The name Flossie, or Flossy, has been used for nineteen
tropical cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure area, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depending on its locat ...
s worldwide, two the Atlantic Ocean, eight in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, and nine in the Western Pacific Ocean.
In the Atlantic:
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Hurricane Flossy (1956)
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 hur ...
Category 1 Hurricane that made landfall on the Gulf Coast
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Hurricane Flossie (1978) Long-Lived Category 2 hurricane that stayed out to sea
In the Eastern Pacific:
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Tropical Storm Flossie (1983) – did not affect land.
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Tropical Storm Flossie (1989) – weak storm that paralleled the Mexican coast.
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Hurricane Flossie (1995) – category 1 hurricane that brushed Baja California Sur.
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Hurricane Flossie (2001) – category 2 hurricane whose remnants caused flooding in California.
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Hurricane Flossie (2007)
Hurricane Flossie was a powerful Pacific hurricane, Pacific tropical cyclone that brought squally weather and light damage to Hawaii in August 2007. The sixth named storm, second hurricane, first and only major hurricane of the inactive 200 ...
– category 4 hurricane that passed near
Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two Non-contiguous United States, non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only sta ...
.
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Tropical Storm Flossie (2013) – almost made landfall in Hawaii, but moved to the north and weakened.
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Hurricane Flossie (2019) – category 1 hurricane that neared Hawaii as a tropical depression.
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Hurricane Flossie (2025) – category 3 hurricane that paralleled the Mexican coast.
In the Western Pacific:
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Tropical Storm Flossie (1950) (T5007)
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Typhoon Flossie (1954)
The 1954 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1954, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year wh ...
(T5404)
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Typhoon Flossie (1958) (T5817) – affected Japan.
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Tropical Storm Flossie (1961) (T6109, 28W)
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Typhoon Flossie (1964)
The 1964 Pacific typhoon season was the most active tropical cyclone season recorded globally, with a total of 39 tropical storms forming. It had no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1964, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northw ...
(T6409, 12W) – struck China.
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Typhoon Flossie (1966)
The 1966 Pacific typhoon season was an active season, with many tropical cyclones having severe impacts in China, Japan, and the Philippines. Overall, there were 49 tropical depressions declared officially or unofficially, of which 30 ...
(T6622, 24W)
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Tropical Storm Flossie (1969)
The 1969 Pacific typhoon season was the fourth least-active season on record. The season had no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1969, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. Thes ...
(T6912, 15W) – approached
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
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Typhoon Flossie (1972)
The 1972 Pacific typhoon season was an extremely active season, producing 31 tropical storms, 24 typhoons and 2 intense typhoons. It has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1972, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pa ...
(T7218, 18W, Nitang)
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Typhoon Flossie (1975)
The 1975 Pacific typhoon season was the deadliest tropical cyclone seasons on record, with nearly 229,000 fatalities occurring during the season. Despite this, it was one of the least active on record, with only 21 named storms forming throughout ...
(T7516, 19W) – struck southern China.
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