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Tropical Storm Claudette

Jul 15, 1979 to Jul 29, 1979Peak 52 mph997 mb

Tropical Storm Claudette passed within 50 miles of 13 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Chambers County, TX, as a tropical storm on July 24, 1979.

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Watch how it happened

Tropical Storm Claudette · 1979

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
52 mph, 45 kt
Lowest pressure
997 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
13
LA, TX
Counties within 100 miles
22
LA, TX
Strongest near the U.S.
Tropical storm
Chambers County, TX, 27.4 mi, Jul 24, 1979
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.

Counties within 100 miles
Jefferson CountyTX0.0Tropical stormJul 24, 1979
Jasper CountyTX0.0Tropical stormJul 25, 1979
Hardin CountyTX0.0Tropical stormJul 25, 1979
Orange CountyTX0.0Tropical stormJul 24, 1979
Cameron ParishLA0.0Tropical stormJul 24, 1979
Newton CountyTX4.0Tropical stormJul 25, 1979
Calcasieu ParishLA8.3Tropical stormJul 25, 1979
Beauregard ParishLA11.8Tropical stormJul 25, 1979
Chambers CountyTX27.4Tropical stormJul 24, 1979
Galveston CountyTX28.3Tropical stormJul 24, 1979
Vernon ParishLA44.1Tropical stormJul 25, 1979
Jefferson Davis ParishLA46.2Tropical stormJul 25, 1979
Allen ParishLA46.6Tropical stormJul 25, 1979
Sabine CountyTX57.6Tropical stormJul 25, 1979
Sabine ParishLA62.6Tropical stormJul 25, 1979
Vermilion ParishLA69.7Tropical stormJul 24, 1979
Acadia ParishLA75.6Tropical stormJul 25, 1979
Rapides ParishLA76.0Tropical stormJul 25, 1979
Evangeline ParishLA76.5Tropical stormJul 25, 1979
Natchitoches ParishLA83.4Tropical stormJul 25, 1979
St. Landry ParishLA84.8Tropical stormJul 25, 1979
Lafayette ParishLA96.5Tropical stormJul 24, 1979

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.