Tropical Storm Alex (1998)
Tropical Storm Alex peaked at 45 kt in the North Atlantic between July 27, 1998 and August 2, 1998, with a lowest pressure of 1002 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Alex, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1998 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
- July 27, 1998 to August 2, 1998
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1002 mb (29.59 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 720 km (447 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.8
- Fastest the center moved
- 21 kt (24 mph)
- Identifier
- AL011998
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 12:00 | 11.3N 25.4W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 27, 18:00 | 11.7N 27.2W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 28, 00:00 | 12.2N 29.2W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 28, 06:00 | 12.6N 31.3W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 28, 12:00 | 12.9N 33.3W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 28, 18:00 | 13.1N 35.1W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 29, 00:00 | 13.3N 36.8W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 29, 06:00 | 13.5N 38.5W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 29, 12:00 | 13.7N 40.0W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 29, 18:00 | 13.9N 41.3W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 30, 00:00 | 14.2N 42.6W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 30, 06:00 | 14.4N 43.9W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 30, 12:00 | 14.7N 45.0W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 30, 18:00 | 15.1N 46.1W | 45 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 31, 00:00 | 15.4N 47.1W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 31, 06:00 | 15.6N 48.1W | 45 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 31, 12:00 | 15.7N 49.2W | 45 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 31, 18:00 | 15.8N 50.4W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 1, 00:00 | 15.9N 51.7W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 1, 06:00 | 16.3N 53.1W | 35 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 1, 12:00 | 16.9N 54.3W | 40 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 1, 18:00 | 17.7N 55.4W | 40 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 2, 00:00 | 18.4N 56.5W | 35 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 2, 06:00 | 19.0N 57.7W | 35 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 2, 12:00 | 19.9N 58.6W | 35 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 2, 18:00 | 21.0N 59.3W | 30 kt | 1014 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1998
- Hurricane BonnieNorth Atlantic · 1998
- Tropical Storm CharleyNorth Atlantic · 1998
- Hurricane DanielleNorth Atlantic · 1998
- Hurricane EarlNorth Atlantic · 1998
- Tropical Storm FrancesNorth Atlantic · 1998
- Hurricane GeorgesNorth Atlantic · 1998 · 827 deaths
- Tropical Storm HermineNorth Atlantic · 1998
- Hurricane IvanNorth Atlantic · 1998
- Hurricane JeanneNorth Atlantic · 1998
- Hurricane KarlNorth Atlantic · 1998
- Hurricane LisaNorth Atlantic · 1998
- Hurricane MitchNorth Atlantic · 1998 · 19,325 deaths
- Hurricane NicoleNorth Atlantic · 1998
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.