Tropical Storm Erika (2009)
Tropical Storm Erika peaked at 45 kt in the North Atlantic between September 1, 2009 and September 4, 2009, with a lowest pressure of 1004 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Erika, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2009 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 1, 2009 to September 4, 2009
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1004 mb (29.65 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.3
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 75 nmi (139 km, 86 mi)
- Overall size
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 20 kt (23 mph)
- Identifier
- AL062009
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 18:30 | Le Moule, Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe, 6 km away | 16.3N 61.3W | 35 kt (40 mph) | 1008 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 18:00 | 16.7N 57.3W | 45 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 00:00 | 16.8N 58.0W | 45 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 06:00 | 16.5N 58.9W | 45 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 12:00 | 16.4N 59.9W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 18:00 | 16.3N 61.0W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 18:30 landfall | 16.3N 61.3W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 3, 00:00 | 16.3N 61.9W | 35 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 3, 06:00 | 16.4N 62.7W | 40 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 3, 12:00 | 16.5N 63.5W | 40 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 3, 18:00 | 16.6N 64.5W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 4, 00:00 | 16.8N 65.5W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Sep 4, 06:00 | 17.0N 66.5W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2009
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2009
- Tropical Storm AnaNorth Atlantic · 2009
- Hurricane BillNorth Atlantic · 2009 · 2 deaths · $46 million
- Tropical Storm ClaudetteNorth Atlantic · 2009
- Tropical Storm DannyNorth Atlantic · 2009
- Hurricane FredNorth Atlantic · 2009
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2009
- Tropical Storm GraceNorth Atlantic · 2009
- Tropical Storm HenriNorth Atlantic · 2009
- Hurricane IdaNorth Atlantic · 2009
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.