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NHC AL051949 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1949

September 3, 1949 – September 5, 1949

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1949 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 176 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1949 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1949 (AL051949) from September 3, 1949 to September 5, 1949; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 4 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 6 miles from Chauvin, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 176 US cities, in 2 states, most in Louisiana (121). The strongest pass was 58 mph (tropical storm) 21 miles from Golden Meadow, LA; the centre came closest to Chauvin, LA, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
176
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2
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Cities Unnamed 1949 storm passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (121)

and 61 more

Mississippi (55)

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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.