NHC AL041978 · Atlantic basin
Tropical Storm Amelia (1978)
July 30, 1978 – August 1, 1978
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Tropical Storm Amelia peaked at Tropical storm with 52 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 65 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Amelia in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Amelia from July 30, 1978 to August 1, 1978; its peak was 52 mph (tropical storm). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 65 US cities, all in Texas. The strongest pass was 52 mph (tropical storm) 28 miles from Santa Rosa, TX; the centre came closest to Alice, TX, 1 mile away.
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- Cities within 75 mi
- 65
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 1
52 mph
when closest
Cities Amelia passed near, strongest first
Texas (65)
- Santa RosaTropical storm · 28 mi
- MercedesTropical storm · 36 mi
- DonnaTropical storm · 44 mi
- AlamoTropical storm · 47 mi
- San JuanTropical storm · 49 mi
- HidalgoTropical storm · 56 mi
- Rio HondoTropical storm · 12 mi
- LyfordTropical storm · 18 mi
- RaymondvilleTropical storm · 20 mi
- HarlingenTropical storm · 24 mi
- La FeriaTropical storm · 32 mi
- La VillaTropical storm · 32 mi
- EdcouchTropical storm · 34 mi
- ElsaTropical storm · 36 mi
- ProgresoTropical storm · 41 mi
- WeslacoTropical storm · 43 mi
- EdinburgTropical storm · 43 mi
- PharrTropical storm · 50 mi
- McallenTropical storm · 52 mi
- MissionTropical storm · 57 mi
- PenitasTropical storm · 64 mi
- La JoyaTropical storm · 66 mi
- AltonTropical storm · 46 mi
- Sullivan CityTropical storm · 69 mi
- San BenitoTropical storm · 22 mi
- Rio Grande CityTropical storm · 72 mi
- Los FresnosTropical storm · 12 mi
- OlmitoTropical storm · 20 mi
- FalfurriasTropical storm · 20 mi
- Port IsabelTropical storm · 2 mi
- South Padre IslandTropical storm · 4 mi
- KingsvilleTropical storm · 5 mi
- BishopTropical storm · 12 mi
- PremontTropical storm · 13 mi
- BrownsvilleTropical storm · 18 mi
- Corpus ChristiTropical storm · 37 mi
- InglesideTropical storm · 52 mi
- HebbronvilleTropical storm · 53 mi
- Aransas PassTropical storm · 56 mi
- Port AransasTropical storm · 57 mi
- AliceTropical storm · 1 mi
- RobstownTropical storm · 23 mi
- TaftTropical storm · 46 mi
- PortlandTropical storm · 46 mi
- GregoryTropical storm · 48 mi
- RockportTropical storm · 66 mi
- San DiegoTropical storm · 19 mi
- OdemTropical storm · 33 mi
- SintonTropical storm · 40 mi
- Orange GroveTropical storm · 6 mi
- SandiaTropical storm · 17 mi
- MathisTropical storm · 23 mi
- Three RiversTropical storm · 34 mi
- SkidmoreTropical storm · 35 mi
- KenedyTropical storm · 58 mi
- RefugioTropical storm · 62 mi
- JourdantonTropical storm · 63 mi
- Karnes CityTropical storm · 64 mi
- Falls CityTropical storm · 68 mi
- PleasantonTropical storm · 68 mi
and 5 more
Other storms of the 1978 season
- DebraTropical storm · 44 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.