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NHC AL042011 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Don (2011)

July 27, 2011 – July 30, 2011

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

Tropical Storm Don peaked at Tropical storm with 52 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 18 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Don in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Don from July 27, 2011 to July 30, 2011; its peak was 52 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on July 30 at 35 mph (tropical depression), 29 miles from Corpus Christi, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 18 US cities, all in Texas. The strongest pass was 41 mph (tropical storm) 62 miles from South Padre Island, TX; the centre came closest to Port Aransas, TX, 58 miles away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

52 mph

Cities within 75 mi
18
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1

Cities Don passed near, strongest first

Texas (18)

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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.