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NHC AL071956 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Flossy (1956)

September 20, 1956 – October 3, 1956

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

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.

Flossy in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Flossy from September 20, 1956 to October 3, 1956; its peak was 92 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on September 24 at 86 mph (Category 1), 19 miles from Buras, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 698 US cities, in 9 states, most in North Carolina (195) and Georgia (162). The strongest pass was 92 mph (Category 1) less than a mile from Destin, FL; the centre came closest to Holly Hill, SC, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

92 mph

Cities within 75 mi
698
At hurricane strength
96

when closest

States
9
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Cities Flossy passed near, strongest first

Florida (60)

Alabama (59)

Mississippi (13)

Louisiana (22)

North Carolina (195)

and 135 more

Virginia (26)

Maryland (4)

Georgia (162)

and 102 more

South Carolina (157)

and 97 more

Other storms of the 1956 season

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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.