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NHC AL051954 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Barbara (1954)

July 27, 1954 – July 30, 1954

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

Tropical Storm Barbara peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 83 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Barbara in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Barbara from July 27, 1954 to July 30, 1954; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on July 29 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 26 miles from Gueydan, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 83 US cities, in 2 states, most in Louisiana (56). The strongest pass was 58 mph (tropical storm) 21 miles from Lake Arthur, LA; the centre came closest to Sulphur, LA, 2 miles away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
83
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2
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Cities Barbara passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (56)

Texas (27)

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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.