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NHC AL011972 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Alpha (1972)

May 23, 1972 – May 29, 1972

Tropical Storm Alpha peaked at Tropical storm with 69 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 8 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

69 mph

Cities within 75 mi
8
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2

Cities Alpha passed near, strongest first

Florida (6)

Georgia (2)

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.