NHC AL071949 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1949
September 11, 1949 – September 14, 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 52 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 86 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1949 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1949 (AL071949) from September 11, 1949 to September 14, 1949; its peak was 52 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 13 at 40 mph (tropical storm), 6 miles from Wrightsville Beach, NC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 86 US cities, in 2 states, most in North Carolina (81). The strongest pass was 44 mph (tropical storm) 52 miles from Beaufort, NC; the centre came closest to Castle Hayne, NC, 1 mile away.
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- Cities within 75 mi
- 86
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 2
52 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1949 storm passed near, strongest first
North Carolina (81)
- BeaufortTropical storm · 52 mi
- Emerald IsleTropical storm · 40 mi
- Atlantic BeachTropical storm · 46 mi
- Morehead CityTropical storm · 48 mi
- NewportTropical storm · 49 mi
- HavelockTropical storm · 56 mi
- Cherry PointTropical storm · 58 mi
- OrientalTropical storm · 70 mi
- GrantsboroTropical storm · 70 mi
- HubertTropical storm · 39 mi
- SwansboroTropical storm · 41 mi
- MaysvilleTropical storm · 51 mi
- New BernTropical storm · 68 mi
- Wrightsville BeachTropical storm · 5 mi
- WilmingtonTropical storm · 6 mi
- HampsteadTropical storm · 11 mi
- Holly RidgeTropical storm · 18 mi
- Carolina BeachTropical storm · 19 mi
- CurrieTropical storm · 20 mi
- Kure BeachTropical storm · 22 mi
- Sneads FerryTropical storm · 24 mi
- DelcoTropical storm · 27 mi
- AtkinsonTropical storm · 27 mi
- Maple HillTropical storm · 27 mi
- RiegelwoodTropical storm · 28 mi
- WillardTropical storm · 30 mi
- BoliviaTropical storm · 30 mi
- BoltonTropical storm · 33 mi
- Camp LejeuneTropical storm · 33 mi
- TeacheyTropical storm · 35 mi
- SupplyTropical storm · 37 mi
- Rose HillTropical storm · 39 mi
- Tarawa TerraceTropical storm · 39 mi
- JacksonvilleTropical storm · 39 mi
- Midway ParkTropical storm · 39 mi
- HarrellsTropical storm · 40 mi
- ShallotteTropical storm · 41 mi
- Lake WaccamawTropical storm · 41 mi
- BeulavilleTropical storm · 42 mi
- AshTropical storm · 42 mi
- RichlandsTropical storm · 43 mi
- MagnoliaTropical storm · 43 mi
- Ocean Isle BeachTropical storm · 46 mi
- GarlandTropical storm · 48 mi
- ClarktonTropical storm · 50 mi
- Sunset BeachTropical storm · 50 mi
- WarsawTropical storm · 50 mi
- Pink HillTropical storm · 51 mi
- ElizabethtownTropical storm · 51 mi
- NakinaTropical storm · 51 mi
- WhitevilleTropical storm · 52 mi
- CalabashTropical storm · 52 mi
- TrentonTropical storm · 56 mi
- Deep RunTropical storm · 57 mi
- ClintonTropical storm · 57 mi
- BladenboroTropical storm · 58 mi
- ChadbournTropical storm · 59 mi
- Tabor CityTropical storm · 60 mi
- RoseboroTropical storm · 60 mi
- FaisonTropical storm · 60 mi
and 21 more
South Carolina (5)
- Little RiverTropical storm · 57 mi
- North Myrtle BeachTropical storm · 60 mi
- LongsTropical storm · 60 mi
- LorisTropical storm · 65 mi
- Green SeaTropical storm · 67 mi
Other storms of the 1949 season
- Unnamed (AL011949)Category 2 · 17 cities
- Unnamed (AL021949)Category 4 · 2,395 cities
- Unnamed (AL041949)Category 3 · 61 cities
- Unnamed (AL051949)Tropical storm · 176 cities
- Unnamed (AL101949)Category 1 · 37 cities
- Unnamed (AL111949)Category 2 · 195 cities
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.