County | TN | 43.6 | Tropical storm |
| Rockdale County | GA | 44.3 | Tropical storm |
| Cocke County | TN | 44.4 | Tropical storm |
| Greenville County | SC | 44.8 | Tropical storm |
| Gadsden County | FL | 45.4 | Category 3 |
| Richmond County | GA | 45.6 | Tropical storm |
| Burke County | GA | 45.7 | Tropical storm |
| Henry County | GA | 45.7 | Tropical storm |
| White County | TN | 46.2 | Tropical storm |
| Levy County | FL | 48.3 | Category 4 |
| Gilchrist County | FL | 48.4 | Category 4 |
| Columbia County | FL | 48.6 | Category 3 |
| Liberty County | FL | 48.9 | Category 4 |
| Greenwood County | SC | 49.4 | Tropical storm |
| Pickens County | GA | 49.6 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | GA | 50.0 | Category 1 |
| Hamblen County | TN | 50.0 | Tropical storm |
| DeKalb County | GA | 50.2 | Tropical storm |
| Murray County | GA | 50.5 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | GA | 50.6 | Category 1 |
| Laurens County | SC | 50.7 | Tropical storm |
| Decatur County | GA | 51.2 | Category 3 |
| Pierce County | GA | 52.4 | Category 1 |
| Cherokee County | GA | 52.7 | Tropical storm |
| Candler County | GA | 53.2 | Category 1 |
| Van Buren County | TN | 53.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | VA | 54.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | GA | 54.2 | Tropical storm |
| Fulton County | GA | 54.4 | Tropical storm |
| Tattnall County | GA | 54.6 | Category 1 |
| Hamilton County | TN | 54.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jenkins County | GA | 55.5 | Tropical storm |
| Spalding County | GA | 55.7 | Tropical storm |
| Charlton County | GA | 55.9 | Category 1 |
| Henderson County | NC | 56.4 | Tropical storm |
| Buncombe County | NC | 57.6 | Tropical storm |
| Edgefield County | SC | 57.7 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | NC | 59.1 | Tropical storm |
| Upson County | GA | 59.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | TN | 59.7 | Tropical storm |
| Schley County | GA | 60.0 | Category 1 |
| Terrell County | GA | 60.2 | Category 1 |
| Whitfield County | GA | 60.2 | Tropical storm |
| Brantley County | GA | 60.2 | Category 1 |
| Greene County | TN | 62.5 | Tropical storm |
| DeKalb County | TN | 62.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hawkins County | TN | 63.1 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | FL | 63.6 | Category 2 |
| Spartanburg County | SC | 63.6 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | GA | 64.7 | Category 1 |
| Alachua County | FL | 64.7 | Category 4 |
| Miller County | GA | 64.7 | Category 2 |
| Aiken County | SC | 65.2 | Tropical storm |
| Clayton County | GA | 65.3 | Tropical storm |
| Gordon County | GA | 65.9 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | GA | 66.0 | Tropical storm |
| Harlan County | KY | 66.1 | Tropical storm |
| Saluda County | SC | 66.4 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | GA | 66.5 | Category 1 |
| Union County | FL | 66.5 | Category 3 |
| Evans County | GA | 66.9 | Category 1 |
| Bulloch County | GA | 67.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sequatchie County | TN | 67.1 | Tropical storm |
| Catoosa County | GA | 67.4 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | TN | 69.0 | Tropical storm |
| Gulf County | FL | 69.1 | Category 4 |
| Polk County | NC | 69.4 | Tropical storm |
| Cobb County | GA | 69.5 | Tropical storm |
| Talbot County | GA | 69.7 | Tropical storm |
| Leslie County | KY | 70.6 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | GA | 71.6 | Category 1 |
| Bartow County | GA | 71.7 | Tropical storm |
| Webster County | GA | 71.8 | Category 1 |
| Fayette County | GA | 72.1 | Tropical storm |
| Newberry County | SC | 72.9 | Tropical storm |
| Screven County | GA | 73.2 | Tropical storm |
| Long County | GA | 73.5 | Category 1 |
| Early County | GA | 74.6 | Category 2 |
| Seminole County | GA | 75.0 | Category 2 |
| Grundy County | TN | 76.2 | Tropical storm |
| Randolph County | GA | 76.7 | Category 1 |
| Bradford County | FL | 77.4 | Category 3 |
| Jackson County | FL | 77.8 | Category 3 |
| Union County | SC | 77.9 | Tropical storm |
| Citrus County | FL | 79.0 | Category 4 |
| Coweta County | GA | 79.4 | Tropical storm |
| Barnwell County | SC | 79.4 | Tropical storm |
| Meriwether County | GA | 79.6 | Tropical storm |
| Walker County | GA | 79.9 | Tropical storm |
| Cannon County | TN | 80.3 | Tropical storm |
| Rutherford County | NC | 80.3 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | TN | 80.5 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | FL | 80.6 | Category 3 |
| Douglas County | GA | 81.7 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | GA | 82.2 | Category 1 |
| Camden County | GA | 82.3 | Category 1 |
| Bryan County | GA | 82.3 | Category 1 |
| Nassau County | FL | 83.5 | Category 1 |
| Stewart County | GA | 83.7 | Category 1 |
| Unicoi County | TN | 83.8 | Tropical storm |
| Floyd County | GA | 85.1 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | FL | 85.3 | Category 4 |
| Dade County | GA | 85.5 | Tropical storm |
| Scott County | VA | 85.6 | Tropical storm |
| Chattahoochee County | GA | 86.3 | Category 1 |
| McDowell County | NC | 86.7 | Tropical storm |
| Yancey County | NC | 86.7 | Tropical storm |
| Chattooga County | GA | 87.0 | Tropical storm |
| Paulding County | GA | 87.0 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | TN | 87.1 | Tropical storm |
| Allendale County | SC | 87.1 | Tropical storm |
| Muscogee County | GA | 88.5 | Category 1 |
| Letcher County | KY | 89.8 | Tropical storm |
| Cherokee County | SC | 89.9 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | AL | 90.1 | Category 2 |
| Clay County | GA | 90.1 | Category 1 |
| Glynn County | GA | 90.1 | Category 1 |
| Harris County | GA | 90.3 | Category 1 |
| Lexington County | SC | 91.5 | Tropical storm |
| Hernando County | FL | 91.5 | Category 4 |
| Coffee County | TN | 92.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bay County | FL | 92.4 | Category 4 |
| Duval County | FL | 93.2 | Category 3 |
| Clay County | FL | 93.9 | Category 3 |
| Pasco County | FL | 94.2 | Category 4 |
| McIntosh County | GA | 94.3 | Category 1 |
| Effingham County | GA | 94.6 | Tropical storm |
| Sullivan County | TN | 95.5 | Tropical storm |
| Pinellas County | FL | 95.7 | Category 4 |
| Polk County | GA | 95.8 | Tropical storm |
| Mitchell County | NC | 96.9 | Tropical storm |
| Carroll County | GA | 97.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | AL | 97.5 | Tropical storm |
| Cleveland County | NC | 97.5 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton County | SC | 98.1 | Tropical storm |
| Quitman County | GA | 98.4 | Category 1 |
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.