Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · September 10–12, 1954
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 Florence (1954) was a tropical storm of the 1954 Atlantic season. It formed on September 10, 1954, 214 mi E of Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico, reached its peak of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1001 mb on September 12, 1954, and made landfall 15 mi NNE of San Rafael, Veracruz, Mexico on September 12, 1954 as a tropical storm (63 mph). The storm lasted 2.3 days and travelled about 288 miles (464 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 12, 1954 · 11:00 UTC | 15 mi NNE of San Rafael, Veracruz, Mexico | TS 63 mph | — |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xalapa de Enríquez, Veracruz, Mexico | 59 mi | Sep 12 · 13:00 UTC | TS 58 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 10 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 22.5°N 94.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 22.5°N 94.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 22.4°N 95.0°W | 182 mi E of Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Sep 11 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 22.3°N 95.2°W | 169 mi E of Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Sep 11 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 22.0°N 95.3°W | 154 mi ENE of Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 11 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 21.5°N 95.5°W | 128 mi ENE of Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 12 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1001 mb | 21.0°N 95.9°W | 85 mi ENE of Gutiérrez Zamora, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 12 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 20.6°N 96.4°W | 46 mi ENE of Gutiérrez Zamora, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 12 11:00 | TS LANDFALL | 63 mph | — | 20.4°N 96.8°W | 19 mi E of Gutiérrez Zamora, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 12 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 20.4°N 97.0°W | near Gutiérrez Zamora, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 12 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 20.2°N 97.8°W | near Filomeno Mata, Veracruz, Mexico |
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Questions
Florence made landfall once: 15 mi NNE of San Rafael, Veracruz, Mexico on September 12, 1954 at 11:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 63 mph winds.
At its peak on September 12, 1954, Florence was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a central pressure of 1001 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.
2.3 days, from September 10, 1954 to September 12, 1954. It travelled about 288 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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