NHC AL031987 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1987
August 9, 1987 – August 17, 1987
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Tropical Storm Unnamed 1987 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 46 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 106 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1987 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1987 (AL031987) from August 9, 1987 to August 17, 1987; its peak was 46 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 10 at 46 mph (tropical storm), 12 miles from Crystal Beach, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 106 US cities, in 2 states, most in Texas (100). The strongest pass was 46 mph (tropical storm) 5 miles from Sour Lake, TX; the centre came closest to Woodville, TX, 2 miles away.
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- Cities within 75 mi
- 106
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 2
46 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1987 storm passed near, strongest first
Texas (100)
- Sour LakeTropical storm · 5 mi
- WinnieTropical storm · 6 mi
- KountzeTropical storm · 10 mi
- AnahuacTropical storm · 10 mi
- Crystal BeachTropical storm · 11 mi
- LibertyTropical storm · 16 mi
- LumbertonTropical storm · 18 mi
- SilsbeeTropical storm · 19 mi
- BeaumontTropical storm · 21 mi
- GalvestonTropical storm · 21 mi
- DaytonTropical storm · 23 mi
- BaytownTropical storm · 27 mi
- Texas CityTropical storm · 27 mi
- GoodrichTropical storm · 27 mi
- ClevelandTropical storm · 28 mi
- La MarqueTropical storm · 29 mi
- BacliffTropical storm · 29 mi
- VidorTropical storm · 29 mi
- ShepherdTropical storm · 30 mi
- NederlandTropical storm · 30 mi
- HitchcockTropical storm · 31 mi
- DickinsonTropical storm · 32 mi
- KemahTropical storm · 32 mi
- SeabrookTropical storm · 32 mi
- Port NechesTropical storm · 32 mi
- La PorteTropical storm · 33 mi
- HighlandsTropical storm · 33 mi
- Port ArthurTropical storm · 34 mi
- CrosbyTropical storm · 34 mi
- GrovesTropical storm · 35 mi
- League CityTropical storm · 35 mi
- HuffmanTropical storm · 36 mi
- Santa FeTropical storm · 37 mi
- Deer ParkTropical storm · 37 mi
- ChannelviewTropical storm · 37 mi
- WebsterTropical storm · 38 mi
- ColdspringTropical storm · 39 mi
- Bridge CityTropical storm · 39 mi
- SplendoraTropical storm · 40 mi
- New CaneyTropical storm · 41 mi
- PasadenaTropical storm · 41 mi
- FriendswoodTropical storm · 42 mi
- KingwoodTropical storm · 42 mi
- OrangeTropical storm · 43 mi
- HumbleTropical storm · 44 mi
- South HoustonTropical storm · 44 mi
- Galena ParkTropical storm · 44 mi
- AlvinTropical storm · 45 mi
- PorterTropical storm · 45 mi
- ZavallaTropical storm · 46 mi
- PearlandTropical storm · 49 mi
- HuntingtonTropical storm · 50 mi
- ManvelTropical storm · 52 mi
- BrookelandTropical storm · 52 mi
- DanburyTropical storm · 52 mi
- FreeportTropical storm · 54 mi
- ConroeTropical storm · 56 mi
- ShenandoahTropical storm · 56 mi
- HoustonTropical storm · 57 mi
- CluteTropical storm · 57 mi
and 40 more
Other storms of the 1987 season
- FloydCategory 1 · 49 cities
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.