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Tropical Storm Felice (1970)

Tropical Storm Felice was a tropical storm at its peak, with 69 mph winds and a lowest pressure of 990 mb, per NOAA's National Hurricane Center. Modeled winds reached tropical-storm force (39 mph) at 6 of the cities we track; the strongest was Beaumont, TX, with a modeled peak gust of 65 mph.

Peak strength69 mph winds (1-minute)
Tropical storm
Cities with tropical-storm-force windsModeled, of the cities we track
6
LandfallsFirst September 16, 1970
1
Lowest pressure
990 mb

Track, wind field and cities

Select a piece of the track or a city for details.

  • Depression or weaker
  • Tropical storm
  • Hurricane, Category 1 or 2
  • Major hurricane, Category 3 to 5
  • Landfall
  • City (larger ring, stronger modeled gust)
  • Modeled wind field, 39 to 111 mph sustained (darker, stronger; orange 111 mph+)
Source: NOAA/NWS National Hurricane Center best track (HURDAT2). City winds and the wind field are modeled.

The shaded areas are where our model puts Tropical Storm Felice’s sustained winds over open land at 39 mph or more (tropical-storm force), 58, 74 (hurricane force) and 111 mph (major hurricane force) at some point along its track. Modeled, not measured. How we model hurricane winds

Landfalls

  1. September 16, 1970, tropical storm at 69 mph, about 37 miles from League City, TX

Modeled winds at cities (6)

Estimated peak winds for open, flat ground at each city’s center. Not measurements. How we model hurricane winds

CityPeak gustSustainedClosest passPeak
Beaumont, TX65 mph53 mph46 milesSep 15, 1970, 9:00 PM CDT
Pasadena, TX57 mph46 mph7 milesSep 15, 1970, 9:00 PM CDT
League City, TX56 mph45 mph16 milesSep 15, 1970, 9:00 PM CDT
Pearland, TX52 mph42 mph17 milesSep 15, 1970, 9:00 PM CDT
Houston, TX52 mph42 mph5 milesSep 15, 1970, 9:45 PM CDT
Lake Charles, LA51 mph41 mph75 milesSep 15, 1970, 6:00 PM CDT

Best track (33 positions)

TimeStatusWindPressurePosition
Sep 12, 00:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph25.4°N, 77.5°W
Sep 12, 06:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph25.4°N, 77.7°W
Sep 12, 12:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph25.4°N, 78.0°W
Sep 12, 18:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph25.3°N, 78.3°W
Sep 13, 00:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph25.3°N, 78.5°W
Sep 13, 06:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph25.2°N, 79.1°W
Sep 13, 12:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph25.0°N, 80.0°W
Sep 13, 18:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph24.8°N, 81.0°W
Sep 14, 00:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1011 mb24.4°N, 82.0°W
Sep 14, 06:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1010 mb24.2°N, 83.0°W
Sep 14, 12:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph24.5°N, 84.1°W
Sep 14, 18:00 UTCTropical storm40 mph1008 mb25.4°N, 85.3°W
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