Tropical Storm Gabrielle (2007)
Tropical Storm Gabrielle peaked at 50 kt in the North Atlantic between September 8, 2007 and September 11, 2007, with a lowest pressure of 1004 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Gabrielle, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2007 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 8, 2007 to September 11, 2007
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1004 mb (29.65 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.1
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 125 nmi (232 km, 144 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 17 kt (20 mph)
- Identifier
- AL072007
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
NOAA Storm Events
0 deaths (0 direct, 0 indirect)$5,000
What National Weather Service offices recorded county by county in 1 states and marine areas, in the United States only. Property and crop damage as each office estimated it, which is not a national loss total.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 15:30 | Atlantic, NC, 11 km away | 34.8N 76.4W | 50 kt (58 mph) | 1005 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.
In the United States
NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled March 2026.
- Deaths
- 0 (0 direct, 0 indirect)
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- none recorded
- Events recorded
- 3 in 1 reports from 1 states and marine areas
State by state
| State or marine area | Deaths | Injuries | Damage | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 0 | 0 | $5,000 | 3 |
What was recorded
1 heavy rain, 1 storm surge/tide, 1 flood.
Rainfall
The Weather Prediction Center attributes 50 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 9.03 inches (229 mm).
| Station | Total | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Newport 7.2 ENE NC | 9.03 in (229 mm) | 34.84N 76.75W |
| 8.30 in (211 mm) | 34.80N 76.67W | |
| BEAUFORT NC | 7.43 in (189 mm) | 34.73N 76.66W |
| Morehead City 2.9 WNW NC | 7.07 in (180 mm) | 34.74N 76.78W |
| Harkers Island 4.8 NNE NC | 6.85 in (174 mm) | 34.76N 76.52W |
| CHERRY POINT MCAS NC | 6.13 in (156 mm) | 34.90N 76.88W |
| Newport 0.2 SW NC | 5.50 in (140 mm) | 34.79N 76.86W |
| NEWPORT NC | 5.36 in (136 mm) | 34.70N 76.80W |
| 5.01 in (127 mm) | 0.00N 0.00E | |
| NEW_BERN NC | 1.89 in (48 mm) | 35.07N 77.04W |
| PERRYTOWN NC | 1.33 in (34 mm) | 35.06N 77.09W |
| JACKSONVILLE EOC NC | 0.62 in (16 mm) | 34.80N 77.40W |
WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.
What forecast offices wrote
From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.
Water from the Pamlico Sound covered portions of Highway 12 between Rodanthe and Salvo. Total storm surge was estimated to be 2 to 3 feet.
Eastern Dare, North Carolina · Storm Surge/Tide · Sep 9, 23:00 UTC
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 00:00 | 30.1N 71.8W | 40 kt | 1011 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Sep 8, 06:00 | 30.5N 72.8W | 40 kt | 1010 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Sep 8, 12:00 | 31.1N 73.8W | 35 kt | 1010 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Sep 8, 18:00 | 31.8N 74.6W | 35 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 9, 00:00 | 32.6N 75.4W | 40 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 9, 06:00 | 33.5N 76.0W | 45 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 9, 12:00 | 34.3N 76.4W | 50 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 9, 15:30 landfall | 34.8N 76.4W | 50 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 9, 18:00 | 35.2N 76.3W | 45 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 10, 00:00 | 36.0N 75.8W | 40 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 10, 06:00 | 36.7N 75.0W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 10, 12:00 | 37.1N 73.8W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 10, 18:00 | 37.5N 72.0W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 11, 00:00 | 37.9N 70.0W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 11, 06:00 | 38.4N 68.0W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2007
- Hurricane AndreaNorth Atlantic · 2007
- Tropical Storm BarryNorth Atlantic · 2007
- Tropical Storm ChantalNorth Atlantic · 2007
- Hurricane DeanNorth Atlantic · 2007
- Tropical Storm ErinNorth Atlantic · 2007
- Hurricane FelixNorth Atlantic · 2007
- Tropical Storm IngridNorth Atlantic · 2007
- Hurricane HumbertoNorth Atlantic · 2007
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2007
- Tropical Storm JerryNorth Atlantic · 2007
- Hurricane KarenNorth Atlantic · 2007
- Hurricane LorenzoNorth Atlantic · 2007
- Tropical Storm MelissaNorth Atlantic · 2007
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 2007
- Hurricane NoelNorth Atlantic · 2007
- Tropical Storm OlgaNorth Atlantic · 2007
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.