Tropical Storm Katrina (1999)
Tropical Storm Katrina peaked at 35 kt in the North Atlantic between October 28, 1999 and November 1, 1999, with a lowest pressure of 999 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Katrina, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1999 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 28, 1999 to November 1, 1999
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 999 mb (29.50 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.2
- Fastest the center moved
- 19 kt (22 mph)
- Identifier
- AL151999
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 00:00 | Puerto Cabezas, North Caribbean Coast, Nicaragua, 26 km away | 13.8N 83.4W | 35 kt (40 mph) | 999 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.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 18:00 | 11.4N 80.9W | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 29, 00:00 | 11.6N 81.6W | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 29, 06:00 | 12.0N 82.0W | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 29, 12:00 | 12.6N 82.6W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 29, 18:00 | 13.2N 82.9W | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 30, 00:00 landfall | 13.8N 83.4W | 35 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 30, 06:00 | 14.1N 84.0W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 30, 12:00 | 14.3N 84.5W | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 30, 18:00 | 14.7N 85.2W | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 31, 00:00 | 16.0N 86.6W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 31, 06:00 | 17.2N 87.4W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 31, 12:00 | 18.4N 88.0W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 31, 18:00 | 19.4N 88.7W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 1, 00:00 | 19.9N 89.6W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 1, 06:00 | 20.4N 89.8W | 20 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 1, 12:00 | 21.2N 89.8W | 20 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1999
- Tropical Storm ArleneNorth Atlantic · 1999
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1999
- Hurricane BretNorth Atlantic · 1999
- Hurricane CindyNorth Atlantic · 1999
- Hurricane DennisNorth Atlantic · 1999
- Tropical Storm EmilyNorth Atlantic · 1999
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1999
- Hurricane FloydNorth Atlantic · 1999
- Hurricane GertNorth Atlantic · 1999
- Tropical Storm HarveyNorth Atlantic · 1999
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1999
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1999
- Hurricane IreneNorth Atlantic · 1999
- Hurricane JoseNorth Atlantic · 1999
- Hurricane LennyNorth Atlantic · 1999
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.