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NHC AL032003 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Bill (2003)

June 28, 2003 – July 3, 2003

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Tropical Storm Bill peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 146 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Bill in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Bill from June 28, 2003 to July 3, 2003; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on June 30 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 24 miles from Chauvin, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 146 US cities, in 2 states, most in Louisiana (107). The strongest pass was 56 mph (tropical storm) 5 miles from Houma, LA; the centre came closest to Angie, LA, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
146
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2

Cities Bill passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (107)

and 47 more

Mississippi (39)

Other storms of the 2003 season

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About this record

The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.