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Tropical Storm Chris (1982)

Tropical Storm Chris was a tropical storm at its peak, with 63 mph winds and a lowest pressure of 994 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 Lake Charles, LA, with a modeled peak gust of 58 mph.

Peak strength63 mph winds (1-minute)
Tropical storm
Cities with tropical-storm-force windsModeled, of the cities we track
2
Landfalls
0
Lowest pressure
994 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 Tropical Storm Chris’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
Lake Charles, LA58 mph47 mph24 milesSep 11, 1982, 8:00 AM CDT
Beaumont, TX54 mph44 mph26 milesSep 11, 1982, 6:45 AM CDT

Best track (16 positions)

TimeStatusWindPressurePosition
Sep 9, 00:00 UTCSubtropical depression29 mph1010 mb26.2°N, 91.0°W
Sep 9, 06:00 UTCSubtropical depression29 mph1010 mb26.3°N, 91.7°W
Sep 9, 12:00 UTCSubtropical depression29 mph1009 mb26.4°N, 92.3°W
Sep 9, 18:00 UTCSubtropical depression35 mph1009 mb26.6°N, 93.0°W
Sep 10, 00:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1008 mb26.8°N, 93.1°W
Sep 10, 06:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1007 mb26.9°N, 94.0°W
Sep 10, 12:00 UTCTropical storm40 mph1005 mb27.3°N, 94.2°W
Sep 10, 18:00 UTCTropical storm52 mph1001 mb27.9°N, 94.1°W
Sep 11, 00:00 UTCTropical storm58 mph1000 mb28.4°N, 94.1°W
Sep 11, 06:00 UTCTropical storm58 mph997 mb29.0°N, 94.0°W
Sep 11, 12:00 UTCTropical storm63 mph994 mb29.8°N, 93.8°W
Sep 11, 18:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph999 mb30.8°N, 93.4°W
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