Track map & timeline · Atlantic · July 30 – August 1, 1978
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Tropical Storm Amelia (1978) was a tropical storm of the 1978 Atlantic season. It formed on July 30, 1978, 34 mi ESE of Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, reached its peak of 52 mph (83 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1005 mb on July 31, 1978, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 1.3 days and travelled about 284 miles (457 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico | 22 mi | Jul 30 · 21:00 UTC | TS 43 mph |
| Brownsville, Texas | 21 mi | Jul 30 · 21:00 UTC | TS 43 mph |
| Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico | 59 mi | Jul 31 · 00:00 UTC | TS 52 mph |
| McAllen, Texas | 52 mi | Jul 31 · 01:00 UTC | TS 51 mph |
| Corpus Christi, Texas | 39 mi | Jul 31 · 09:00 UTC | TS 43 mph |
| San Antonio, Texas | 41 mi | Jul 31 · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 25.7°N 97.0°W | 34 mi ESE of Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Jul 31 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1005 mb | 26.4°N 97.4°W | 23 mi NE of Harlingen, Texas |
| Jul 31 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1007 mb | 27.2°N 97.8°W | 22 mi S of Kingsville, Texas |
| Jul 31 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1008 mb | 28.0°N 98.2°W | 19 mi NNW of Alice, Texas |
| Jul 31 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 28.6°N 98.7°W | 58 mi SSW of San Antonio, Texas |
| Aug 1 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 29.3°N 99.2°W | 43 mi W of San Antonio, Texas |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Amelia. Its closest approach to a major city was 21 miles from Brownsville, Texas.
At its peak on July 31, 1978, Amelia was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 52 mph (83 km/h) and a central pressure of 1005 mb.
1.3 days, from July 30, 1978 to August 1, 1978. It travelled about 284 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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