Tropical Storm Arlene (2011)
Tropical Storm Arlene peaked at 55 kt in the North Atlantic between June 28, 2011 and July 1, 2011, with a lowest pressure of 993 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Arlene, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2011 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
- June 28, 2011 to July 1, 2011
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 993 mb (29.32 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.9
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 50 nmi (93 km, 58 mi)
- Overall size
- 240 nmi (444 km, 276 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 8 kt (9 mph)
- Identifier
- AL012011
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
NOAA Storm Events
0 deaths (0 direct, 0 indirect)$500,000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 13:00 | Naranjos, Veracruz, Mexico, 41 km away | 21.6N 97.4W | 55 kt (63 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $500,000
- 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 | 1 | $500,000 | 2 |
What was recorded
1 tornado, 1 heavy rain.
Tornadoes and waterspouts
1 tornado recorded in the United States, strongest first.
| Rating | County | State | Time (UTC) | Path | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EF1 | Hidalgo | Texas | Jun 30, 22:57 | 0.4 mi | 30 yd | 1 |
What forecast offices wrote
From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.
Feeder bands associated with the fringe of Tropical Storm Arlene, which made landfall 300 miles south of Brownsville, dropped a total of 3 inches at Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport between 7 AM and 2 PM CDT, with the heaviest rains falling from mid morning through early afternoon. Media accounts (videos and still photos) showed the typical urban flooding in low lying areas of the city, particularly from along and near Boca Chica Boulevard through Downtown. CoCoRaHS observers in and near the city recorded generally 2 1/2 to a little more than 3 inches during the same period.
Cameron, Texas · Heavy Rain · Jun 30, 14:30 UTC
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 06:00 | 19.9N 92.8W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Jun 28, 12:00 | 20.3N 93.1W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Jun 28, 18:00 | 20.7N 93.5W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 29, 00:00 | 21.0N 93.9W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 29, 06:00 | 21.2N 94.5W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 29, 12:00 | 21.3N 95.3W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 29, 18:00 | 21.4N 95.6W | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 30, 00:00 | 21.6N 96.1W | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 30, 06:00 | 21.6N 97.0W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 30, 12:00 | 21.6N 97.3W | 55 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 30, 13:00 landfall | 21.6N 97.4W | 55 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 30, 18:00 | 21.5N 98.1W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 1, 00:00 | 21.1N 98.7W | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2011
- Tropical Storm BretNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm CindyNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm DonNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm EmilyNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm FranklinNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm GertNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm HarveyNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Hurricane IreneNorth Atlantic · 2011 · 56 deaths
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm JoseNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Hurricane KatiaNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm LeeNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Hurricane MariaNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Hurricane NateNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Hurricane OpheliaNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Hurricane PhilippeNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Hurricane RinaNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm SeanNorth Atlantic · 2011
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.