Tropical Storm Barbara
Jul 27, 1954 to Jul 30, 1954Peak 58 mph999 mb
Tropical Storm Barbara passed within 50 miles of 19 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Cameron Parish, LA, as a tropical storm on July 29, 1954.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Tropical Storm Barbara · 1954
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 58 mph, 50 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 999 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 19
- LA, TX
- Counties within 100 miles
- 34
- LA, TX
- 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.
| Tyler County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Newton County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Calcasieu Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Cameron Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Beauregard Parish | LA | 2.5 | Tropical storm |
| Hardin County | TX | 4.6 | Tropical storm |
| Vermilion Parish | LA | 6.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | LA | 8.1 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | TX | 8.8 | Tropical storm |
| Allen Parish | LA | 23.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | TX | 24.3 | Tropical storm |
| Acadia Parish | LA | 25.9 | Tropical storm |
| Vernon Parish | LA | 33.4 | Tropical storm |
| Iberia Parish | LA | 37.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette Parish | LA | 43.7 | Tropical storm |
| Evangeline Parish | LA | 45.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chambers County | TX | 47.4 | Tropical storm |
| St. Mary Parish | LA | 49.6 | Tropical storm |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 50.2 | Tropical storm |
| St. Landry Parish | LA | 50.3 | Tropical storm |
| Sabine Parish | LA | 51.8 | Tropical storm |
| St. Martin Parish | LA | 57.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 57.5 | Tropical storm |
| Rapides Parish | LA | 59.4 | Tropical storm |
| Galveston County | TX | 66.2 | Tropical storm |
| Natchitoches Parish | LA | 72.1 | Tropical storm |
| Avoyelles Parish | LA | 79.5 | Tropical storm |
| Assumption Parish | LA | 81.3 | Tropical storm |
| Iberville Parish | LA | 82.1 | Tropical storm |
| Pointe Coupee Parish | LA | 83.3 | Tropical storm |
| Grant Parish | LA | 91.3 | Tropical storm |
| West Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 96.7 | Tropical storm |
| St. Charles Parish | LA | 98.7 | 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.