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NHC AL011958 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Alma (1958)

June 14, 1958 – June 16, 1958

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Tropical Storm Alma peaked at Tropical storm with 63 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 31 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Alma in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Alma from June 14, 1958 to June 16, 1958; its peak was 63 mph (tropical storm). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 31 US cities, all in Texas. The strongest pass was 52 mph (tropical storm) 46 miles from Brownsville, TX; the centre came closest to Sullivan City, TX, 5 miles away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

63 mph

Cities within 75 mi
31
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1

Cities Alma passed near, strongest first

Texas (31)

Other storms of the 1958 season

  • DaisyCategory 4 · 1 cities
  • EllaCategory 2 · 25 cities
  • GerdaTropical storm · 53 cities
  • HeleneCategory 4 · 90 cities

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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.