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NHC AL011955 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Brenda (1955)

July 31, 1955 – August 3, 1955

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

Tropical Storm Brenda peaked at Tropical storm with 69 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 146 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Brenda in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Brenda from July 31, 1955 to August 3, 1955; its peak was 69 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 1 at 63 mph (tropical storm), 25 miles from Buras, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 146 US cities, in 2 states, most in Louisiana (101). The strongest pass was 66 mph (tropical storm) 21 miles from Buras, LA; the centre came closest to Robert, LA, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

69 mph

Cities within 75 mi
146
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2
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Cities Brenda passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (101)

and 41 more

Mississippi (45)

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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.