The unnamed tropical storm of 1956
Jun 12, 1956 to Jun 15, 1956Peak 58 mph1001 mb
The unnamed tropical storm of 1956 passed within 50 miles of 32 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Terrebonne Parish, LA, as a tropical storm on June 13, 1956.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed storm · 1956
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 58 mph, 50 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 1001 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 32
- LA, MS
- Counties within 100 miles
- 44
- 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.
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Helena Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Amite County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Livingston Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tangipahoa Parish | LA | 1.9 | Tropical storm |
| Ascension Parish | LA | 2.4 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | MS | 3.1 | Tropical storm |
| St. James Parish | LA | 3.4 | Tropical storm |
| St. Charles Parish | LA | 3.9 | Tropical storm |
| East Feliciana Parish | LA | 13.4 | Tropical storm |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 14.8 | Tropical storm |
| Washington Parish | LA | 15.0 | Tropical storm |
| Assumption Parish | LA | 17.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 19.4 | Tropical storm |
| Walthall County | MS | 20.2 | Tropical storm |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 20.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | MS | 26.2 | Tropical storm |
| Iberville Parish | LA | 26.5 | Tropical storm |
| Orleans Parish | LA | 27.6 | Tropical storm |
| St. Mary Parish | LA | 29.1 | Tropical storm |
| St. Martin Parish | LA | 30.0 | Tropical storm |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 32.4 | Tropical storm |
| West Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 33.5 | Tropical storm |
| West Feliciana Parish | LA | 34.1 | Tropical storm |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 35.2 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | MS | 35.7 | Tropical storm |
| Iberia Parish | LA | 37.9 | Tropical storm |
| Pointe Coupee Parish | LA | 42.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Davis County | MS | 43.2 | Tropical storm |
| Pearl River County | MS | 44.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | MS | 54.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | MS | 56.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Landry Parish | LA | 64.5 | Tropical storm |
| Forrest County | MS | 72.0 | Tropical storm |
| Stone County | MS | 74.9 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | MS | 75.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | MS | 76.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette Parish | LA | 78.0 | Tropical storm |
| Vermilion Parish | LA | 82.2 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | MS | 86.9 | Tropical storm |
| Acadia Parish | LA | 92.2 | Tropical storm |
| Evangeline Parish | LA | 93.4 | 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.