Hurricane Nate (2017)

After crossing Nicaragua and Honduras as a tropical storm, Nate made its first US landfall at the mouth of the Mississippi River in Louisiana at about 7 p.m. CDT on October 7, 2017, as a Category 1 hurricane with 75-knot (86 mph) winds.¹ It made its final landfall near Biloxi, Mississippi, at about 12:20 a.m. CDT on October 8 with 65-knot (75 mph) winds.¹

NHC estimates storm surge flooding of 6 to 9 feet above ground along much of the Mississippi coast and the Alabama coast west of Mobile Bay, reaching about 9 feet near Biloxi and Ocean Springs.¹ Water reached 4 to 7 feet above ground in Mobile Bay, 3 to 5 feet in southeast Louisiana north and east of the river mouth, and 2 to 4 feet along the Florida Panhandle.¹ In Biloxi, 3 to 4 feet of water flooded the ground-floor parking garages of several casinos, and in Jackson County, Mississippi, the surge caused minor flooding in 15 to 20 homes or businesses.^2,3 In Alabama, about 25 houses on the west end of Dauphin Island flooded, several houses in Bayou La Batre, Coden and along the Dog River took 2 to 3 feet of water inside, and just under 200 piers were damaged in Baldwin County.⁴ A shipyard in Pascagoula measured a 71-knot (82 mph) gust, and Mobile Regional Airport measured a 66 mph gust.^1,4 Nate produced 16 tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina and North Carolina, all rated EF0 or EF1.¹ NHC reports no direct US deaths and two indirect deaths from traffic accidents, and cites an NCEI estimate of $225 million in US damage to property and agriculture.¹