Tropical Storm Josephine (2002)
Tropical Storm Josephine peaked at 50 kt in the North Atlantic between September 17, 2002 and September 19, 2002, with a lowest pressure of 1004 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Josephine, 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
- September 17, 2002 to September 19, 2002
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1004 mb (29.65 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 938 km (583 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.6
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 75 nmi (139 km, 86 mi)
- Overall size
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Identifier
- AL112002
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 32.7N 52.4W | 30 kt | 1016 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 33.2N 52.7W | 30 kt | 1015 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 33.7N 52.7W | 30 kt | 1014 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 34.7N 52.7W | 35 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 35.5N 52.0W | 35 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 36.6N 50.5W | 35 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 38.0N 48.8W | 35 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 39.5N 46.7W | 35 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 41.5N 43.3W | 50 kt | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2002
- Tropical Storm ArthurNorth Atlantic · 2002
- Tropical Storm BerthaNorth Atlantic · 2002
- Tropical Storm CristobalNorth Atlantic · 2002
- Tropical Storm DollyNorth 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
- 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.