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NHC AL051947 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1947

September 7, 1947 – September 9, 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 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 89 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1947 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1947 (AL051947) from September 7, 1947 to September 9, 1947; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 8 at 52 mph (tropical storm), 6 miles from Coden, AL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 89 US cities, in 4 states, most in Mississippi (41) and Alabama (34). The strongest pass was 52 mph (tropical storm) 23 miles from Gulf Shores, AL; the centre came closest to Moss Point, MS, 4 miles away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
89
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
4
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Cities Unnamed 1947 storm passed near, strongest first

Alabama (34)

Florida (9)

Mississippi (41)

Louisiana (5)

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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.