Hurricane Flossy (1956)

Hurricane Flossy
Meteorological history
FormedSeptember 20, 1956
ExtratropicalSeptember 25, 1956
DissipatedOctober 3, 1956
Category 1 hurricane
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS)
Highest winds90 mph (150 km/h)
Lowest pressure974 mbar (hPa); 28.76 inHg
Overall effects
Fatalities15
Damage$24.9 million (1956 USD)
Areas affectedYucatán Peninsula, United States Gulf Coast, East Coast of the United States
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Part of the 1956 Atlantic hurricane season

Hurricane Flossy originated from a tropical disturbance in the eastern Pacific Ocean and moved across Central America into the Gulf of Mexico as a tropical depression on September 21, 1956, which became a tropical storm on September 22 and a hurricane on September 23. The hurricane peaked with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph (140 km/h) before it struck the central Gulf coast of the United States as a Category 1 hurricane on September 24, and evolved into an extratropical cyclone on September 25.[1] It was the first hurricane to affect oil refining in the Gulf of Mexico. The tropical cyclone led to flooding in New Orleans, and broke a drought across the eastern United States. The death toll was 15, and total damages reached $24.8 million (1956 USD).[2][3]

Despite the damage throughout the Southern United States, the name Flossy wasn't retired.

  1. ^ National Hurricane Center. Atlantic Hurricane Database. Archived 2007-08-20 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2008-02-27.
  2. ^ W. F. Stokes, Jr. Remembering Hurricane Flossie. Archived 2007-02-17 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2007-02-01.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference barnes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).