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NHC AL062008 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Fay (2008)

August 15, 2008 – August 28, 2008

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

Tropical Storm Fay peaked at Tropical storm with 69 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 348 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Fay in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Fay from August 15, 2008 to August 28, 2008; its peak was 69 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks 4 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on August 18 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 5 miles from Key West, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 348 US cities, in 3 states, most in Florida (315) and Alabama (24). The strongest pass was 69 mph (tropical storm) 30 miles from Pahokee, FL; the centre came closest to Indian Harbour Beach, FL, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

69 mph

Cities within 75 mi
348
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
3
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Cities Fay passed near, strongest first

Florida (315)

and 255 more

Georgia (9)

Alabama (24)

Other storms of the 2008 season

  • CristobalTropical storm · 66 cities
  • DollyCategory 2 · 48 cities
  • EdouardTropical storm · 103 cities
  • GustavCategory 4 · 194 cities
  • HannaCategory 1 · 2,347 cities
  • IkeCategory 4 · 1,382 cities

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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.