Tropical Storm Carlos (2003)
Tropical Storm Carlos peaked at 55 kt in the Eastern Pacific between June 26, 2003 and June 28, 2003, with a lowest pressure of 996 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Carlos, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2003 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
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- June 26, 2003 to June 28, 2003
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 996 mb (29.41 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.8
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 68 nmi (126 km, 78 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)
- Overall size
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 8 kt (9 mph)
- Identifier
- EP032003
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 03:00 | Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico, 46 km away | 16.0N 97.8W | 55 kt (63 mph) | 996 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 00:00 | 13.9N 97.2W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 26, 06:00 | 14.1N 97.8W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 26, 12:00 | 14.7N 97.8W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 26, 18:00 | 15.0N 97.3W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 27, 00:00 | 15.7N 97.6W | 55 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 27, 03:00 landfall | 16.0N 97.8W | 55 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 27, 06:00 | 16.3N 98.1W | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 27, 12:00 | 16.5N 98.6W | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 27, 18:00 | 16.7N 99.3W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Jun 28, 00:00 | 16.6N 99.9W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Jun 28, 06:00 | 16.4N 100.6W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Jun 28, 12:00 | 16.1N 101.2W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Jun 28, 18:00 | 15.7N 101.8W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2003
- Tropical Storm YanyanEastern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm AndresEastern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm BlancaEastern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm DoloresEastern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm EnriqueEastern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm FeliciaEastern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm GuillermoEastern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm HildaEastern Pacific · 2003
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2003
- Hurricane IgnacioEastern Pacific · 2003
- Hurricane JimenaEastern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm KevinEastern Pacific · 2003
- Hurricane LindaEastern Pacific · 2003
- Hurricane MartyEastern Pacific · 2003
- Hurricane NoraEastern Pacific · 2003
- Hurricane OlafEastern Pacific · 2003
- Hurricane PatriciaEastern Pacific · 2003
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.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.