Tropical Storm Amelia
Jul 30, 1978 to Aug 1, 1978Peak 52 mph1005 mb
Tropical Storm Amelia passed within 50 miles of 15 counties in TX. It was strongest near Willacy County, TX, as a tropical storm on July 31, 1978.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Tropical Storm Amelia · 1978
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 52 mph, 45 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 1005 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 15
- TX
- Counties within 100 miles
- 19
- 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.
| Kleberg County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Kenedy County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jim Wells County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Willacy County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Live Oak County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Duval County | TX | 4.1 | Tropical storm |
| Nueces County | TX | 4.3 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | TX | 8.9 | Tropical storm |
| San Patricio County | TX | 18.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hidalgo County | TX | 22.3 | Tropical storm |
| Bee County | TX | 26.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jim Hogg County | TX | 36.6 | Tropical storm |
| Starr County | TX | 41.1 | Tropical storm |
| Refugio County | TX | 41.6 | Tropical storm |
| Goliad County | TX | 47.0 | Tropical storm |
| Aransas County | TX | 54.6 | Tropical storm |
| Zapata County | TX | 62.8 | Tropical storm |
| Victoria County | TX | 73.8 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | TX | 77.0 | 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.