Hurricane Tomas (2010)

Basin

North Atlantic

Dates

October 29, 2010 to November 10, 2010

Peak strength

Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)

Lowest pressure

982 mb (29.00 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

11.8

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) from the center at its widest

Hurricane-force wind reached

30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi) from the center at its widest

Eyewall radius at its peak

20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)

Overall size

250 nmi (463 km, 288 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Peak gust in the best track

105 kt (121 mph)

Fastest the center moved

30 kt (35 mph)

Identifier

AL212010

The sources count different things and are not added together.

Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.

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

$1.4 million

Crop damage

none recorded

Events recorded

12 in 2 reports from 2 states and marine areas

State by state

What was recorded

11 flash flood, 1 lightning.

From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.

Frederiksted gut flooded and washed away several sections of Emancipation drive between Fort Fredericksted and Concordia road.

St. Croix, Virgin Islands · Flash Flood · Nov 10, 18:00 UTC

A rioutous 4 feet deep cataract rolled across Concordia road carrying trees and debris toward the sea. Water began at Rotary West, increasing to more than 3 feet deep for several hundred yards, making the road impassable to vehicles.

St. Croix, Virgin Islands · Flash Flood · Nov 10, 20:00 UTC

• Hurricane AlexNorth Atlantic · 2010Cat 295 kt · 946 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2010Tropical Depression30 kt · 1005 mb
• Tropical Storm BonnieNorth Atlantic · 2010 · 1 deathTropical Storm40 kt · 1005 mb
• Tropical Storm ColinNorth Atlantic · 2010Tropical Storm50 kt · 1005 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2010Tropical Depression30 kt · 1007 mb
• Hurricane DanielleNorth Atlantic · 2010Cat 4115 kt · 942 mb
• Hurricane EarlNorth Atlantic · 2010 · 8 deathsCat 4125 kt · 927 mb
• Tropical Storm FionaNorth Atlantic · 2010Tropical Storm55 kt · 998 mb
• Tropical Storm GastonNorth Atlantic · 2010Tropical Storm35 kt · 1005 mb
• Hurricane IgorNorth Atlantic · 2010 · 4 deathsCat 4135 kt · 924 mb
• Hurricane JuliaNorth Atlantic · 2010Cat 4120 kt · 948 mb
• Hurricane KarlNorth Atlantic · 2010Cat 3110 kt · 956 mb
• Hurricane LisaNorth Atlantic · 2010Cat 175 kt · 982 mb
• Tropical Storm MatthewNorth Atlantic · 2010 · 126 deathsTropical Storm50 kt · 998 mb
• Tropical Storm NicoleNorth Atlantic · 2010Tropical Storm40 kt · 994 mb
• Hurricane OttoNorth Atlantic · 2010Cat 175 kt · 976 mb
• Hurricane PaulaNorth Atlantic · 2010Cat 290 kt · 981 mb
• Hurricane RichardNorth Atlantic · 2010Cat 285 kt · 977 mb
• Hurricane SharyNorth Atlantic · 2010Cat 165 kt · 989 mb

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.

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.

• Tropical cyclone report, National Hurricane Center
• Every advisory and discussion NHC issued while it was live
• Best track as KMZ, National Hurricane Center
• Wikipedia article: Hurricane Tomas