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NHC AL071947 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1947

October 5, 1947 – October 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 118 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1947 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1947 (AL071947) from October 5, 1947 to October 9, 1947; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 7 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 5 miles from Saint Marys, GA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 118 US cities, in 2 states, most in Georgia (69). The strongest pass was 58 mph (tropical storm) 3 miles from Saint Marys, GA; the centre came closest to Folkston, GA, 2 miles away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
118
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2

Cities Unnamed 1947 storm passed near, strongest first

Georgia (69)

and 9 more

Florida (49)

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.