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NHC AL011947 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1947

July 31, 1947 – August 2, 1947

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1947 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 52 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 32 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1947 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1947 (AL011947) from July 31, 1947 to August 2, 1947; its peak was 52 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 2 at 52 mph (tropical storm), 25 miles from Brownsville, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 32 US cities, all in Texas. The strongest pass was 51 mph (tropical storm) 31 miles from Port Isabel, TX; the centre came closest to Hidalgo, TX, 5 miles away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

52 mph

Cities within 75 mi
32
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1
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Cities Unnamed 1947 storm passed near, strongest first

Texas (32)

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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.