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Hurricane Bob (1979)

Hurricane Bob was a Category 1 hurricane at its peak, with 75 mph winds and a lowest pressure of 986 mb, per NOAA's National Hurricane Center. Modeled winds reached tropical-storm force (39 mph) at 2 of the cities we track; the strongest was New Orleans, LA, with a modeled peak gust of 61 mph.

Peak strength75 mph winds (1-minute)
Category 1
Cities with tropical-storm-force windsModeled, of the cities we track
2
Landfalls
0
Lowest pressure
986 mb

Track, wind field and cities

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  • 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 Hurricane Bob’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

Modeled winds at cities (2)

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

CityPeak gustSustainedClosest passPeak
New Orleans, LA61 mph50 mph27 milesJul 11, 1979, 9:30 AM CDT
Slidell, LA56 mph46 mph33 milesJul 11, 1979, 10:15 AM CDT

Best track (29 positions)

TimeStatusWindPressurePosition
Jul 9, 12:00 UTCTropical depression23 mph1012 mb22.0°N, 96.0°W
Jul 9, 18:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph1010 mb22.5°N, 95.3°W
Jul 10, 00:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1007 mb23.0°N, 94.6°W
Jul 10, 06:00 UTCTropical storm40 mph1004 mb23.5°N, 93.8°W
Jul 10, 12:00 UTCTropical storm58 mph998 mb24.0°N, 93.0°W
Jul 10, 18:00 UTCTropical storm63 mph996 mb25.0°N, 92.3°W
Jul 11, 00:00 UTCCategory 1 hurricane75 mph988 mb26.2°N, 91.6°W
Jul 11, 06:00 UTCCategory 1 hurricane75 mph991 mb27.8°N, 91.1°W
Jul 11, 12:00 UTCCategory 1 hurricane75 mph986 mb29.1°N, 90.6°W
Jul 11, 18:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph992 mb31.0°N, 90.2°W
Jul 12, 00:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph998 mb32.5°N, 89.9°W
Jul 12, 06:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph1002 mb34.0°N, 89.7°W
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