The unnamed tropical storm of 1947
Sep 20, 1947 to Sep 26, 1947Peak 63 mph987 mb
The unnamed tropical storm of 1947 passed within 50 miles of 12 counties in FL. It was strongest near Citrus County, FL, as a tropical storm on September 23, 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
- 63 mph, 55 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 987 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 12
- FL
- Counties within 100 miles
- 22
- FL
- 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.
| Levy County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Citrus County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hernando County | FL | 7.6 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | FL | 8.3 | Tropical storm |
| Pasco County | FL | 9.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pinellas County | FL | 9.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hillsborough County | FL | 21.3 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | FL | 23.8 | Tropical storm |
| Manatee County | FL | 28.1 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | FL | 30.2 | Tropical storm |
| Sarasota County | FL | 36.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lake County | FL | 44.0 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | FL | 51.0 | Tropical storm |
| Charlotte County | FL | 58.6 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | FL | 63.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hardee County | FL | 66.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | FL | 67.0 | Tropical storm |
| DeSoto County | FL | 72.4 | Tropical storm |
| Osceola County | FL | 73.3 | Tropical storm |
| Seminole County | FL | 76.2 | Tropical storm |
| Highlands County | FL | 95.0 | Tropical storm |
| Collier County | FL | 96.3 | 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.