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NHC AL041972 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1972

July 11, 1972 – July 13, 1972

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1972 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 40 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 108 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1972 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1972 (AL041972) from July 11, 1972 to July 13, 1972; its peak was 40 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on July 12 at 40 mph (tropical storm), 7 miles from North Myrtle Beach, SC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 108 US cities, in 2 states, most in South Carolina (58). The strongest pass was 40 mph (tropical storm) 3 miles from Longs, SC.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

40 mph

Cities within 75 mi
108
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2
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Cities Unnamed 1972 storm passed near, strongest first

South Carolina (58)

North Carolina (50)

Other storms of the 1972 season

  • AlphaTropical storm · 109 cities
  • AgnesCategory 1 · 1,699 cities
  • DianaCategory 2 · 8 cities
  • CarrieTropical storm · 81 cities
  • DawnTropical storm · 3 cities

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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.