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NHC AL112019 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Imelda (2019)

September 17, 2019 – September 19, 2019

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

Tropical Storm Imelda peaked at Tropical storm with 46 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 68 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Imelda in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Imelda from September 17, 2019 to September 19, 2019; its peak was 46 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 17 at 46 mph (tropical storm), 6 miles from Freeport, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 68 US cities, all in Texas. The strongest pass was 46 mph (tropical storm) 3 miles from Freeport, TX; the centre came closest to Clute, TX, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

46 mph

Cities within 75 mi
68
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1

Cities Imelda passed near, strongest first

Texas (68)

and 8 more

Other storms of the 2019 season

  • BarryCategory 1 · 191 cities
  • DorianCategory 5 · 139 cities
  • KarenTropical storm · 53 cities
  • NestorTropical storm · 750 cities
  • OlgaTropical storm · 567 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.