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NHC AL011956 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1956

June 12, 1956 – June 15, 1956

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1956 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 153 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1956 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1956 (AL011956) from June 12, 1956 to June 15, 1956; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on June 13 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 20 miles from Chauvin, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 153 US cities, in 2 states, most in Louisiana (112). The strongest pass was 58 mph (tropical storm) 1 mile from Chauvin, LA; the centre came closest to Raceland, LA, 1 mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
153
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2
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Cities Unnamed 1956 storm passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (112)

and 52 more

Mississippi (41)

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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.