1933 Florida–Mexico hurricane
Category 1 Atlantic hurricane in 1933
The 1933 Florida–Mexico hurricane was the first of five Atlantic hurricanes to affect the United States during the very active 1933 Atlantic hurricane season. The fifth tropical cyclone of the year, it formed east of the Lesser Antilles on July 24, rapidly strengthening as it moved west-northwest. It passed over or near Antigua, Saba, and Saint Thomas, reaching hurricane status on July 26. In the northeastern Caribbean it produced heavy rains and killed at least six people. Over the next three days, it moved north of the Caribbean, paralleling the Lucayan Archipelago. As it crossed the Bahamas, the storm drowned at least one person and caused extensive damage. On July 29, a strong ridge nudged it westward, presaging landfall near Hobe Sound, Florida, a day later. One of two hurricanes to hit the Treasure Coast in 1933, the compact storm unraveled inland, reaching the eastern Gulf of Mexico near Charlotte Harbor as a tropical storm. A minimal hurricane, it caused little wind damage in Florida, but generated heavy rains and localized floods.
Once over water, the storm shifted its course to the west-southwest and gradually regained intensity, its path bringing it to the mouth of the Rio Grande in early August.
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