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NHC AL071956 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Flossy (1956)

September 20, 1956 – October 3, 1956

Hurricane Flossy peaked at Category 1 with 92 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 698 US cities, 96 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 1

92 mph

Cities within 75 mi
698
At hurricane strength
96

when closest

States
9

Cities Flossy passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (195)

and 135 more

Georgia (162)

and 102 more

South Carolina (157)

and 97 more

Florida (60)

Alabama (59)

Virginia (26)

Louisiana (22)

Mississippi (13)

Maryland (4)

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.