The 1947 Atlantic hurricane season was the first Atlantic hurricane season to have significant tropical cyclones named by the United States Air Force. The season started on June 16, 1947 and ran until November 1, 1947 wit 9 tropical storms developing during the season.
The 1947 hurricane season was a fairly active one in terms of landfalling storms. A Category 2 hit near Tampico, a Category 1 hit near Galveston, and a Category 1 hit near the Georgia/South Carolina border. The most significant storm by far, however, was the Fort Lauderdale Hurricane which struck Fort Lauderdale as a Category 4 hurricane, then made a second landfall in Louisiana.
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