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NHC AL092002 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Hanna (2002)

September 12, 2002 – September 15, 2002

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

Tropical Storm Hanna peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 81 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Hanna in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Hanna from September 12, 2002 to September 15, 2002; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on September 14 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 30 miles from Buras, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 81 US cities, in 4 states, most in Alabama (32) and Mississippi (27). The strongest pass was 58 mph (tropical storm) 5 miles from Pascagoula, MS; the centre came closest to Grand Bay, AL, 1 mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
81
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
4

Cities Hanna passed near, strongest first

Alabama (32)

Mississippi (27)

Louisiana (17)

Florida (5)

Other storms of the 2002 season

  • BerthaTropical storm · 64 cities
  • EdouardTropical storm · 103 cities
  • FayTropical storm · 38 cities
  • GustavCategory 2 · 6 cities
  • IsidoreCategory 3 · 211 cities
  • KyleCategory 1 · 244 cities
  • LiliCategory 4 · 148 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.