Hurricane Connie contributed Giving to significant flooding Motion across the eastern United States in August 1955 , just days before Hurricane Diane affected Influence the same general area .

Connie formed Creating on August 3 from a tropical wave in the eastern Atlantic Ocean .

Connie first posed Causation a threat to the Lesser Antilles , ultimately passing Motion_directional about 105 mi ( 165 km ) north of the island group .

On the island , Connie destroyed Destroying 60 homes and caused Causation crop damage Damaging .

After affecting Influence Puerto Rico , Connie reached Arriving maximum sustained winds of 140 mph ( 220 km/h ) , and a barometric pressure of , as observed Perception_active by the Hurricane Hunters on August 7 .

Connie was the first of three damaging Damaging tropical cyclones in the 1955 hurricane Catastrophe season to hit the state , along with Diane and Ione .

Connie produced Manufacturing strong winds , high tides , and heavy rainfall as it moved Motion ashore , causing Causation heavy crop damage Damaging and 27 deaths Death in the state .

In Chesapeake Bay , Connie capsized a boat , killing Killing 14 people and prompting Causation a change Change in Coast Guard regulation .

The rains from Connie contributed Giving to flooding Motion from Hurricane Diane that caused Causation $ 700 million in damage Damaging .

The remnants of Connie killed Killing three people in Ontario , and also destroyed Destroying a few houses and boats in the Canadian province .

As a result of its impacts Influence , including a death Death toll of 77 , the name `` Connie '' was retired from the Atlantic hurricane Catastrophe naming Name_conferral list .

Gradually weakening Cause_change_of_strength after veering Motion back west , Diane made landfall near Wilmington , North Carolina , as a strong tropical storm Catastrophe on August 17 , just five days after Hurricane Connie struck Motion near the same area .

It came Motion on the heels of Hurricanes Connie and Diane , and compounded Cause_to_amalgamate problems already caused by the two earlier hurricanes .

The `` Super Connie '' crashed Catastrophe near the top of Sweeney Ridge in San Bruno , very close to the site of a Coast Guard radio station .