 Hurricane Audrey was an extremely destructive tropical cyclone which primarily impacted areas of the South Central United States in June 1957 . The first named storm and hurricane of the annual hurricane season , it first formed on June 25 , 1957 from a tropical wave which moved into the Bay of Campeche , developing so quickly that it was never recorded at tropical depression status . Hurricane Audrey rapidly intensified to a major hurricane on June 26, reaching peak winds of 135 mph (215 km/h) . The storm made landfall along the Texas–Louisiana border late on June 27 , with