Track map & timeline · Atlantic · September 3–9, 1977
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
Hurricane Babe (1977) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1977 Atlantic season. It formed on September 3, 1977, 229 mi WSW of Clearwater, Florida, reached its peak of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 995 mb on September 5, 1977, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 5.8 days and travelled about 1,383 miles (2,226 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana | direct hit | Sep 6 · 02:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| New Orleans, Louisiana | 58 mi | Sep 6 · 06:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Metairie Terrace, Louisiana | 54 mi | Sep 6 · 06:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Jackson, Mississippi | 62 mi | Sep 6 · 19:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Birmingham, Alabama | 25 mi | Sep 7 · 13:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Huntsville, Alabama | 46 mi | Sep 7 · 16:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Chattanooga, Tennessee | 43 mi | Sep 7 · 22:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| East Chattanooga, Tennessee | 44 mi | Sep 7 · 22:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Atlanta, Georgia | 55 mi | Sep 8 · 02:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Charlotte, North Carolina | 30 mi | Sep 8 · 20:00 UTC | TD 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1007 mb | 26.8°N 86.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 27.4°N 87.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 27.6°N 88.5°W | 180 mi SSE of Belle Chasse, Louisiana |
| Sep 4 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 27.4°N 89.7°W | 164 mi SSE of Houma, Louisiana |
| Sep 4 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 26.6°N 90.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1003 mb | 26.8°N 91.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1000 mb | 27.5°N 91.7°W | 157 mi SSW of Houma, Louisiana |
| Sep 5 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 28.0°N 91.6°W | 122 mi SSW of Houma, Louisiana |
| Sep 5 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 995 mb | 28.7°N 91.4°W | 70 mi S of Morgan City, Louisiana |
| Sep 5 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 29.5°N 91.2°W | 14 mi S of Morgan City, Louisiana |
| Sep 5 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1000 mb | 29.8°N 91.6°W | 19 mi SE of New Iberia, Louisiana |
| Sep 6 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 30.2°N 91.3°W | 18 mi SSW of Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Sep 6 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 30.6°N 90.7°W | 16 mi WNW of Hammond, Louisiana |
| Sep 6 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 31.1°N 90.0°W | 23 mi NNW of Bogalusa, Louisiana |
| Sep 6 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1004 mb | 31.7°N 89.4°W | 16 mi W of Laurel, Mississippi |
| Sep 7 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 32.4°N 88.8°W | near Meridian, Mississippi |
| Sep 7 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 33.2°N 88.0°W | 25 mi W of Tuscaloosa, Alabama |
| Sep 7 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 33.8°N 87.1°W | 10 mi ESE of Jasper, Alabama |
| Sep 7 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 34.3°N 85.8°W | 11 mi SSW of Fort Payne, Alabama |
| Sep 8 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 34.5°N 84.8°W | near Calhoun, Georgia |
| Sep 8 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 34.6°N 83.9°W | 21 mi NNW of Gainesville, Georgia |
| Sep 8 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 34.7°N 82.6°W | near Easley, South Carolina |
| Sep 8 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 34.8°N 81.3°W | 18 mi WSW of Rock Hill, South Carolina |
| Sep 9 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1012 mb | 34.8°N 80.2°W | 24 mi ESE of Monroe, North Carolina |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Babe. Its closest approach to a major city was 9 miles from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
At its peak on September 5, 1977, Babe was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a central pressure of 995 mb.
5.8 days, from September 3, 1977 to September 9, 1977, including 12 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,383 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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