Hurricane Lorenzo (2007)
Hurricane Lorenzo reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between September 25, 2007 and September 28, 2007, with a lowest pressure of 990 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Lorenzo, 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 28, 2007
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 990 mb (29.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 125 nmi (232 km, 144 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 80 kt (92 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 8 kt (9 mph)
- Identifier
- AL132007
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
NOAA Storm Events
0 deaths (0 direct, 0 indirect)$255,000
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 28, 05:00 | Papantla de Olarte, Veracruz, Mexico, 34 km away | 20.5N 97.0W | 65 kt (75 mph) | 993 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
- $255,000
- Crop damage
- none recorded
- Events recorded
- 2 in 1 reports from 1 states and marine areas
State by state
| State or marine area | Deaths | Injuries | Damage | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 0 | 0 | $255,000 | 2 |
What was recorded
2 tornado.
Tornadoes and waterspouts
2 tornadoes recorded in the United States, strongest first.
| Rating | County | State | Time (UTC) | Path | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EF1 | San Patricio | Texas | Sep 29, 17:30 | 1.2 mi | 100 yd | ||
| EF0 | Nueces | Texas | Sep 29, 17:40 | 0.2 mi | 25 yd |
What forecast offices wrote
From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.
A weak waterspout moved onshore at Port Aransas as a tornado. The weak tornado produced minor damage before dissipating. Minor damage was reported to a few roofs of residents. Patio furniture and debris was scattered across yards and streets.
Nueces, Texas · Tornado · Sep 29, 17:40 UTC
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 21.8N 94.8W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 21.7N 95.2W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 26, 06:00 | 21.2N 95.0W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 26, 12:00 | 21.0N 94.7W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 26, 18:00 | 21.2N 94.4W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 27, 00:00 | 21.2N 94.7W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 27, 06:00 | 20.8N 94.8W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 27, 12:00 | 20.6N 95.1W | 45 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 18:00 | 20.5N 95.7W | 60 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 00:00 | 20.5N 96.3W | 70 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 28, 05:00 landfall | 20.5N 97.0W | 65 kt | 993 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 28, 06:00 | 20.5N 97.1W | 65 kt | 993 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 28, 12:00 | 20.5N 98.0W | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 28, 18:00 | 20.7N 98.7W | 20 kt | 1008 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 GabrielleNorth 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
- 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.