Hurricane Alice (1954)
Hurricane Alice reached Category 2 in the North Atlantic between June 24, 1954 and June 27, 1954, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Alice, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1954 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- June 24, 1954 to June 27, 1954
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 95 kt (109 mph)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.5
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- AL031954
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 14:00 | San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 58 km away | 25.0N 97.6W | 95 kt (109 mph) |
Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.
Rainfall
The Weather Prediction Center attributes 637 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 24.07 inches (611 mm).
| Station | Total | Position |
|---|---|---|
| PANDALE 1 N | 24.07 in (611 mm) | 30.17N 101.55W |
| OZONA | 7.52 in (191 mm) | 30.70N 101.20W |
| CLINE | 6.92 in (176 mm) | 29.25N 100.08W |
| HEBBRONVILLE | 6.48 in (165 mm) | 27.32N 98.67W |
| FREER 4N | 5.80 in (147 mm) | 27.93N 98.62W |
| CLOUDT RCH | 5.74 in (146 mm) | 30.18N 100.37W |
| AGUA NUEVA | 5.69 in (145 mm) | 26.90N 98.60W |
| MCCOOK | 5.18 in (132 mm) | 26.55N 98.12W |
| MERRILL RCH | 4.63 in (118 mm) | 30.53N 104.05W |
| LA PRYOR | 4.54 in (115 mm) | 28.98N 99.87W |
| FALFURRIAS | 4.51 in (115 mm) | 27.13N 98.12W |
| WESLACO | 4.47 in (114 mm) | 26.17N 97.97W |
WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 12:00 | 22.2N 93.7W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 24, 18:00 | 22.8N 94.5W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 25, 00:00 | 23.5N 95.4W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jun 25, 06:00 | 24.2N 96.3W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jun 25, 12:00 | 24.8N 97.2W | 95 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jun 25, 14:00 landfall | 25.0N 97.6W | 95 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jun 25, 18:00 | 25.6N 98.1W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jun 26, 00:00 | 26.6N 99.0W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 26, 06:00 | 27.8N 99.8W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 26, 12:00 | 28.8N 100.6W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 26, 18:00 | 29.4N 101.5W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jun 27, 00:00 | 29.7N 102.7W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jun 27, 06:00 | 30.0N 104.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1954
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1954
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1954
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1954
- Tropical Storm BarbaraNorth Atlantic · 1954
- Hurricane CarolNorth Atlantic · 1954
- Hurricane DollyNorth Atlantic · 1954
- Hurricane EdnaNorth Atlantic · 1954
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1954
- Tropical Storm FlorenceNorth Atlantic · 1954
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1954
- Tropical Storm GildaNorth Atlantic · 1954
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1954
- Hurricane HazelNorth Atlantic · 1954
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1954
- Hurricane AliceNorth Atlantic · 1954
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
Sources
Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.