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NHC AL122019 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Karen (2019)

September 22, 2019 – September 27, 2019

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

Tropical Storm Karen peaked at Tropical storm with 46 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 53 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Karen in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Karen from September 22, 2019 to September 27, 2019; its peak was 46 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on September 24 at 46 mph (tropical storm), 4 miles from Vieques, PR. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 53 US cities, all in Puerto Rico. The strongest pass was 46 mph (tropical storm) 4 miles from Vieques, PR.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

46 mph

Cities within 75 mi
53
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1

Cities Karen passed near, strongest first

Puerto Rico (53)

Other storms of the 2019 season

  • BarryCategory 1 · 191 cities
  • DorianCategory 5 · 139 cities
  • ImeldaTropical storm · 68 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.