Tropical Storm Florence (1969)
Tropical Storm Florence peaked at 60 kt in the Eastern Pacific between September 2, 1969 and September 7, 1969, with a lowest pressure of 997 mb.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Tropical Storm Florence. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- September 2, 1969 to September 7, 1969
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 997 mb (29.44 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 90 km (56 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.6
- Identifier
- EP061969
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 00:00 | 17.1N 107.3W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 2, 06:00 | 17.4N 108.9W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 2, 12:00 | 17.9N 110.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 2, 18:00 | 18.8N 110.5W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 3, 00:00 | 19.6N 110.6W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 3, 06:00 | 19.8N 110.2W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 3, 12:00 | 19.9N 109.9W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 3, 18:00 | 20.0N 109.7W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 4, 00:00 | 20.1N 109.6W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 4, 06:00 | 20.4N 109.6W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 4, 12:00 | 20.7N 109.7W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 4, 18:00 | 20.5N 109.7W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 5, 00:00 | 20.4N 109.8W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 5, 06:00 | 20.9N 109.9W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 5, 12:00 | 21.5N 110.0W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 5, 18:00 | 21.8N 110.3W | 45 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 6, 00:00 | 22.1N 110.6W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 6, 06:00 | 22.5N 110.8W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 6, 12:00 | 23.0N 111.1W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 6, 18:00 | 23.6N 111.9W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 7, 00:00 | 24.1N 112.8W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 7, 06:00 | 24.4N 113.4W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 7, 12:00 | 24.5N 113.9W | 30 kt | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1969
- Tropical Storm AvaEastern Pacific · 1969
- Hurricane BerniceEastern Pacific · 1969
- Tropical Storm ClaudiaEastern Pacific · 1969
- Hurricane DoreenEastern Pacific · 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1969
- Tropical Storm EmilyEastern Pacific · 1969
- Hurricane GlendaEastern Pacific · 1969
- Tropical Storm HeatherEastern Pacific · 1969
- Tropical Storm IrahEastern Pacific · 1969
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1969
- Hurricane JenniferEastern Pacific · 1969
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
Sources
Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.