Hurricane Karen (2007)
Hurricane Karen reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between September 25, 2007 and September 29, 2007, with a lowest pressure of 988 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Karen, 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 25, 2007 to September 29, 2007
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 988 mb (29.18 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1002 km (623 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.6
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 50 nmi (93 km, 58 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)
- Overall size
- 220 nmi (407 km, 253 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 16 kt (18 mph)
- Identifier
- AL122007
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 25, 00:00 | 10.0N 35.9W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 10.3N 37.0W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 10.6N 38.0W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 10.8N 39.2W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 10.9N 40.4W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 26, 06:00 | 11.2N 41.5W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 26, 12:00 | 11.7N 42.4W | 65 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 26, 18:00 | 12.3N 43.3W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 27, 00:00 | 12.8N 44.6W | 60 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 06:00 | 13.2N 45.7W | 55 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 12:00 | 13.5N 46.8W | 55 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 18:00 | 14.1N 47.9W | 50 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 00:00 | 14.1N 48.8W | 50 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 06:00 | 14.3N 49.0W | 40 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 12:00 | 14.6N 49.0W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 18:00 | 15.8N 49.4W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 00:00 | 16.1N 51.0W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 06:00 | 16.3N 52.6W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 29, 12:00 | 16.8N 54.2W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
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 GabrielleNorth Atlantic · 2007
- Tropical Storm IngridNorth Atlantic · 2007
- Hurricane HumbertoNorth Atlantic · 2007
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2007
- Tropical Storm JerryNorth 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.