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Tropical Storm Cindy

Sep 16, 1963 to Sep 20, 1963Peak 63 mph996 mb

Tropical Storm Cindy passed within 50 miles of 12 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Jefferson County, TX, as a tropical storm on September 17, 1963.

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Tropical Storm Cindy · 1963

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

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

Peak strength
Tropical storm
63 mph, 55 kt
Lowest pressure
996 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
12
LA, TX
Counties within 100 miles
21
LA, TX
Strongest near the U.S.
Tropical storm
Jefferson County, TX, 0.0 mi, Sep 17, 1963
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
Jefferson CountyTX0.0Tropical stormSep 17, 1963
Chambers CountyTX0.0Tropical stormSep 17, 1963
Liberty CountyTX0.0Tropical stormSep 17, 1963
Galveston CountyTX3.9Tropical stormSep 17, 1963
Hardin CountyTX9.9Tropical stormSep 18, 1963
Cameron ParishLA26.3Tropical stormSep 17, 1963
Polk CountyTX27.4Tropical stormSep 18, 1963
Orange CountyTX31.3Tropical stormSep 17, 1963
Tyler CountyTX36.1Tropical stormSep 18, 1963
Jasper CountyTX37.3Tropical stormSep 17, 1963
Calcasieu ParishLA46.7Tropical stormSep 17, 1963
Newton CountyTX47.1Tropical stormSep 17, 1963
Beauregard ParishLA61.5Tropical stormSep 17, 1963
Angelina CountyTX68.9Tropical stormSep 18, 1963
San Augustine CountyTX82.7Tropical stormSep 18, 1963
Jefferson Davis ParishLA83.8Tropical stormSep 17, 1963
Nacogdoches CountyTX84.9Tropical stormSep 18, 1963
Sabine CountyTX87.5Tropical stormSep 18, 1963
Allen ParishLA90.2Tropical stormSep 17, 1963
Vernon ParishLA90.4Tropical stormSep 18, 1963
Vermilion ParishLA98.5Tropical stormSep 17, 1963

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.