The unnamed tropical storm of 1955
Aug 25, 1955 to Aug 28, 1955Peak 52 mph1004 mb
The unnamed tropical storm of 1955 passed within 50 miles of 44 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near Orleans Parish, LA, as a tropical storm on August 27, 1955.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed storm · 1955
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
- 44
- AL, LA, MS
- Counties within 100 miles
- 72
- 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.
| Orleans Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Acadia Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Martin Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Iberville Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Ascension Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Allen Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Landry Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Evangeline Parish | LA | 1.2 | Tropical storm |
| Livingston Parish | LA | 1.5 | Tropical storm |
| St. Charles Parish | LA | 1.6 | Tropical storm |
| West Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 1.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette Parish | LA | 2.8 | Tropical storm |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 3.3 | Tropical storm |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 4.3 | Tropical storm |
| Tangipahoa Parish | LA | 5.4 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | MS | 8.8 | Tropical storm |
| St. James Parish | LA | 8.8 | Tropical storm |
| Pointe Coupee Parish | LA | 10.2 | Tropical storm |
| Assumption Parish | LA | 13.1 | Tropical storm |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 15.8 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | MS | 16.3 | Tropical storm |
| Iberia Parish | LA | 16.5 | Tropical storm |
| Vermilion Parish | LA | 18.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 21.5 | Tropical storm |
| East Feliciana Parish | LA | 24.2 | Tropical storm |
| West Feliciana Parish | LA | 24.5 | Tropical storm |
| Pearl River County | MS | 24.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | MS | 25.4 | Tropical storm |
| St. Mary Parish | LA | 25.9 | Tropical storm |
| Rapides Parish | LA | 27.5 | Tropical storm |
| St. Helena Parish | LA | 27.6 | Tropical storm |
| Cameron Parish | LA | 29.6 | Tropical storm |
| Avoyelles Parish | LA | 29.7 | Tropical storm |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 31.6 | Tropical storm |
| Mobile County | AL | 33.6 | Tropical storm |
| Washington Parish | LA | 36.8 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | AL | 39.9 | Tropical storm |
| Stone County | MS | 41.8 | Tropical storm |
| Concordia Parish | LA | 42.9 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkinson County | MS | 45.2 | Tropical storm |
| Amite County | MS | 50.4 | Tropical storm |
| George County | MS | 54.2 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | MS | 54.5 | Tropical storm |
| Walthall County | MS | 57.1 | Tropical storm |
| Catahoula Parish | LA | 57.3 | Tropical storm |
| Natchitoches Parish | LA | 58.6 | Tropical storm |
| Adams County | MS | 58.8 | Tropical storm |
| Forrest County | MS | 59.8 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | FL | 59.8 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | MS | 60.5 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | MS | 62.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | MS | 62.4 | Tropical storm |
| Grant Parish | LA | 63.0 | Tropical storm |
| LaSalle Parish | LA | 63.8 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | MS | 71.4 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | MS | 72.2 | Tropical storm |
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 73.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | MS | 77.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | MS | 80.8 | Tropical storm |
| Winn Parish | LA | 83.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Davis County | MS | 86.1 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | AL | 88.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | MS | 90.9 | Tropical storm |
| Okaloosa County | FL | 91.4 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | MS | 92.4 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | MS | 93.9 | Tropical storm |
| Tensas Parish | LA | 97.2 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | AL | 98.5 | 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.