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NHC AL031988 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Chris (1988)

August 21, 1988 – August 30, 1988

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

Tropical Storm Chris peaked at Tropical storm with 52 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 208 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Chris in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Chris from August 21, 1988 to August 30, 1988; its peak was 52 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 28 at 46 mph (tropical storm), 3 miles from Tybee Island, GA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 208 US cities, in 3 states, most in Florida (82) and South Carolina (74). The strongest pass was 52 mph (tropical storm) 41 miles from Fernandina Beach, FL; the centre came closest to Hampton, SC, 1 mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

52 mph

Cities within 75 mi
208
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
3
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Cities Chris passed near, strongest first

Florida (82)

and 22 more

Georgia (52)

South Carolina (74)

and 14 more

Other storms of the 1988 season

  • AlbertoTropical storm · 25 cities
  • BerylTropical storm · 144 cities
  • FlorenceCategory 1 · 94 cities
  • KeithCategory 1 · 171 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.