The unnamed tropical storm of 1940
Sep 18, 1940 to Sep 25, 1940Peak 52 mph1004 mb
The unnamed tropical storm of 1940 passed within 50 miles of 16 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Cameron Parish, LA, as a tropical storm on September 24, 1940.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed storm · 1940
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 52 mph, 45 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 1004 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 16
- LA, TX
- Counties within 100 miles
- 33
- LA, TX
- Landfalls recorded
- 1
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Cameron Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Calcasieu Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | TX | 2.7 | Tropical storm |
| Chambers County | TX | 10.4 | Tropical storm |
| Galveston County | TX | 10.6 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | TX | 11.9 | Tropical storm |
| Vermilion Parish | LA | 14.9 | Tropical storm |
| Brazoria County | TX | 18.0 | Tropical storm |
| Beauregard Parish | LA | 19.7 | Tropical storm |
| Matagorda County | TX | 30.6 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | TX | 32.1 | Tropical storm |
| Newton County | TX | 34.5 | Tropical storm |
| Harris County | TX | 34.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hardin County | TX | 37.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | TX | 37.9 | Tropical storm |
| Fort Bend County | TX | 50.1 | Tropical storm |
| Tyler County | TX | 59.4 | Tropical storm |
| Wharton County | TX | 59.9 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | TX | 68.3 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | TX | 69.9 | Tropical storm |
| Sabine Parish | LA | 78.3 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | TX | 78.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | TX | 78.9 | Tropical storm |
| Sabine County | TX | 79.2 | Tropical storm |
| San Jacinto County | TX | 79.8 | Tropical storm |
| Waller County | TX | 82.4 | Tropical storm |
| Austin County | TX | 83.1 | Tropical storm |
| Colorado County | TX | 91.3 | Tropical storm |
| San Augustine County | TX | 93.0 | Tropical storm |
| Angelina County | TX | 95.3 | Tropical storm |
| Walker County | TX | 97.8 | Tropical storm |
| Victoria County | TX | 98.4 | Tropical storm |
Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.
National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.