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NHC AL132011 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Lee (2011)

September 2, 2011 – September 6, 2011

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

Tropical Storm Lee peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 286 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Lee in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Lee from September 2, 2011 to September 6, 2011; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 4 at 46 mph (tropical storm), 24 miles from Erath, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 286 US cities, in 4 states, most in Louisiana (154) and Mississippi (80). The strongest pass was 46 mph (tropical storm) 1 mile from Beaumont, MS; the centre came closest to Baton Rouge, LA, 1 mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
286
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
4
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Cities Lee passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (154)

and 94 more

Mississippi (80)

and 20 more

Alabama (49)

Florida (3)

Other storms of the 2011 season

  • DonTropical storm · 18 cities
  • IreneCategory 3 · 1,812 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.