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Notes:
1)	Several winter storms (most recently 3/1973 and 2/1998) produced 8' storm tides in Hancock County. Similarly, a number of tropical storms including:
Sept 1948, Edith '71, Bob '79, Florence '88, Cindy, 05
passed to the west caused tides of 4-6' and sustained winds of up to 50 mph.
A significantly weakened Hilda '64 passing some 25 miles to the wnw actually produced negative tides along with winds of 45 mph.
2)	An extreme rainfall event in May 1995 generated over 20" rain in 24 hours pushing the Jourdan river some 13' above its normal level.
Many houses in the Jordan River Shores subdivision (along the river) experienced flooding that put upwards of 8-10 feet of river water on their property. Long time residents commented that the water had approached levels experienced there during hurricane Camille 25 years earlier.
3)	A storm's "size" is defined and determined by the size of the storm's wind field. Below is the general way to categorize storm size. It is important that one not confuse storm size with storm intensity.
Size Gale wind from center Hurricane winds from center Storm example
small	under 150 miles
average	150-200 miles
large	over 200 miles
up to 50 miles 50-75 miles 75-100 miles
Frederic
Camille
Katrina, Gustav
Super over 250 miles
Over 100 miles
Betsy, Ike
4)	Storm forward motion (speed) at landfall
Speed class actual speed
Storm example
Slow	0-5 mph
Moderate	5-15 mph
Fast	over 15 mph
George, Katrina '47, Camille, Ike Betsy, Gustav