Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · September 12–19, 1970
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 Felice (1970) was a tropical storm of the 1970 Atlantic season. It formed on September 12, 1970, 26 mi NNW of Nassau, Bahamas, reached its peak of 69 mph (111 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 990 mb on September 15, 1970, and made landfall 23 mi NE of Galveston, Texas on September 16, 1970 as a tropical storm (69 mph). The storm lasted 7.8 days and travelled about 2,035 miles (3,274 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 16, 1970 · 02:00 UTC | 23 mi NE of Galveston, Texas | TS 69 mph | 994 mb |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami, Florida | 55 mi | Sep 13 · 12:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Hialeah, Florida | 62 mi | Sep 13 · 12:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Houston, Texas | direct hit | Sep 16 · 05:00 UTC | TS 52 mph |
| Dallas, Texas | 44 mi | Sep 17 · 04:00 UTC | TD 31 mph |
| Fort Worth, Texas | 14 mi | Sep 17 · 04:00 UTC | TD 31 mph |
| Arlington, Texas | 27 mi | Sep 17 · 04:00 UTC | TD 31 mph |
| Plano, Texas | 45 mi | Sep 17 · 09:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Garland, Texas | 52 mi | Sep 17 · 09:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| New South Memphis, Tennessee | 35 mi | Sep 19 · 06:00 UTC | TD 17 mph |
| Memphis, Tennessee | 31 mi | Sep 19 · 07:00 UTC | TD 17 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 12 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 25.4°N 77.5°W | 26 mi NNW of Nassau, Bahamas |
| Sep 12 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 25.4°N 77.7°W | 32 mi NW of Nassau, Bahamas |
| Sep 12 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 25.4°N 78.0°W | 47 mi WNW of Nassau, Bahamas |
| Sep 12 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 25.3°N 78.3°W | 62 mi WNW of Nassau, Bahamas |
| Sep 13 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 25.3°N 78.5°W | 74 mi WNW of Nassau, Bahamas |
| Sep 13 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 25.2°N 79.1°W | 79 mi ESE of Miami, Florida |
| Sep 13 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 25.0°N 80.0°W | 29 mi ESE of Key Largo, Florida |
| Sep 13 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 24.8°N 81.0°W | 40 mi WSW of Key Largo, Florida |
| Sep 14 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1011 mb | 24.4°N 82.0°W | 17 mi SW of Key West, Florida |
| Sep 14 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 24.2°N 83.0°W | 83 mi NNW of Havana, Havana, Cuba |
| Sep 14 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 24.5°N 84.1°W | 125 mi NNW of Bahía Honda, Artemisa, Cuba |
| Sep 14 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1008 mb | 25.4°N 85.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1005 mb | 26.4°N 86.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1000 mb | 27.2°N 88.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 998 mb | 28.0°N 90.2°W | 115 mi SSE of Houma, Louisiana |
| Sep 15 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 990 mb | 28.7°N 92.2°W | 88 mi S of Abbeville, Louisiana |
| Sep 16 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 994 mb | 29.3°N 94.0°W | 41 mi S of Port Arthur, Texas |
| Sep 16 02:00 | TS LANDFALL | 69 mph | 994 mb | 29.5°N 94.5°W | 23 mi NE of Galveston, Texas |
| Sep 16 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 29.9°N 95.5°W | 13 mi NW of Houston, Texas |
| Sep 16 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 30.6°N 96.4°W | near College Station, Texas |
| Sep 16 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1003 mb | 31.4°N 97.0°W | 13 mi SE of Waco, Texas |
| Sep 17 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1001 mb | 32.2°N 97.5°W | 12 mi SSW of Cleburne, Texas |
| Sep 17 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 33.0°N 97.6°W | near Azle, Texas |
| Sep 17 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 33.6°N 97.2°W | near Gainesville, Texas |
| Sep 17 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 34.2°N 96.5°W | 16 mi NNW of Durant, Oklahoma |
| Sep 18 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 34.7°N 95.7°W | 17 mi SSE of McAlester, Oklahoma |
| Sep 18 06:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | — | 35.0°N 94.5°W | 27 mi SSW of Fort Smith, Arkansas |
| Sep 18 12:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | — | 35.2°N 93.3°W | 11 mi WSW of Russellville, Arkansas |
| Sep 18 18:00 | TD extratropical | 23 mph | — | 35.3°N 92.3°W | 17 mi NNE of Conway, Arkansas |
| Sep 19 00:00 | TD extratropical | 23 mph | — | 35.5°N 91.3°W | 27 mi SE of Batesville, Arkansas |
| Sep 19 06:00 | TD extratropical | 17 mph | — | 35.5°N 90.4°W | 31 mi NW of Memphis, Tennessee |
| Sep 19 12:00 | TD extratropical | 17 mph | — | 35.8°N 89.8°W | 11 mi SE of Blytheville, Arkansas |
| Sep 19 18:00 | TD extratropical | 17 mph | — | 36.2°N 89.2°W | 15 mi NE of Dyersburg, Tennessee |
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Questions
Felice made landfall once: 23 mi NE of Galveston, Texas on September 16, 1970 at 02:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 69 mph winds.
At its peak on September 15, 1970, Felice was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 69 mph (111 km/h) and a central pressure of 990 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.
7.8 days, from September 12, 1970 to September 19, 1970. It travelled about 2,035 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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