The 1995 season

Tropical Storm Jerry (1995)

Tropical Storm Jerry peaked at 35 kt in the North Atlantic between August 22, 1995 and August 28, 1995, with a lowest pressure of 1002 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Jerry, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1995 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
North Atlantic
Dates
August 22, 1995 to August 28, 1995
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
Lowest pressure
1002 mb (29.59 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.6
Fastest the center moved
13 kt (15 mph)
Identifier
AL111995

Radar at KMLB as it neared land, Aug 23, 18:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Landfall

Time (UTC)WherePositionWindPressure
Aug 23, 18:00Limestone Creek, FL, 9 km away27.0N 80.2W35 kt (40 mph)1006 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.

Rainfall

The Weather Prediction Center attributes 1,096 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 18.51 inches (470 mm).

StationTotalPosition
ANTREVILLE18.51 in (470 mm)34.25N 82.57W
PLANT INTAKE - CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH18.33 in (466 mm)26.71N 80.06W
COPELAND17.98 in (457 mm)25.95N 81.36W
NAPLES COURT HOUSE (BELFORT)15.28 in (388 mm)26.13N 81.75W
ALVA15.27 in (388 mm)26.71N 81.63W
HILTON HEAD15.13 in (384 mm)32.22N 80.75W
GREER GREENV'L-SPARTANBRG AP14.85 in (377 mm)34.88N 82.22W
WEST PELZER 2 W14.52 in (369 mm)34.65N 82.48W
GEORGETOWN 2 E14.29 in (363 mm)33.37N 79.22W
COLLIER14.21 in (361 mm)26.16N 81.66W
EVERGLADES13.67 in (347 mm)25.85N 81.38W
EVERGLADES EVCITY13.67 in (347 mm)25.85N 81.38W

WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 22, 18:0023.7N 78.7W20 kt1010 mbTropical depression
Aug 23, 00:0024.2N 78.9W25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Aug 23, 06:0025.2N 79.2W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Aug 23, 12:0026.4N 79.7W35 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Aug 23, 18:00 landfall27.0N 80.2W35 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 00:0027.3N 80.5W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 06:0027.7N 81.1W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 12:0028.4N 81.8W35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 24, 18:0028.8N 82.6W30 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 25, 00:0029.0N 82.9W30 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 25, 06:0029.2N 83.3W30 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Aug 25, 12:0029.8N 83.3W25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Aug 25, 18:0030.4N 83.2W25 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Aug 26, 00:0030.7N 83.4W25 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Aug 26, 06:0031.3N 83.7W20 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Aug 26, 12:0031.8N 83.9W20 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Aug 26, 18:0032.4N 84.0W20 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Aug 27, 00:0033.0N 84.0W20 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Aug 27, 06:0033.5N 83.9W20 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Aug 27, 12:0033.8N 83.6W20 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Aug 27, 18:0033.9N 83.0W20 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Aug 28, 00:0033.8N 82.4W20 kt1006 mbTropical depression

Other North Atlantic storms of 1995

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.