Hurricane Keith (2000)
Hurricane Keith reached Category 4 in the North Atlantic between September 28, 2000 and October 6, 2000, with a lowest pressure of 939 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- September 28, 2000 to October 6, 2000
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 939 mb (27.73 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 12.2
- Fastest the center moved
- 13 kt (15 mph)
- Identifier
- AL152000
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Landfalls
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 23:00 | San Pedro, Belize District, Belize, 4 km away | 17.9N 88.0W | 65 kt (75 mph) | 988 mb |
| Oct 3, 03:00 | San Pedro, Belize District, Belize, 25 km away | 17.9N 88.2W | 60 kt (69 mph) | 990 mb |
| Oct 5, 18:00 | Altamira, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 23 km away | 22.6N 97.9W | 80 kt (92 mph) | 980 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 18:00 | 16.1N 82.9W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 29, 00:00 | 16.2N 83.3W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 29, 06:00 | 16.6N 83.6W | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 29, 12:00 | 16.9N 84.0W | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 29, 18:00 | 17.4N 84.8W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 00:00 | 17.7N 85.4W | 45 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 06:00 | 17.9N 86.0W | 55 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 12:00 | 17.9N 86.4W | 65 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 30, 18:00 | 17.9N 86.7W | 75 kt | 977 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 1, 00:00 | 17.9N 86.9W | 100 kt | 955 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 1, 06:00 | 17.9N 87.2W | 120 kt | 941 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 1, 12:00 | 17.9N 87.4W | 115 kt | 944 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 1, 18:00 | 17.9N 87.7W | 110 kt | 950 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 2, 00:00 | 17.8N 87.9W | 100 kt | 959 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 2, 06:00 | 17.6N 87.8W | 80 kt | 974 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 2, 12:00 | 17.7N 87.8W | 70 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 2, 18:00 | 17.7N 87.9W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 2, 23:00 landfall | 17.9N 88.0W | 65 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 3, 00:00 | 17.9N 88.0W | 60 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 3, 03:00 landfall | 17.9N 88.2W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 3, 06:00 | 18.0N 88.4W | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 3, 12:00 | 18.3N 88.8W | 30 kt | 995 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 3, 18:00 | 18.6N 89.5W | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 4, 00:00 | 19.0N 90.4W | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 4, 06:00 | 19.5N 91.4W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 4, 12:00 | 19.9N 92.5W | 35 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 18:00 | 20.3N 93.5W | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 5, 00:00 | 20.7N 94.8W | 60 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 5, 06:00 | 21.2N 96.1W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 5, 12:00 | 21.8N 97.0W | 75 kt | 983 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 5, 18:00 landfall | 22.6N 97.9W | 80 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 6, 00:00 | 23.2N 99.0W | 45 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 6, 06:00 | 23.5N 100.0W | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 6, 12:00 | 23.8N 101.0W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2000
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Hurricane AlbertoNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Tropical Storm BerylNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Tropical Storm ChrisNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Hurricane DebbyNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Tropical Storm ErnestoNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Hurricane FlorenceNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Hurricane GordonNorth Atlantic · 2000 · 26 deaths · $11 million
- Tropical Storm HeleneNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Hurricane IsaacNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Hurricane JoyceNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Tropical Storm LeslieNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Hurricane MichaelNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Tropical Storm NadineNorth Atlantic · 2000
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 2000
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.