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NHC AL051955 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1955

August 25, 1955 – August 28, 1955

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1955 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 52 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 246 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1955 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1955 (AL051955) from August 25, 1955 to August 28, 1955; its peak was 52 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 27 at 52 mph (tropical storm), 23 miles from Waveland, MS. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 246 US cities, in 4 states, most in Louisiana (179) and Mississippi (34). The strongest pass was 52 mph (tropical storm) 11 miles from Slidell, LA; the centre came closest to Church Point, LA, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

52 mph

Cities within 75 mi
246
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
4
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Cities Unnamed 1955 storm passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (179)

and 119 more

Mississippi (34)

Alabama (23)

Texas (10)

Other storms of the 1955 season

  • BrendaTropical storm · 146 cities
  • ConnieCategory 4 · 1,115 cities
  • DianeCategory 2 · 2,192 cities
  • IoneCategory 4 · 128 cities
  • HildaCategory 3 · 49 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.