The unnamed tropical storm of 1946
Jun 13, 1946 to Jun 16, 1946Peak 40 mph
The unnamed tropical storm of 1946 passed within 50 miles of 5 counties in LA. It was strongest near Plaquemines Parish, LA, as a tropical storm on June 14, 1946.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed storm · 1946
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 40 mph, 35 kt
- Counties within 50 miles
- 5
- LA
- Counties within 100 miles
- 17
- LA
- Landfalls recorded
- 0
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 16.1 | Tropical storm |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 17.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 18.4 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 26.9 | Tropical storm |
| St. Mary Parish | LA | 43.5 | Tropical storm |
| Assumption Parish | LA | 55.6 | Tropical storm |
| St. Martin Parish | LA | 60.4 | Tropical storm |
| St. Charles Parish | LA | 61.8 | Tropical storm |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 63.9 | Tropical storm |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | LA | 75.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. James Parish | LA | 75.3 | Tropical storm |
| Orleans Parish | LA | 76.4 | Tropical storm |
| Iberville Parish | LA | 81.4 | Tropical storm |
| Ascension Parish | LA | 85.1 | Tropical storm |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 94.9 | Tropical storm |
| Livingston Parish | LA | 95.1 | Tropical storm |
| Tangipahoa Parish | LA | 99.5 | 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.