Tropical Storm Cindy (1993)
Tropical Storm Cindy peaked at 40 kt in the North Atlantic between August 14, 1993 and August 17, 1993, with a lowest pressure of 1007 mb, and made landfall. It did $19 million of damage.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Cindy, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1993 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- August 14, 1993 to August 17, 1993
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1007 mb (29.74 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.1
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- AL041993
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
Wikidata
no death figure$19 million
A community-maintained total, usually direct and indirect deaths together and damage worldwide. Joined to this storm by its IBTrACS serial, not by name.
Landfalls
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 18:00 | Ducos, Martinique, Martinique, 12 km away | 14.5N 60.9W | 35 kt (40 mph) | 1012 mb |
| Aug 16, 21:00 | Santa Cruz de Barahona, Barahona Province, Dominican Republic, 15 km away | 18.3N 71.0W | 30 kt (35 mph) | 1009 mb |
Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 12:00 | 14.1N 59.5W | 30 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 14, 18:00 landfall | 14.5N 60.9W | 35 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 00:00 | 14.9N 62.2W | 35 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 06:00 | 15.2N 63.5W | 35 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 12:00 | 15.4N 64.8W | 35 kt | 1013 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 18:00 | 15.8N 66.0W | 35 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 00:00 | 16.4N 66.9W | 35 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 06:00 | 17.0N 68.0W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 12:00 | 17.3N 69.3W | 40 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 18:00 | 17.9N 70.6W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 21:00 landfall | 18.3N 71.0W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 17, 00:00 | 18.8N 71.3W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1993
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1993
- Tropical Storm ArleneNorth Atlantic · 1993
- Tropical Storm BretNorth Atlantic · 1993
- Hurricane EmilyNorth Atlantic · 1993
- Tropical Storm DennisNorth Atlantic · 1993
- Hurricane FloydNorth Atlantic · 1993
- Hurricane GertNorth Atlantic · 1993
- Hurricane HarveyNorth Atlantic · 1993
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1993
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.