Track map & timeline · Atlantic · September 9–12, 1982
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 Chris (1982) was a tropical storm of the 1982 Atlantic season. It formed on September 9, 1982, 235 mi S of Houma, Louisiana, reached its peak of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 994 mb on September 11, 1982, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 3.8 days and travelled about 770 miles (1,238 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumont, Texas | 24 mi | Sep 11 · 13:00 UTC | TS 60 mph |
| Shreveport, Louisiana | 46 mi | Sep 12 · 03:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Little Rock, Arkansas | 23 mi | Sep 12 · 17:00 UTC | TD 30 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 9 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 26.2°N 91.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 26.3°N 91.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 26.4°N 92.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 26.6°N 93.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 26.8°N 93.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 26.9°N 94.0°W | 164 mi SSE of Freeport, Texas |
| Sep 10 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 27.3°N 94.2°W | 134 mi SSE of Freeport, Texas |
| Sep 10 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1001 mb | 27.9°N 94.1°W | 106 mi SSE of Galveston, Texas |
| Sep 11 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1000 mb | 28.4°N 94.1°W | 75 mi SE of Galveston, Texas |
| Sep 11 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 29.0°N 94.0°W | 52 mi ESE of Galveston, Texas |
| Sep 11 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 29.8°N 93.8°W | 10 mi SE of Port Arthur, Texas |
| Sep 11 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 999 mb | 30.8°N 93.4°W | near DeRidder, Louisiana |
| Sep 12 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1004 mb | 31.8°N 93.2°W | near Natchitoches, Louisiana |
| Sep 12 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 32.8°N 92.8°W | 21 mi NNW of Ruston, Louisiana |
| Sep 12 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 33.8°N 92.4°W | 29 mi ENE of Camden, Arkansas |
| Sep 12 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 34.8°N 91.8°W | 17 mi SE of Cabot, Arkansas |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Chris. Its closest approach to a major city was 23 miles from Little Rock, Arkansas.
At its peak on September 11, 1982, Chris was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a central pressure of 994 mb.
3.8 days, from September 9, 1982 to September 12, 1982. It travelled about 770 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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