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NHC AL021948 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1948

July 7, 1948 – July 11, 1948

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1948 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 40 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 84 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1948 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1948 (AL021948) from July 7, 1948 to July 11, 1948; its peak was 40 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on July 9 at 40 mph (tropical storm), 11 miles from Pensacola, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 84 US cities, in 3 states, most in Alabama (51) and Florida (30). The strongest pass was 40 mph (tropical storm) less than a mile from Gulf Breeze, FL.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

40 mph

Cities within 75 mi
84
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
3
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Cities Unnamed 1948 storm passed near, strongest first

Alabama (51)

Florida (30)

Mississippi (3)

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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.