Tropical Storm Dolly (2002)
Tropical Storm Dolly peaked at 50 kt in the North Atlantic between August 29, 2002 and September 4, 2002, with a lowest pressure of 997 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Dolly, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2002 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
- August 29, 2002 to September 4, 2002
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 997 mb (29.44 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1092 km (679 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.9
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 75 nmi (139 km, 86 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)
- Overall size
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 21 kt (24 mph)
- Identifier
- AL042002
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 12:00 | 9.5N 31.2W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 29, 18:00 | 9.7N 32.2W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 30, 00:00 | 9.7N 33.1W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 30, 06:00 | 10.0N 34.5W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 30, 12:00 | 10.3N 36.3W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 30, 18:00 | 10.8N 37.7W | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 31, 00:00 | 11.5N 39.1W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 31, 06:00 | 12.1N 40.9W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 31, 12:00 | 12.8N 42.9W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 31, 18:00 | 13.2N 44.9W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 1, 00:00 | 13.6N 46.8W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 1, 06:00 | 14.1N 48.4W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 1, 12:00 | 14.8N 49.9W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 1, 18:00 | 15.6N 51.2W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 00:00 | 16.4N 52.0W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 06:00 | 17.1N 52.5W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 12:00 | 17.9N 52.9W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 18:00 | 18.5N 53.3W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 3, 00:00 | 19.3N 53.7W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 3, 06:00 | 19.6N 53.7W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 3, 12:00 | 21.0N 52.9W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 3, 18:00 | 22.2N 52.4W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 4, 00:00 | 23.1N 52.4W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 4, 06:00 | 23.5N 52.4W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 4, 12:00 | 23.5N 52.5W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 4, 18:00 | 24.0N 52.5W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2002
- Tropical Storm ArthurNorth Atlantic · 2002
- Tropical Storm BerthaNorth Atlantic · 2002
- Tropical Storm CristobalNorth Atlantic · 2002
- Tropical Storm EdouardNorth Atlantic · 2002
- Tropical Storm FayNorth Atlantic · 2002
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2002
- Hurricane GustavNorth Atlantic · 2002
- Tropical Storm HannaNorth Atlantic · 2002
- Hurricane IsidoreNorth Atlantic · 2002
- Tropical Storm JosephineNorth Atlantic · 2002
- Hurricane KyleNorth Atlantic · 2002
- Hurricane LiliNorth Atlantic · 2002
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2002
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.