The unnamed tropical storm of 1973
Sep 10, 1973 to Sep 13, 1973Peak 40 mph1001 mb
The unnamed tropical storm of 1973 passed within 50 miles of 24 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Jefferson County, TX, as a tropical storm on September 12, 1973.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed storm · 1973
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 40 mph, 35 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 1001 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 24
- LA, TX
- Counties within 100 miles
- 34
- LA, TX
- Landfalls recorded
- 0
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Evangeline Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chambers County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Calcasieu Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Landry Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hardin County | TX | 4.3 | Tropical storm |
| Acadia Parish | LA | 4.5 | Tropical storm |
| Allen Parish | LA | 5.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | TX | 7.3 | Tropical storm |
| Newton County | TX | 7.3 | Tropical storm |
| Cameron Parish | LA | 9.7 | Tropical storm |
| Beauregard Parish | LA | 10.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette Parish | LA | 20.2 | Tropical storm |
| St. Martin Parish | LA | 21.9 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | TX | 22.5 | Tropical storm |
| Vermilion Parish | LA | 23.2 | Tropical storm |
| Tyler County | TX | 29.1 | Tropical storm |
| Vernon Parish | LA | 31.8 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | TX | 34.9 | Tropical storm |
| San Jacinto County | TX | 38.3 | Tropical storm |
| Iberia Parish | LA | 39.8 | Tropical storm |
| Walker County | TX | 53.2 | Tropical storm |
| Sabine Parish | LA | 63.1 | Tropical storm |
| Sabine County | TX | 64.0 | Tropical storm |
| San Augustine County | TX | 67.0 | Tropical storm |
| Angelina County | TX | 67.1 | Tropical storm |
| Trinity County | TX | 70.5 | Tropical storm |
| Nacogdoches County | TX | 78.9 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | TX | 85.0 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | TX | 86.3 | Tropical storm |
| Shelby County | TX | 95.1 | 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.