The unnamed tropical storm of 1953
Sep 15, 1953 to Sep 21, 1953Peak 52 mph1004 mb
The unnamed tropical storm of 1953 passed within 50 miles of 5 counties in FL. It was strongest near Citrus County, FL, as a tropical storm on September 20, 1953.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed storm · 1953
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
- 5
- FL
- Counties within 100 miles
- 17
- FL
- 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.
| Citrus County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Levy County | FL | 2.3 | Tropical storm |
| Dixie County | FL | 20.3 | Tropical storm |
| Gilchrist County | FL | 39.0 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | FL | 46.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | FL | 56.8 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | FL | 57.1 | Tropical storm |
| Pinellas County | FL | 57.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hillsborough County | FL | 57.2 | Tropical storm |
| Suwannee County | FL | 61.1 | Tropical storm |
| Wakulla County | FL | 67.1 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | FL | 70.4 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | FL | 75.1 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | FL | 87.1 | Tropical storm |
| Leon County | FL | 88.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hamilton County | FL | 91.1 | Tropical storm |
| Gadsden County | FL | 97.1 | 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.