Tropical Storm Jose (2005)
Tropical Storm Jose peaked at 50 kt in the North Atlantic between August 22, 2005 and August 23, 2005, with a lowest pressure of 998 mb, and made landfall. It killed 6 people directly, by the National Hurricane Center’s count.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Jose, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2005 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 22, 2005 to August 23, 2005
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 998 mb (29.47 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.4
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 40 nmi (74 km, 46 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 100 nmi (185 km, 115 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 11 kt (13 mph)
- Identifier
- AL112005
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
National Hurricane Center
6 direct deathsnone recorded in the United States
The season table in NHC’s report archive, final report. Direct deaths are those caused by the storm’s own wind, water or surge, anywhere in the world.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 03:30 | José Cardel, Veracruz, Mexico, 37 km away | 19.7N 96.4W | 50 kt (58 mph) | 998 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 12:00 | 19.4N 94.5W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 22, 18:00 | 19.6N 95.0W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 23, 00:00 | 19.7N 95.7W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 23, 03:30 landfall | 19.7N 96.4W | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 23, 06:00 | 19.7N 96.7W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 23, 12:00 | 19.7N 97.7W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2005
- Tropical Storm ArleneNorth Atlantic · 2005 · 1 death · $12 million
- Tropical Storm BretNorth Atlantic · 2005 · 1 death
- Hurricane CindyNorth Atlantic · 2005 · 1 death · $320 million
- Hurricane DennisNorth Atlantic · 2005 · 42 deaths · $2.5 billion
- Hurricane EmilyNorth Atlantic · 2005 · 6 deaths
- Tropical Storm FranklinNorth Atlantic · 2005
- Tropical Storm GertNorth Atlantic · 2005
- Tropical Storm HarveyNorth Atlantic · 2005
- Hurricane IreneNorth Atlantic · 2005
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2005
- Hurricane KatrinaNorth Atlantic · 2005 · 520 deaths · $125 billion
- Tropical Storm LeeNorth Atlantic · 2005
- Hurricane MariaNorth Atlantic · 2005
- Hurricane NateNorth Atlantic · 2005
- Hurricane OpheliaNorth Atlantic · 2005 · 1 death · $70 million
- Hurricane PhilippeNorth Atlantic · 2005
- Hurricane RitaNorth Atlantic · 2005 · 7 deaths · $12 billion
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2005
- Hurricane StanNorth Atlantic · 2005 · 80 deaths
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 2005
- Tropical Storm TammyNorth Atlantic · 2005 · $25 million
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 2005
- Hurricane VinceNorth Atlantic · 2005
- Hurricane WilmaNorth Atlantic · 2005 · 23 deaths · $21 billion
- Tropical Storm AlphaNorth Atlantic · 2005 · 28 deaths
- Hurricane BetaNorth Atlantic · 2005
- Tropical Storm GammaNorth Atlantic · 2005 · 37 deaths
- Tropical Storm DeltaNorth Atlantic · 2005
- Hurricane EpsilonNorth Atlantic · 2005
- Tropical Storm ZetaNorth Atlantic · 2005
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.