Hurricane Lisa (1998)
Hurricane Lisa reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between October 5, 1998 and October 10, 1998, with a lowest pressure of 995 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Lisa, 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
- October 5, 1998 to October 10, 1998
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 995 mb (29.38 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 998 km (620 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 5.0
- Fastest the center moved
- 74 kt (85 mph)
- Identifier
- AL121998
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 00:00 | 13.9N 46.4W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 5, 06:00 | 14.2N 47.1W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 5, 12:00 | 14.8N 47.8W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 5, 18:00 | 15.7N 48.5W | 40 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 6, 00:00 | 16.5N 49.2W | 40 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 6, 06:00 | 17.1N 49.3W | 45 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 6, 12:00 | 17.6N 48.9W | 45 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 6, 18:00 | 18.2N 48.5W | 45 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 7, 00:00 | 18.9N 48.0W | 50 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 7, 06:00 | 19.6N 47.5W | 50 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 7, 12:00 | 20.4N 46.6W | 50 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 7, 18:00 | 21.5N 45.3W | 50 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 8, 00:00 | 22.9N 43.9W | 55 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 8, 06:00 | 24.6N 42.1W | 55 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 8, 12:00 | 26.9N 40.1W | 55 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 8, 18:00 | 29.6N 38.6W | 60 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 9, 00:00 | 32.9N 37.8W | 60 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 9, 06:00 | 36.8N 37.9W | 60 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 9, 12:00 | 41.6N 38.7W | 65 kt | 995 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 9, 18:00 | 47.1N 39.3W | 65 kt | 997 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 10, 00:00 | 52.1N 32.0W | 60 kt | 999 mb | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1998
- Tropical Storm AlexNorth Atlantic · 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 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.