Tropical Storm Chris
Sep 9, 1982 to Sep 12, 1982Peak 63 mph994 mb
Tropical Storm Chris passed within 50 miles of 19 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Cameron Parish, LA, as a tropical storm on September 11, 1982.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Tropical Storm Chris · 1982
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 63 mph, 55 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 994 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 19
- LA, TX
- Counties within 100 miles
- 38
- 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.
| Vernon Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Beauregard Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Calcasieu Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Cameron Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | TX | 0.9 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | TX | 1.4 | Tropical storm |
| Newton County | TX | 6.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | TX | 15.9 | Tropical storm |
| Sabine County | TX | 16.1 | Tropical storm |
| Allen Parish | LA | 20.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | LA | 24.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hardin County | TX | 25.7 | Tropical storm |
| Chambers County | TX | 29.4 | Tropical storm |
| Galveston County | TX | 30.3 | Tropical storm |
| Tyler County | TX | 32.1 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | TX | 39.0 | Tropical storm |
| San Augustine County | TX | 41.5 | Tropical storm |
| Evangeline Parish | LA | 45.8 | Tropical storm |
| Angelina County | TX | 46.1 | Tropical storm |
| Acadia Parish | LA | 50.7 | Tropical storm |
| Vermilion Parish | LA | 54.7 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | TX | 57.4 | Tropical storm |
| St. Landry Parish | LA | 58.2 | Tropical storm |
| Nacogdoches County | TX | 59.1 | Tropical storm |
| Harris County | TX | 64.0 | Tropical storm |
| Brazoria County | TX | 65.3 | Tropical storm |
| San Jacinto County | TX | 74.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette Parish | LA | 77.7 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | TX | 81.6 | Tropical storm |
| Trinity County | TX | 88.3 | Tropical storm |
| Matagorda County | TX | 88.6 | Tropical storm |
| St. Martin Parish | LA | 89.1 | Tropical storm |
| Pointe Coupee Parish | LA | 91.2 | Tropical storm |
| Fort Bend County | TX | 92.3 | Tropical storm |
| West Feliciana Parish | LA | 93.7 | Tropical storm |
| Cherokee County | TX | 93.7 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | TX | 97.5 | Tropical storm |
| Iberia Parish | LA | 97.8 | 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.