NHC AL121979 · Atlantic basin
Tropical Storm Elena (1979)
August 30, 1979 – September 2, 1979
Tropical Storm Elena peaked at Tropical storm with 40 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 28 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- Cities within 75 mi
- 28
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 1
40 mph
when closest
Cities Elena passed near, strongest first
Texas (28)
- PalaciosTropical storm · 30 mi
- Bay CityTropical storm · 32 mi
- Van VleckTropical storm · 37 mi
- BrazoriaTropical storm · 38 mi
- SweenyTropical storm · 39 mi
- FreeportTropical storm · 43 mi
- Lake JacksonTropical storm · 43 mi
- CluteTropical storm · 44 mi
- West ColumbiaTropical storm · 46 mi
- AngletonTropical storm · 51 mi
- BolingTropical storm · 52 mi
- SeadriftTropical storm · 55 mi
- GanadoTropical storm · 56 mi
- El CampoTropical storm · 56 mi
- DanburyTropical storm · 57 mi
- WhartonTropical storm · 58 mi
- EdnaTropical storm · 61 mi
- NeedvilleTropical storm · 62 mi
- InezTropical storm · 67 mi
- RosharonTropical storm · 67 mi
- BeasleyTropical storm · 68 mi
- AlvinTropical storm · 71 mi
- East BernardTropical storm · 72 mi
- RosenbergTropical storm · 72 mi
- ManvelTropical storm · 73 mi
- Santa FeTropical storm · 74 mi
- FresnoTropical storm · 74 mi
- Port LavacaTropical storm · 50 mi
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.