Tropical Storm Laura and a separate tropical depression brewing near Honduras may make landfall as hurricanes in an area stretching from Texas to the Florida Panhandle. There have never been two hurricanes in the U.S Gulf of Mexico at the same time, according to the National Hurricane Center. MISSOULA — If you had "two hurricanes occupy Gulf Coast at the same time" on your 2020 bingo card, get your marker ready to make a check. The closest event was in 1933, when a major hurricane made landfall in south Texas while a separate hurricane weakened to a tropical storm after crossing the Florida Peninsula, the NHC said. ORLANDO, Fla. — As if the 2020 hurricane season needed another reason to be remembered, meteorologists are now predicting two hurricanes may hit near the same location at about the same time. However, after reviewing the Hurricane Center map from The Weather Channel, it does appear that these two storms are on track to make landfall at the same time in the gulf coast right now. Next week for the first time on record, two hurricanes could hit the Gulf of Mexico at the same time. The Weather Channel. Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach said there is no record of two hurricanes existing in the Gulf of Mexico at the same time, but there is precedent for two … Tropical Storm Beulah and an unnamed tropical storm lined up just right in 1959. Twice before, in 1959 and 1933, two tropical storms have entered the Gulf at the same time. But never before have both been hurricanes. Of course, these paths are subject to change at any time as hurricanes have been shown to change course. Based on the WPC (Weather Prediction Center) analysis, there is no record of two hurricanes at the exact same time in the Gulf of Mexico," a NOAA staffer tells ABC News. But it could still make history next week. The 10 p.m. Thursday night update from the National Hurricane Center shows something possible that, as far as I know, has never happened before in the Gulf of Mexico- two hurricanes at the same time. It's rare that two named storms will be in the Gulf of Mexico at the same time. The last time two tropical systems were in the Gulf at the same time was over 60 years ago. And in 1933, a Category 3 hurricane made landfall near Brownsville, Texas, around the same time a tropical storm was striking near Cedar Key, Florida, on the other side of the Gulf. This would be the first time in recorded history that two hurricanes were in the Gulf at the same time, Science Alert reported. For the first time since 1959, two tropical cyclones, forecasted to become hurricanes early next week are headed for the US Gulf Coast at the same time. Peak 2020: Two hurricanes could reach the Gulf of Mexico at the same time Tropical Storm Laura is veering away from Tampa Bay and Florida.