Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · June 14–16, 1958
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01 · The story
Tropical Storm Alma (1958) was a tropical storm of the 1958 Atlantic season. It formed on June 14, 1958, 170 mi NE of Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico, reached its peak of 63 mph (102 km/h) on June 15, 1958, and made landfall 35 mi E of San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico on June 15, 1958 as a tropical storm (63 mph). The storm lasted 2.0 days and travelled about 687 miles (1,105 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 15, 1958 · 08:00 UTC | 35 mi E of San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico | TS 63 mph | — |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico | 42 mi | Jun 15 · 12:00 UTC | TS 52 mph |
| Brownsville, Texas | 43 mi | Jun 15 · 12:00 UTC | TS 52 mph |
| Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico | 11 mi | Jun 15 · 14:00 UTC | TS 46 mph |
| McAllen, Texas | 19 mi | Jun 15 · 14:00 UTC | TS 46 mph |
| Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico | 12 mi | Jun 15 · 21:00 UTC | TD 32 mph |
| Laredo, Texas | 14 mi | Jun 15 · 22:00 UTC | TD 31 mph |
Distance from the city to the storm’s center, interpolated hourly between official fixes. Damaging winds, surge and rain reach far beyond the center.
04 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 21.1°N 94.5°W | 170 mi NE of Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Jun 14 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 21.7°N 95.0°W | 163 mi ENE of Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Jun 14 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 22.5°N 95.6°W | 144 mi E of Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Jun 15 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 23.5°N 96.4°W | 114 mi ENE of Aldama, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Jun 15 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 24.5°N 97.3°W | 58 mi ESE of San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Jun 15 08:00 | TS LANDFALL | 63 mph | — | 24.9°N 97.6°W | 35 mi E of San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Jun 15 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 25.6°N 98.1°W | 19 mi WSW of Valle Hermoso, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Jun 15 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 26.7°N 99.0°W | 21 mi N of Ciudad Miguel Alemán, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Jun 16 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 27.9°N 100.1°W | 46 mi NW of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Jun 16 06:00 | TD | 23 mph | — | 29.1°N 101.0°W | 16 mi S of Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
Alma made landfall once: 35 mi E of San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico on June 15, 1958 at 08:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 63 mph winds.
At its peak on June 15, 1958, Alma was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 63 mph (102 km/h). At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.
2.0 days, from June 14, 1958 to June 16, 1958. It travelled about 687 miles.
The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.
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