The unnamed tropical storm of 1947
Sep 7, 1947 to Sep 9, 1947Peak 58 mph
The unnamed tropical storm of 1947 passed within 50 miles of 6 counties in 4 states. It was strongest near Plaquemines Parish, LA, as a tropical storm on September 8, 1947.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed storm · 1947
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 58 mph, 50 kt
- Counties within 50 miles
- 6
- AL, FL, LA, MS
- Counties within 100 miles
- 14
- AL, FL, LA, MS
- 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.
| Jackson County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Mobile County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | AL | 6.8 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | MS | 11.1 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | FL | 34.7 | Tropical storm |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 40.2 | Tropical storm |
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 51.7 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | AL | 55.4 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | AL | 59.0 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | AL | 68.0 | Tropical storm |
| Okaloosa County | FL | 76.3 | Tropical storm |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 79.8 | Tropical storm |
| Conecuh County | AL | 80.0 | Tropical storm |
| Walton County | FL | 97.3 | 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.