NHC AL011953 · Atlantic basin
Tropical Storm Alice (1953)
May 25, 1953 – June 7, 1953
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Tropical Storm Alice peaked at Tropical storm with 69 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 66 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Alice in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Alice from May 25, 1953 to June 7, 1953; its peak was 69 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on June 6 at 46 mph (tropical storm), 4 miles from Inlet Beach, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 66 US cities, in 2 states, most in Florida (45). The strongest pass was 53 mph (tropical storm) 52 miles from Apalachicola, FL; the centre came closest to Vernon, FL, 2 miles away.
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- Cities within 75 mi
- 66
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 2
69 mph
when closest
Cities Alice passed near, strongest first
Florida (45)
- ApalachicolaTropical storm · 52 mi
- Port St JoeTropical storm · 34 mi
- EastpointTropical storm · 60 mi
- WewahitchkaTropical storm · 40 mi
- Panama City BeachTropical storm · 5 mi
- Lynn HavenTropical storm · 15 mi
- Panama CityTropical storm · 17 mi
- Inlet BeachTropical storm · 3 mi
- Santa Rosa BeachTropical storm · 17 mi
- Ponce De LeonTropical storm · 18 mi
- ChipleyTropical storm · 25 mi
- Defuniak SpringsTropical storm · 26 mi
- Miramar BeachTropical storm · 27 mi
- DestinTropical storm · 32 mi
- BonifayTropical storm · 33 mi
- NicevilleTropical storm · 34 mi
- WestvilleTropical storm · 34 mi
- AlfordTropical storm · 35 mi
- ValparaisoTropical storm · 36 mi
- Eglin AfbTropical storm · 39 mi
- CottondaleTropical storm · 40 mi
- ShalimarTropical storm · 40 mi
- Fort Walton BeachTropical storm · 43 mi
- GracevilleTropical storm · 43 mi
- AlthaTropical storm · 44 mi
- Hurlburt FieldTropical storm · 45 mi
- CrestviewTropical storm · 45 mi
- MariannaTropical storm · 47 mi
- Mary EstherTropical storm · 49 mi
- Laurel HillTropical storm · 49 mi
- Grand RidgeTropical storm · 56 mi
- GreenwoodTropical storm · 57 mi
- BakerTropical storm · 57 mi
- MaloneTropical storm · 58 mi
- NavarreTropical storm · 59 mi
- SneadsTropical storm · 61 mi
- ChattahoocheeTropical storm · 67 mi
- Gulf BreezeTropical storm · 70 mi
- FreeportTropical storm · 17 mi
- YoungstownTropical storm · 22 mi
- MiltonTropical storm · 68 mi
- BristolTropical storm · 54 mi
- VernonTropical storm · 2 mi
- FountainTropical storm · 27 mi
- BlountstownTropical storm · 48 mi
Alabama (21)
- GenevaTropical storm · 44 mi
- SamsonTropical storm · 49 mi
- HartfordTropical storm · 50 mi
- FloralaTropical storm · 52 mi
- SlocombTropical storm · 53 mi
- ChancellorTropical storm · 53 mi
- CottonwoodTropical storm · 57 mi
- KinstonTropical storm · 57 mi
- DalevilleTropical storm · 62 mi
- NewtonTropical storm · 62 mi
- DothanTropical storm · 63 mi
- EnterpriseTropical storm · 64 mi
- OppTropical storm · 64 mi
- CowartsTropical storm · 66 mi
- AshfordTropical storm · 66 mi
- Fort RuckerTropical storm · 67 mi
- Midland CityTropical storm · 68 mi
- New BrocktonTropical storm · 70 mi
- ElbaTropical storm · 72 mi
- AndalusiaTropical storm · 72 mi
- OzarkTropical storm · 74 mi
Other storms of the 1953 season
- Unnamed (AL021953)Tropical storm · 45 cities
- BarbaraCategory 1 · 118 cities
- CarolCategory 5 · 3 cities
- DollyCategory 1 · 86 cities
- Unnamed (AL081953)Tropical storm · 108 cities
- FlorenceCategory 3 · 253 cities
- Unnamed (AL111953)Tropical storm · 60 cities
- HazelCategory 1 · 108 cities
About this record
The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.