Tropical Storm Ernesto (1994)
Tropical Storm Ernesto peaked at 50 kt in the North Atlantic between September 21, 1994 and September 26, 1994, with a lowest pressure of 997 mb.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Tropical Storm Ernesto. 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
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- September 21, 1994 to September 26, 1994
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 997 mb (29.44 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1399 km (869 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.5
- Fastest the center moved
- 10 kt (12 mph)
- Identifier
- AL071994
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 21, 18:00 | 10.1N 29.9W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 22, 00:00 | 10.5N 30.2W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 22, 06:00 | 11.1N 30.3W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 22, 12:00 | 11.8N 30.3W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 18:00 | 12.5N 30.3W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 00:00 | 13.1N 30.4W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 06:00 | 13.8N 30.5W | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 12:00 | 14.4N 30.6W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 14.9N 30.6W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 15.4N 30.6W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 06:00 | 15.9N 30.7W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 12:00 | 16.5N 31.0W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 16.8N 31.3W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 25, 00:00 | 17.0N 31.6W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 17.0N 31.9W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 17.0N 32.1W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 17.0N 32.3W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 16.8N 33.2W | 20 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1994
- Tropical Storm AlbertoNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Tropical Storm BerylNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Hurricane ChrisNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Tropical Storm DebbyNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Hurricane FlorenceNorth Atlantic · 1994
- Hurricane GordonNorth Atlantic · 1994 · 1,152 deaths · $594 million
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.