atlantic hurricane season atlantic hurricane season included tropical cyclone affecting threatening land named storms pre season tropical depression seven storms hurricanes including major hurricanes equivalent category saffir simpson scale strongest storm hurricane strong category hurricane mph winds barometric pressure mbar inhg offshore southeastern united_states subtropical depression formed caribbean dropped heavy rainfall near miami florida named storm season alma killed people caused flooding texas august major hurricane paralleled eastern coast united_states small size cause damage affected northern caribbean texas significantly dominican_republic people died killed people cuba landfall major hurricane weeks later struck dominican_republic killed people storm season caused million damage usd north_carolina passed state effects limited coast hurricane killed person storm season killed people jamaica precursor dropped rainfall person killed bahamas season summary tropical storms season comparable year average contrast previous season storms gulf_of_mexico storms occurred western atlantic_ocean storm alma formed middle june subsequently trough persisted eastern united_states suppressed tropical cyclone formation conditions remained unfavorable july large ridge suppressing august persistent trough caused storms remain ocean storms formed middle august middle october polar air reached far south florida shift ridge season started united_states weather_bureau office miami began setting distribute hourly advisories newspapers hurricane season officially began june lasted november season started sent employees assist hurricane hunters flew daily investigate potential storms atlantic_ocean gulf_of_mexico addition set radars texas maine track storms beginning weather_bureau predicted change tide storm assistance tide specialist season reporter daughter weather_bureau director flew hurricane woman fly hurricane utilizing radars east_coast united_states weather_bureau tracked occurrence feat season activity reflected cumulative accumulated cyclone energy ace rating ace broadly speaking measure power hurricane multiplied length time existed storms long time particularly strong hurricanes high values ace calculated advisories tropical systems exceeding knots mph tropical storm strength storms tropical storm small circulation crossed panama pacific_ocean following day developing depression near western caribbean system gradually organized warm waters moving northwest developing defined low pressure area approached western cuba later day depression crossed western portion island turning northeast system passed southeast florida dropping heavy rainfall peaked homestead second half precipitation fell depression locations miami area reported record near record rainfall month high rainfall disrupted planting vegetables crop damage flooding entered homes businesses forcing evacuations people lost telephone service brief water key hundreds vehicle accidents related storm affecting florida depression continued northeast warm core able develop significantly lack temperature instability low developing southwest circulation depression briefly forecast strike north_carolina instead eastward moving ridge kept offshore north_carolina depression dropped rainfall influx cold air transitioned depression extratropical cyclone approaching cold absorbed depression produced heavy rainfall eastern canada tropical storm alma tropical wave observed central caribbean_sea june following day evidence weak closed circulation south coast jamaica moving generally westward june crossed yucatán_peninsula system emerged day june tropical depression formed halfway hours depression intensified tropical storm alma east later day ship reported pressure mbar inhg high seas early june united_states_coast_guard plane measured winds mph near northeast mexican coast day alma landfall south texas northeastern mexico storm moved ashore northeastern early june crossing southern texas weakening tropical depression alma dissipating western texas late june united_states_coast_guard recommended people evacuate beach areas near texas moved ashore alma produced high tide person drowned near galveston heavy surf highest wind gust mph port causing minor damage alma dropped heavy rainfall inland reaching near rains caused floods resulted heavy damage property crops rivers streams rose banks floods creating floods covered highways forced people evacuate near rains knocked telephone lines temporarily trapped hundreds scouts person drowned people overall died system tropical storm based reports cape_verde islands offshore africa estimated tropical depression developed august moved westward subtropical ridge north motion depression continue duration nearby ship reports indicated gradual strengthening depression tropical storm august utc august office initiated advisories tropical storm halfway lesser antilles cape_verde day hurricane hunters flew storm reporting pressure mbar inhg flight level winds mph peak surface winds estimated mph august storm warning issued northern leeward_islands storm watch issued northern puerto_rico peaking intensity continued quickly west northwest fast motion prevented strengthening august flight reported hurricane force wind gusts rainbands east northeast center day circulation poorly defined august extratropical merged approaching cold storm turned north northeast dissipating later august transitioning extratropical storm produced high waves southeastern coast united_states hurricane developed tropical wave spawned tropical storm august south cape_verde moved westward ships area indicated large circulation hurricane hunters flew system observed developed hurricane winds mph highest measured winds result initiated advisories hurricane issued hurricane watch lesser antilles subsequent analysis determined hurricane august weak trough near allowed hurricane turn north continued intensify based improved definition eye radar imagery flight storm late august indicated pressure mbar inhg winds mph early august maintaining peak winds hours began weakening turned northwest strengthening ridge northeast hurricane outflow weakening trough approaching cold turned northeast august caused accelerate day passed east bermuda august hurricane extratropical southeast newfoundland storm dropped rainfall remnants turned east east southeast dissipating august azores portugal hurricane tropical wave moved august gradually spread north august nearby ship reported low pressure area strong winds indicating formation small tropical cyclone near bahamas hurricane hunters flight indicated winds mph weather_bureau initiated advisories tropical storm early august north bahamas day hurricane initially moved slowly northwest ridge northeast august trough turned northeast hurricane continued intensify anticyclone aloft early august hurricane reached peak winds mph minimum pressure mbar inhg offshore south_carolina accelerated north passing east north_carolina gusts peaked mph storm small size duration visible radar eastern united_states assisted tracking storm passing east dropped moderate rainfall peaking near north_carolina turning northeast august weather_bureau issued hurricane warning massachusetts projected path near new_england later august passed southeast nearby reported peak gusts mph east reported gusts mph storm produced high tides light rainfall forced people evacuate small size major damage united_states affecting weakened extratropical early august remnants turned east passing south nova scotia dissipating august canada storm damaged boat drifted days reaching new_brunswick hurricane tropical wave spawned tropical depression near lesser antilles august quickly quickly intensified eastern caribbean hurricane august passing south puerto_rico outer rainbands caused flooding caused minor damage september strengthened winds mph measured hurricane_hunters intensity hurricane passed south dominican_republic making landfall southwestern haiti dominican_republic heavy rainfall floods caused damage country southwestern portion heavy rainfall caused widespread flooding southwestern haiti thousands people homeless houses damaged people killed flash flooding affecting haiti weakened category hurricane moving ashore southeastern cuba early september traversing island weakened tropical storm unable near washed away houses killed people person died country hurricane reached gulf_of_mexico september structure disrupted remained tropical storm continued west northwest outer rainbands produced gusts mph louisiana struck texas september dissipated soon final landfall storm produced rainfall galveston texas city person died falling overboard boat hurricane ship september indicated tropical depression developed tropical wave east lesser antilles system initially consolidated september day hurricane_hunters observed mph winds prompted weather_bureau upgrade tropical storm storm fast track northwest gale warning hurricane watch issued northern windward_islands september intensified hurricane reached peak winds mph time passed northeast leeward_islands later began weakening september downgraded tropical storm status turned northeast september passing southeast bermuda storm dissipated september tropical storm tropical wave observed september east lesser antilles moved westward based surface reports island chain tropical depression developed west martinique september system moved quickly west northwest tropical storm late september hurricane hunters encountered winds mph september offshore dominican_republic basis system designated tropical storm shortly storm struck peninsula high terrain hispaniola quickly weakened september hurricane_hunters detect closed circulation estimated dissipated offshore southeastern cuba wave continued west later reaching gulf_of_mexico aided approaching trough small low pressure area redeveloped september struck southern texas moved northeast low eventually dissipated louisiana september having produced gusts mph texas coast precursor passed lesser antilles dropped rain stations reported winds mph storm threat prompted gale warnings southern coast puerto_rico dominican_republic island killed people people drowned falling boat island died house collapsed inside storm damaged coffee banana crops puerto_rico winds reached mph dominican_republic hurricane tropical wave observed near cape_verde september september hurricane hunters observed circulation indicated tropical depression formed east northern leeward_islands moved west northwest tropical storm september day hurricane aided anticyclone aloft moved large ridge bringing center southeastern united_states hurricane approached carolinas hurricane rapidly intensified eye visible radar reached peak winds mph morning september approaching trough turned hurricane northeast came coast north_carolina slowly weakened time size expanded september extratropical moving newfoundland remnants continued northeast later turning southeast dissipating october west great_britain paralleling southeastern united_states produced peak storm surge near cherry point north_carolina station wilmington reported sustained winds mph peak gust mph exceeding previous record measured wind speed wide margin winds estimated mph gusts high mph rainfall peaked wilmington international airport rainfall spread far north new_england damage united_states totaled million indirect fatality atlantic_canada produced high winds heavy rainfall causing power outages wharf nova_scotia destroyed rough seas generated traps carried sea result hurricane september ship reports near area disturbed weather east lesser antilles prompted hurricane hunters flight time aircraft investigated system discovered tropical storm winds mph named weather_bureau subsequent analysis estimated storm tropical depression earlier day quickly intensified hurricane september time located southeast hurricane subsequent days hurricanes underwent effect turned north turned northeast quickly intensified september developing defined eye spiral rainbands early september reached peak winds mph subsequently weakened september hurricane turned northeast accelerated extratropical dissipating day early duration weather_bureau issued gale warning hurricane watch leeward_islands northern puerto_rico damage reported storm caused extensive beach erosion conditions bermuda hurricane tropical wave moved september moved westward caribbean developing broad circulation october approached jamaica weak circulation gradually better organized developing tropical depression near october system quickly intensified tropical storm moved coast cuba eastward moving cold turned storm north northeast crossed central cuba early october storm intensified moving bahamas hurricane october slowed day reached peak winds mph october hurricane turned east northeast time weakened slightly day attained previous peak intensity passing northwest bermuda reaching minimum pressure mbar inhg october extratropical northern atlantic_ocean day merged stronger non tropical low offshore atlantic_canada precursor dropped heavy rainfall jamaica reaching locations rain induced flooding destroyed homes wrecked crops damaged coastal roads people killed floods considered worst years cuba weather_bureau issued gale warnings florida cape_hatteras north_carolina bahamas produced peak winds mph nassau person killed trying boat lost yacht seriously damaged bahamas damage country reached tropical storm storm names following names named storms tropical storms hurricanes formed north_atlantic
1958 Atlantic hurricane season