The 2003 season

Unnamed tropical depression (2003)

Unnamed tropical depression peaked at 30 kt in the North Atlantic between July 25, 2003 and July 27, 2003, with a lowest pressure of 1016 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, 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.

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The storm

Basin
North Atlantic
Dates
July 25, 2003 to July 27, 2003
Peak strength
Tropical Depression, 30 kt (35 mph)
Lowest pressure
1016 mb (30.00 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Eyewall radius at its peak
25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)
Overall size
125 nmi (232 km, 144 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved
10 kt (12 mph)
Identifier
AL072003

Radar at KJAX as it neared land, Jul 26, 06:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Landfall

Time (UTC)WherePositionWindPressure
Jul 26, 06:00Darien, GA, 19 km away31.5N 81.3W25 kt (29 mph)1018 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)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 25, 12:0029.3N 80.1W25 kt1017 mbTropical depression
Jul 25, 18:0030.1N 80.5W25 kt1017 mbTropical depression
Jul 26, 00:0030.7N 80.8W30 kt1016 mbTropical depression
Jul 26, 06:00 landfall31.5N 81.3W25 kt1018 mbTropical depression
Jul 26, 12:0032.3N 82.0W20 kt1022 mbTropical depression
Jul 26, 18:0032.8N 82.6W15 kt1022 mbTropical depression
Jul 27, 00:0033.0N 83.0W15 kt1022 mbTropical depression

Other North Atlantic storms of 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.