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Tropical Storm Brenda

Jul 31, 1955 to Aug 3, 1955Peak 69 mph

Tropical Storm Brenda passed within 50 miles of 27 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Plaquemines Parish, LA, as a tropical storm on August 1, 1955.

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Tropical Storm Brenda · 1955

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

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Date and time (UTC)—Historical replay — not a forecast
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The storm

Peak strength
Tropical storm
69 mph, 60 kt
Counties within 50 miles
27
LA, MS
Counties within 100 miles
44
AL, LA, MS
Strongest near the U.S.
Tropical storm
Plaquemines Parish, LA, 4.3 mi, Aug 1, 1955
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.

Counties within 100 miles
Orleans ParishLA0.0Tropical stormAug 1, 1955
St. Tammany ParishLA0.0Tropical stormAug 1, 1955
St. Helena ParishLA0.0Tropical stormAug 2, 1955
St. Bernard ParishLA0.0Tropical stormAug 1, 1955
Tangipahoa ParishLA0.0Tropical stormAug 1, 1955
East Feliciana ParishLA0.0Tropical stormAug 2, 1955
Livingston ParishLA3.0Tropical stormAug 2, 1955
Plaquemines ParishLA4.3Tropical stormAug 1, 1955
East Baton Rouge ParishLA4.4Tropical stormAug 2, 1955
St. John the Baptist ParishLA10.2Tropical stormAug 1, 1955
Jefferson ParishLA11.1Tropical stormAug 1, 1955
Washington ParishLA11.6Tropical stormAug 2, 1955
Hancock CountyMS12.3Tropical stormAug 1, 1955
St. Charles ParishLA17.0Tropical stormAug 1, 1955
Pearl River CountyMS21.0Tropical stormAug 1, 1955
Pike CountyMS22.0Tropical stormAug 2, 1955
Ascension ParishLA28.1Tropical stormAug 2, 1955
Walthall CountyMS28.9Tropical stormAug 2, 1955
Harrison CountyMS29.2Tropical stormAug 1, 1955
St. James ParishLA32.0Tropical stormAug 1, 1955
Iberville ParishLA33.5Tropical stormAug 2, 1955
Lafourche ParishLA38.0Tropical stormAug 1, 1955
Lincoln CountyMS40.8Tropical stormAug 2, 1955
Marion CountyMS43.4Tropical stormAug 2, 1955
Stone CountyMS44.8Tropical stormAug 1, 1955
Assumption ParishLA47.8Tropical stormAug 2, 1955
Jackson CountyMS50.0Tropical stormAug 1, 1955
Lamar CountyMS50.4Tropical stormAug 1, 1955
Lawrence CountyMS50.7Tropical stormAug 2, 1955
Iberia ParishLA56.3Tropical stormAug 2, 1955
Forrest CountyMS58.2Tropical stormAug 1, 1955
Terrebonne ParishLA58.8Tropical stormAug 1, 1955
Jefferson Davis CountyMS60.5Tropical stormAug 2, 1955
Perry CountyMS66.4Tropical stormAug 1, 1955
George CountyMS67.4Tropical stormAug 1, 1955
St. Mary ParishLA67.9Tropical stormAug 2, 1955
Mobile CountyAL72.5Tropical stormAug 1, 1955
Covington CountyMS75.1Tropical stormAug 2, 1955
Simpson CountyMS79.0Tropical stormAug 2, 1955
Greene CountyMS82.6Tropical stormAug 1, 1955
Jones CountyMS82.7Tropical stormAug 2, 1955
Baldwin CountyAL86.0Tropical stormAug 1, 1955
Smith CountyMS92.8Tropical stormAug 2, 1955
Rankin CountyMS94.5Tropical stormAug 2, 1955

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.