Hurricane Harvey (1993)
Hurricane Harvey reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between September 18, 1993 and September 21, 1993, with a lowest pressure of 990 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Harvey, 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
- September 18, 1993 to September 21, 1993
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 990 mb (29.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 697 km (433 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.7
- Fastest the center moved
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Identifier
- AL091993
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 18, 18:00 | 26.7N 61.8W | 30 kt | 1014 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 27.3N 62.0W | 30 kt | 1013 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 27.9N 62.0W | 30 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 28.5N 61.7W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 29.3N 61.1W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 30.2N 60.2W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 31.5N 59.0W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 33.3N 57.4W | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 35.6N 55.2W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 37.8N 52.5W | 60 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 39.8N 49.4W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 12:00 | 42.5N 46.5W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 18:00 | 46.0N 42.0W | 50 kt | 999 mb | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1993
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1993
- Tropical Storm ArleneNorth Atlantic · 1993
- Tropical Storm BretNorth Atlantic · 1993
- Tropical Storm CindyNorth Atlantic · 1993 · $19 million
- Hurricane EmilyNorth Atlantic · 1993
- Tropical Storm DennisNorth Atlantic · 1993
- Hurricane FloydNorth Atlantic · 1993
- Hurricane GertNorth 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.