Tropical Storm Don (2011)
Tropical Storm Don peaked at 45 kt in the North Atlantic between July 27, 2011 and July 30, 2011, with a lowest pressure of 997 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Tropical Storm Don. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- July 27, 2011 to July 30, 2011
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 997 mb (29.44 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.6
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 110 nmi (204 km, 127 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- AL042011
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 02:30 | Sarita, TX, 39 km away | 27.3N 97.4W | 30 kt (35 mph) | 1007 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 06:00 | 21.6N 85.7W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 27, 12:00 | 21.8N 86.2W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 27, 18:00 | 22.0N 86.7W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 28, 00:00 | 22.3N 87.4W | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 28, 06:00 | 22.9N 88.4W | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 28, 12:00 | 23.7N 89.5W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 28, 18:00 | 24.2N 90.7W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 29, 00:00 | 24.6N 91.9W | 45 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 29, 06:00 | 25.1N 93.1W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 29, 12:00 | 25.8N 94.3W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 29, 18:00 | 26.4N 95.5W | 45 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 30, 00:00 | 27.0N 96.9W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 30, 02:30 landfall | 27.3N 97.4W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 30, 06:00 | 27.8N 98.1W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
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- Tropical Storm CindyNorth 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.