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NHC AL061947 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1947

September 20, 1947 – September 26, 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 63 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 641 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1947 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1947 (AL061947) from September 20, 1947 to September 26, 1947; its peak was 63 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 23 at 63 mph (tropical storm), 6 miles from Crystal River, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 641 US cities, in 5 states, most in North Carolina (218) and Florida (183). The strongest pass was 63 mph (tropical storm) 6 miles from Crystal River, FL; the centre came closest to Holly Hill, SC, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

63 mph

Cities within 75 mi
641
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
5
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Cities Unnamed 1947 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (183)

and 123 more

Georgia (72)

and 12 more

South Carolina (155)

and 95 more

Virginia (13)

North Carolina (218)

and 158 more

Other storms of the 1947 season

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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.