Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · May 28 – June 2, 1959
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 Arlene (1959) was a tropical storm of the 1959 Atlantic season. It formed on May 28, 1959, 149 mi N of Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico, reached its peak of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 993 mb on May 30, 1959, and made landfall 15 mi SSW of Franklin, Louisiana on May 30, 1959 as a tropical storm (63 mph). The storm lasted 5.5 days and travelled about 1,421 miles (2,286 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 1959 · 22:00 UTC | 15 mi SSW of Franklin, Louisiana | TS 63 mph | — |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette, Louisiana | 32 mi | May 31 · 03:00 UTC | TS 55 mph |
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 11 mi | May 31 · 07:00 UTC | TS 44 mph |
| Jackson, Mississippi | direct hit | Jun 1 · 03:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Birmingham, Alabama | 49 mi | Jun 2 · 01:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Montgomery, Alabama | 34 mi | Jun 2 · 02:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Columbus, Georgia | 30 mi | Jun 2 · 06:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Atlanta, Georgia | 46 mi | Jun 2 · 08:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Athens, Georgia | 42 mi | Jun 2 · 11:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Columbia, South Carolina | 10 mi | Jun 2 · 16:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Charlotte, North Carolina | 71 mi | Jun 2 · 17:00 UTC | TD 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 23.3°N 86.5°W | 149 mi N of Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| May 28 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 24.0°N 87.0°W | open ocean |
| May 28 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 24.7°N 87.5°W | open ocean |
| May 29 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 25.5°N 88.2°W | open ocean |
| May 29 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 26.5°N 89.0°W | open ocean |
| May 29 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 27.4°N 90.1°W | 156 mi SSE of Houma, Louisiana |
| May 29 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1002 mb | 27.7°N 91.2°W | 134 mi SSW of Houma, Louisiana |
| May 30 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 27.8°N 91.8°W | 136 mi SSW of Morgan City, Louisiana |
| May 30 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 999 mb | 28.0°N 91.9°W | 125 mi SSW of Morgan City, Louisiana |
| May 30 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 996 mb | 28.5°N 91.9°W | 93 mi SSW of Morgan City, Louisiana |
| May 30 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 993 mb | 29.2°N 91.8°W | 50 mi SW of Morgan City, Louisiana |
| May 30 22:00 | TS LANDFALL | 63 mph | — | 29.6°N 91.6°W | 25 mi WSW of Morgan City, Louisiana |
| May 31 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 29.8°N 91.6°W | 19 mi SE of New Iberia, Louisiana |
| May 31 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 30.4°N 91.4°W | 13 mi WSW of Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| May 31 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 30.9°N 91.2°W | 18 mi N of Zachary, Louisiana |
| May 31 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 31.5°N 90.9°W | 28 mi WSW of Brookhaven, Mississippi |
| Jun 1 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 32.1°N 90.5°W | 16 mi WSW of Byram, Mississippi |
| Jun 1 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 32.4°N 89.9°W | 10 mi NNE of Brandon, Mississippi |
| Jun 1 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 32.6°N 89.1°W | 28 mi NW of Meridian, Mississippi |
| Jun 1 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 32.7°N 88.3°W | 33 mi NE of Meridian, Mississippi |
| Jun 2 00:00 | TD | 23 mph | — | 32.8°N 87.2°W | 29 mi NNW of Selma, Alabama |
| Jun 2 06:00 | TD | 23 mph | — | 32.9°N 85.0°W | 10 mi S of LaGrange, Georgia |
| Jun 2 12:00 | TD | 23 mph | — | 33.5°N 82.7°W | 29 mi W of Grovetown, Georgia |
| Jun 2 18:00 | TD | 23 mph | — | 34.4°N 80.0°W | 20 mi NW of Florence, South Carolina |
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Questions
Arlene made landfall once: 15 mi SSW of Franklin, Louisiana on May 30, 1959 at 22:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 63 mph winds.
At its peak on May 30, 1959, Arlene was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a central pressure of 993 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.
5.5 days, from May 28, 1959 to June 2, 1959. It travelled about 1,421 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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