Track map & timeline · Atlantic · September 4–16, 1978
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 Flossie (1978) was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1978 Atlantic season. It formed on September 4, 1978, reached its peak of 98 mph (157 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 976 mb on September 13, 1978, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 12.3 days and travelled about 5,041 miles (8,110 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1006 mb | 12.0°N 39.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 13.0°N 40.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 14.2°N 41.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 15.5°N 42.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 16.7°N 44.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 17.8°N 46.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 18.9°N 47.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 20.3°N 49.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 21.2°N 51.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 22.0°N 53.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 22.1°N 55.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 21.8°N 56.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 21.7°N 58.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 21.8°N 59.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1001 mb | 22.2°N 60.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 22.3°N 61.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 22.6°N 62.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 23.5°N 62.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 24.3°N 61.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 25.0°N 60.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 25.7°N 59.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 26.4°N 59.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 27.2°N 58.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 27.7°N 57.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 28.2°N 56.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 28.6°N 54.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 28.7°N 53.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 29.1°N 52.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 29.2°N 50.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1001 mb | 29.9°N 49.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 998 mb | 30.7°N 47.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 31.0°N 45.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 995 mb | 31.3°N 44.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 992 mb | 31.4°N 44.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 985 mb | 31.6°N 43.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 980 mb | 31.7°N 43.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 00:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 976 mb | 31.8°N 42.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 06:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 32.1°N 43.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 32.6°N 43.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 985 mb | 33.6°N 43.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 34.6°N 43.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 35.9°N 42.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 37.4°N 41.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 39.3°N 40.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 40.9°N 38.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 992 mb | 43.1°N 35.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 998 mb | 45.7°N 32.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 47.7°N 29.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 00:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 49.8°N 24.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 06:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | — | 51.5°N 19.0°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Flossie.
At its peak on September 13, 1978, Flossie was a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 98 mph (157 km/h) and a central pressure of 976 mb.
12.3 days, from September 4, 1978 to September 16, 1978, including 78 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 5,041 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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