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Pascagoula Metro Area Natural Disasters and Weather Extremes

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The chance of earthquake damage in Pascagoula Area is about the same as Mississippi average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in Pascagoula Area is much lower than Mississippi average and is higher than the national average.

Topics:Earthquake Index Volcano Index Tornado Index Other Weather Extremes Events Volcanos Nearby Historical Earthquake Events Historical Tornado Events

Earthquake Index, #642

Pascagoula Area	0.01
Mississippi	0.05
U.S.	1.81

The earthquake index value is calculated based on historical earthquake events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the earthquake level in a region. A higher earthquake index value means a higher chance of an earthquake.

Volcano Index, #129

Pascagoula Area	0.0000
Mississippi	0.0000
U.S.	0.0023

The volcano index value is calculated based on the currently known volcanoes using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the possibility of a region being affected by a possible volcano eruption. A higher volcano index value means a higher chance of being affected.

Tornado Index, #362

Pascagoula Area	178.82
Mississippi	280.40
U.S.	136.45

The tornado index value is calculated based on historical tornado events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the tornado level in a region. A higher tornado index value means a higher chance of tornado events.

Other Weather Extremes Events

A total of 6,735 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of Pascagoula Area were recorded from 1950 to 2010. The following is a break down of these events:

Type	Count	Type	Count	Type	Count	Type	Count	Type	Count
Avalanche:	0	Blizzard:	0	Cold:	12	Dense Fog:	1	Drought:	25
Dust Storm:	0	Flood:	714	Hail:	1,864	Heat:	5	Heavy Snow:	5
High Surf:	0	Hurricane:	1	Ice Storm:	4	Landslide:	0	Strong Wind:	13
Thunderstorm Winds:	3,527	Tropical Storm:	2	Wildfire:	1	Winter Storm:	10	Winter Weather:	12
Other:	539

Volcanos Nearby

No volcano is found in or near Pascagoula Area.

Historical Earthquake Events

No historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near Pascagoula Area.

No historical earthquake events found in or near Pascagoula Area.

Historical Tornado Events

A total of 63 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near Pascagoula Area.

Distance (miles)	Date	Magnitude	Start Lat/Log	End Lat/Log	Length	Width	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage	Crop Damage	Affected County
3.8	1958-02-26	2	30°25'N / 88°51'W	30°39'N / 88°29'W	27.10 Miles	30 Yards	0	1	25K	0	Jackson
4.5	1966-04-27	2	30°33'N / 88°42'W				0	1	25K	0	Jackson
6.6	1981-02-10	2	30°31'N / 88°33'W		0.50 Mile	50 Yards	0	2	250K	0	Jackson
9.7	1975-01-10	2	30°30'N / 88°30'W		0.10 Mile	70 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Jackson
11.6	1977-05-02	2	30°28'N / 88°30'W	30°31'N / 88°26'W	5.20 Miles	440 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Jackson
14.7	1980-05-19	2	30°29'N / 88°53'W	30°32'N / 88°51'W	4.30 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Jackson
14.8	1982-04-25	2	30°23'N / 88°32'W				0	3	250K	0	Jackson
15.3	1985-05-21	2	30°23'N / 88°49'W	30°25'N / 88°45'W	3.50 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Jackson
15.7	1971-05-08	2	30°25'N / 88°49'W				0	0	25K	0	Jackson
17.5	1958-02-26	2	30°25'N / 88°52'W	30°25'N / 88°51'W	1.30 Miles	30 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Harrison
17.7	1980-05-19	2	30°27'N / 88°55'W	30°29'N / 88°53'W	3.60 Miles	200 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Harrison
19.2	1971-02-12	2	30°44'N / 88°47'W	30°59'N / 88°28'W	25.50 Miles	33 Yards	0	2	250K	0	George
20.1	1988-03-03	2	30°24'N / 88°54'W		1.20 Miles	30 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Harrison
22.2	1973-04-07	2	30°54'N / 88°36'W				0	0	3K	0	George
22.3	1967-05-02	2	30°54'N / 88°35'W				0	0	0K	0	George
22.5	1960-05-07	2	30°30'N / 88°16'W		0.10 Mile	100 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Mobile
23.6	1980-04-13	3	30°22'N / 89°06'W	30°30'N / 88°53'W	15.90 Miles	400 Yards	0	25	25.0M	0	Harrison
23.8	1980-05-19	3	30°54'N / 88°39'W	30°57'N / 88°37'W	4.30 Miles	150 Yards	0	0	250K	0	George
24.4	2000-11-06	2	30°30'N / 88°14'W	30°30'N / 88°14'W	1.50 Miles	300 Yards	0	2	100K	0	Mobile
		Brief Description: A thunderstorm produced an F2 tornado that first touched down near the intersection of Highway 188 and Four Mile Road. A house suffered roof damage and a couple of barns were damaged. Trees were also blown down. The tornado moved northeast and trees were blown down along County Road 15. The tornado then touched down in a Mobile Home Park. One of the homes was completely destroyed with the occupants riding out the storm huddled together inside a bathtub. The two sisters were thrown out of the home as the tornado blew it from its foundation and turned it over several times. They were found in the woods behind their home with only minor injuries. Some of the other homes in the neighborhood suffered damage with skirting and parts of roofs torn off. The tornado continued northeast and did some minor damage near Howerin Road and near the intersection of Two Mile and Beverly Roads. The tornado then lifted back into the cloud.
26.0	1972-05-07	2	30°28'N / 89°03'W		0.80 Mile	33 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Harrison
26.0	1994-04-12	2	30°28'N / 89°03'W		2.00 Miles	100 Yards	2	15	5.0M	0	Harrison
		Brief Description: Twenty mobile homes were totally destroyed and four brick homes were partially destroyed. At least four businesses were damaged. The two deaths and the fifteen injuries all occurred in mobile homes. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. Damage was estimated at near one million dollars. F57M M08M
26.4	1973-12-26	2	30°32'N / 88°13'W	30°33'N / 88°10'W	3.80 Miles	50 Yards	0	1	25K	0	Mobile
27.6	1971-02-12	2	30°57'N / 88°35'W	31°00'N / 88°33'W	4.30 Miles	33 Yards	0	1	25K	0	George
27.7	1976-03-27	3	30°58'N / 88°40'W	30°59'N / 88°26'W	13.90 Miles	300 Yards	0	0	250K	0	George
28.4	1980-05-16	3	30°22'N / 89°09'W	30°27'N / 88°59'W	11.50 Miles	800 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Harrison
28.6	1985-09-23	2	30°26'N / 89°05'W		1.00 Mile	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Harrison
28.6	2004-11-24	2	30°26'N / 89°05'W	30°26'N / 89°05'W	1.50 Miles	50 Yards	0	0	3.0M	0	Harrison
		Brief Description: A tornado traveled east to west on path along Dedeaux Road between Highway 49 and Three Rivers Road in the Orange Grove community. Most of the damage was rated a F1 intensity by a NWS ground survey, however there were areas of F2 damage. A large church under-construction was heavily damaged or destroyed. Three homes and five businesses received major damage while twenty homes had minor damage. Early estimates were that damage would approach 3 million dollars.
30.0	1967-10-30	3	30°23'N / 89°05'W		2.00 Miles	400 Yards	4	17	25.0M	0	Harrison
30.5	1980-05-19	3	30°23'N / 89°11'W	30°29'N / 89°03'W	10.60 Miles	800 Yards	0	4	2.5M	0	Harrison
30.5	1968-11-03	3	30°22'N / 89°05'W		2.00 Miles	123 Yards	0	5	0K	0	Harrison
31.2	1950-04-18	3	30°40'N / 88°12'W	30°51'N / 88°06'W	14.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	15	25K	0	Mobile
31.4	1971-02-12	2	31°00'N / 88°33'W	31°03'N / 88°30'W	4.70 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Greene
31.8	1953-03-18	2	30°42'N / 88°07'W		0.10 Mile	10 Yards	0	2	3K	0	Mobile
32.2	1960-05-07	2	30°30'N / 88°06'W		0.20 Mile	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Mobile
32.2	1989-07-02	2	30°30'N / 88°06'W		1.00 Mile	73 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Mobile
32.5	1968-11-03	2	30°48'N / 89°19'W	30°48'N / 88°55'W	23.70 Miles	183 Yards	0	3	25K	0	Stone
32.7	1980-05-19	2	30°36'N / 88°05'W		0.10 Mile	50 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Mobile
35.0	1953-04-04	2	30°51'N / 89°08'W				0	0	25K	0	Stone
36.0	1967-10-30	2	30°20'N / 88°06'W				0	0	3K	0	Mobile
37.4	1977-06-16	2	30°49'N / 88°04'W				0	0	3K	0	Mobile
37.4	1997-11-21	3	30°49'N / 88°04'W	30°49'N / 88°04'W	1.00 Mile	300 Yards	0	0	2.0M	0	Mobile
		Brief Description: An F3 tornado touched down just east of I-65 in Saraland near Shelton Beach Estates. The tornado skipped east northeast along the ground before lifting back into the cloud near U S Highway 43. Three homes were almost completely gone, three more suffered major damage and about sixty homes in the middle-class neighbourhood suffered some damage. Most of the damage was consistent with an F1 or F2 tornado. No one was injured. Several people knew they were under a tornado warning and were able to take cover before the storm struck. Most of the residents said they did not hear the familiar "Freight Train Sound" before the tornado struck.
37.5	1982-04-25	3	30°15'N / 88°08'W		1.50 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Mobile
38.8	1968-11-03	3	30°46'N / 88°07'W	30°54'N / 87°59'W	12.20 Miles	400 Yards	0	14	250K	0	Mobile
39.6	1983-03-20	3	31°09'N / 88°34'W		1.00 Mile	200 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Greene
39.8	1982-04-20	2	30°18'N / 89°19'W	30°21'N / 89°09'W	13.00 Miles	133 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Harrison
40.0	1972-05-07	2	30°21'N / 89°15'W		1.20 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Harrison
40.0	1977-02-23	2	31°09'N / 88°42'W	31°10'N / 88°28'W	13.90 Miles	50 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Greene
40.1	1970-02-01	2	30°19'N / 89°14'W		2.00 Miles	33 Yards	0	3	0K	0	Harrison
40.7	1971-02-26	2	31°10'N / 88°42'W				0	0	0K	0	Greene
41.6	1972-05-07	2	30°20'N / 89°18'W	30°23'N / 89°16'W	4.30 Miles	23 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Harrison
41.8	1977-09-05	2	30°19'N / 89°16'W		0.10 Mile	77 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Harrison
43.4	1950-04-18	2	30°42'N / 87°55'W		2.00 Miles	150 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Baldwin
44.5	1972-05-07	2	30°18'N / 89°20'W	30°20'N / 89°18'W	3.30 Miles	23 Yards	0	1	25K	0	Hancock
44.6	1970-06-02	2	30°36'N / 87°53'W				0	0	25K	0	Baldwin
46.7	1971-09-16	2	30°32'N / 87°51'W		1.00 Mile	150 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Baldwin
47.3	1982-04-20	2	30°16'N / 89°23'W	30°18'N / 89°19'W	5.00 Miles	133 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Hancock
47.5	1977-05-02	2	30°17'N / 89°24'W	30°20'N / 89°20'W	5.40 Miles	20 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Hancock
48.4	1980-05-19	3	30°14'N / 89°27'W	30°23'N / 89°19'W	13.10 Miles	800 Yards	0	8	25.0M	0	Hancock
49.2	1969-05-08	2	30°53'N / 89°23'W		2.00 Miles	30 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Pearl River
49.2	1987-11-16	2	30°31'N / 89°29'W	30°32'N / 89°26'W	3.00 Miles	73 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Hancock
49.5	1968-11-03	3	30°54'N / 87°59'W	30°53'N / 87°47'W	11.90 Miles	400 Yards	0	4	250K	0	Baldwin
49.6	1972-03-02	2	30°18'N / 89°26'W	30°18'N / 89°22'W	4.10 Miles	200 Yards	0	2	250K	0	Hancock
49.9	1964-12-24	2	30°30'N / 87°48'W		2.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	3	25K	0	Baldwin

* The information on this page is based on the global volcano database, the U.S. earthquake database of 1638-1985, and the U.S. Tornado and Weather Extremes database of 1950-2010.