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NHC AL112003 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Grace (2003)

August 30, 2003 – September 2, 2003

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

Tropical Storm Grace peaked at Tropical storm with 40 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 84 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Grace in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Grace from August 30, 2003 to September 2, 2003; its peak was 40 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 31 at 40 mph (tropical storm), 15 miles from Freeport, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 84 US cities, all in Texas. The strongest pass was 40 mph (tropical storm) 2 miles from Alvin, TX; the centre came closest to Pearland, TX, 2 miles away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

40 mph

Cities within 75 mi
84
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1

Cities Grace passed near, strongest first

Texas (84)

and 24 more

Other storms of the 2003 season

  • BillTropical storm · 146 cities
  • ClaudetteCategory 1 · 96 cities
  • ErikaCategory 1 · 22 cities
  • IsabelCategory 5 · 838 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.