The unnamed hurricane of 1947
Sep 4, 1947 to Sep 21, 1947Peak 144 mph938 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1947 passed within 50 miles of 91 counties in 4 states. It was strongest near Broward County, FL, as a Category 3 on September 17, 1947.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1947
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- 144 mph, 125 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 938 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 91
- FL, LA, MS, TX
- Counties within 100 miles
- 147
- AL, AR, FL, LA, MS, TX
- Landfalls recorded
- 3
- 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 | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Vernon Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Shelby County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Evangeline Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | FL | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Wood County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Pointe Coupee Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Sabine Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Gregg County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Charles Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| St. Landry Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Ascension Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Rapides Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Rusk County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Iberville Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Collier County | FL | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Broward County | FL | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| West Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Panola County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. James Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | LA | 1.8 | Category 1 |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 1.9 | Category 1 |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 2.4 | Category 2 |
| Smith County | TX | 2.6 | Tropical storm |
| Upshur County | TX | 2.6 | Tropical storm |
| Natchitoches Parish | LA | 3.0 | Tropical storm |
| Avoyelles Parish | LA | 4.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hendry County | FL | 4.2 | Category 2 |
| Orleans Parish | LA | 4.5 | Category 2 |
| St. Martin Parish | LA | 4.8 | Category 1 |
| Livingston Parish | LA | 5.3 | Category 1 |
| Harrison County | TX | 5.6 | Tropical storm |
| De Soto Parish | LA | 5.9 | Tropical storm |
| Sabine County | TX | 5.9 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | TX | 6.6 | Tropical storm |
| Allen Parish | LA | 9.1 | Tropical storm |
| Camp County | TX | 9.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 10.0 | Category 2 |
| Miami-Dade County | FL | 10.0 | Category 3 |
| Assumption Parish | LA | 10.1 | Category 1 |
| Palm Beach County | FL | 12.9 | Category 3 |
| San Augustine County | TX | 14.0 | Tropical storm |
| West Feliciana Parish | LA | 14.1 | Category 1 |
| Titus County | TX | 16.3 | Tropical storm |
| East Feliciana Parish | LA | 16.5 | Category 1 |
| Nacogdoches County | TX | 17.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tangipahoa Parish | LA | 17.7 | Category 1 |
| Caddo Parish | LA | 18.3 | Tropical storm |
| Iberia Parish | LA | 19.4 | Category 1 |
| Charlotte County | FL | 19.6 | Category 2 |
| Van Zandt County | TX | 20.1 | Tropical storm |
| Newton County | TX | 20.2 | Tropical storm |
| Grant Parish | LA | 20.5 | Tropical storm |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 20.8 | Category 2 |
| Lafayette Parish | LA | 20.8 | Category 1 |
| Beauregard Parish | LA | 21.0 | Tropical storm |
| Cherokee County | TX | 21.5 | Tropical storm |
| Acadia Parish | LA | 21.7 | Tropical storm |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 23.4 | Category 1 |
| Marion County | TX | 23.9 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | FL | 23.9 | Category 3 |
| Concordia Parish | LA | 26.2 | Tropical storm |
| St. Helena Parish | LA | 27.9 | Category 1 |
| Henderson County | TX | 27.9 | Tropical storm |
| Sarasota County | FL | 28.2 | Category 2 |
| Wilkinson County | MS | 28.7 | Tropical storm |
| Morris County | TX | 28.8 | Tropical storm |
| Red River Parish | LA | 29.1 | Tropical storm |
| Winn Parish | LA | 29.3 | Tropical storm |
| Cass County | TX | 30.4 | Tropical storm |
| St. Mary Parish | LA | 30.7 | Category 1 |
| Catahoula Parish | LA | 32.0 | Tropical storm |
| Glades County | FL | 32.4 | Category 2 |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | LA | 32.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | TX | 33.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | MS | 34.3 | Category 2 |
| LaSalle Parish | LA | 34.7 | Tropical storm |
| Vermilion Parish | LA | 38.1 | Category 1 |
| DeSoto County | FL | 39.7 | Category 2 |
| Anderson County | TX | 40.8 | Tropical storm |
| Adams County | MS | 41.1 | Tropical storm |
| Angelina County | TX | 41.2 | Tropical storm |
| Bossier Parish | LA | 41.7 | Tropical storm |
| Bienville Parish | LA | 43.7 | Tropical storm |
| Amite County | MS | 44.4 | Category 1 |
| Manatee County | FL | 47.7 | Category 2 |
| Pearl River County | MS | 48.7 | Category 2 |
| Harrison County | MS | 48.9 | Category 2 |
| Highlands County | FL | 49.5 | Category 2 |
| Washington Parish | LA | 49.9 | Category 1 |
| Calcasieu Parish | LA | 51.4 | Tropical storm |
| Tyler County | TX | 51.5 | Tropical storm |
| Webster Parish | LA | 52.6 | Tropical storm |
| Okeechobee County | FL | 55.2 | Category 2 |
| Martin County | FL | 55.2 | Category 2 |
| Houston County | TX | 57.3 | Tropical storm |
| Cameron Parish | LA | 58.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | MS | 59.0 | Category 2 |
| Pike County | MS | 59.2 | Category 1 |
| Hardee County | FL | 59.8 | Category 2 |
| Trinity County | TX | 59.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson Parish | LA | 60.0 | Tropical storm |
| Miller County | AR | 60.9 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | TX | 61.5 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | MS | 62.7 | Category 1 |
| Caldwell Parish | LA | 62.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hillsborough County | FL | 62.9 | Category 2 |
| Navarro County | TX | 64.7 | Tropical storm |
| Pinellas County | FL | 65.6 | Category 2 |
| Walthall County | MS | 67.5 | Category 1 |
| Freestone County | TX | 68.9 | Tropical storm |
| Stone County | MS | 69.4 | Category 2 |
| Mobile County | AL | 70.1 | Category 2 |
| Lafayette County | AR | 70.3 | Tropical storm |
| Claiborne Parish | LA | 71.4 | Tropical storm |
| St. Lucie County | FL | 73.7 | Category 3 |
| Hardin County | TX | 74.7 | Tropical storm |
| Leon County | TX | 75.3 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin Parish | LA | 75.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln Parish | LA | 76.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tensas Parish | LA | 76.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | MS | 77.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | MS | 77.8 | Category 1 |
| Marion County | MS | 78.5 | Category 2 |
| Orange County | TX | 79.9 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | AL | 80.1 | Category 2 |
| Polk County | FL | 80.2 | Category 2 |
| Columbia County | AR | 82.0 | Tropical storm |
| Ouachita Parish | LA | 83.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | MS | 83.7 | Category 2 |
| Forrest County | MS | 86.1 | Category 2 |
| George County | MS | 86.6 | Category 2 |
| Richland Parish | LA | 87.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | MS | 88.8 | Category 1 |
| Perry County | MS | 90.9 | Category 2 |
| Claiborne County | MS | 91.9 | Tropical storm |
| Walker County | TX | 95.1 | Tropical storm |
| San Jacinto County | TX | 96.0 | Tropical storm |
| Copiah County | MS | 96.0 | Category 1 |
| Indian River County | FL | 97.2 | Category 2 |
| Jefferson County | TX | 97.5 | Tropical storm |
| Osceola County | FL | 97.6 | Category 2 |
| Union Parish | LA | 97.8 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | TX | 98.1 | Tropical storm |
| Limestone County | TX | 98.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Davis County | MS | 99.4 | Category 1 |
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.