Tropical Storm Allison
Jun 24, 1989 to Jul 1, 1989Peak 52 mph999 mb
Tropical Storm Allison passed within 50 miles of 10 counties in TX. It was strongest near Fort Bend County, TX, as a tropical storm on June 26, 1989.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Tropical Storm Allison · 1989
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 52 mph, 45 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 999 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 10
- TX
- Counties within 100 miles
- 20
- TX
- 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.
| Montgomery County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Fort Bend County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Brazoria County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Matagorda County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Harris County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wharton County | TX | 9.0 | Tropical storm |
| Austin County | TX | 18.4 | Tropical storm |
| Colorado County | TX | 28.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | TX | 36.9 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | TX | 37.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lavaca County | TX | 51.9 | Tropical storm |
| Victoria County | TX | 57.2 | Tropical storm |
| Refugio County | TX | 61.7 | Tropical storm |
| Aransas County | TX | 62.0 | Tropical storm |
| Nueces County | TX | 76.1 | Tropical storm |
| DeWitt County | TX | 77.1 | Tropical storm |
| San Patricio County | TX | 81.5 | Tropical storm |
| Gonzales County | TX | 86.0 | Tropical storm |
| Goliad County | TX | 86.6 | Tropical storm |
| Bee County | TX | 97.9 | 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.