Tropical Storm Franklin (2011)
Tropical Storm Franklin peaked at 40 kt in the North Atlantic between August 12, 2011 and August 16, 2011, with a lowest pressure of 1004 mb.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- August 12, 2011 to August 16, 2011
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1004 mb (29.65 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 702 km (436 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.3
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 70 nmi (130 km, 81 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)
- Overall size
- 175 nmi (324 km, 201 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 25 kt (29 mph)
- Identifier
- AL062011
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 12:00 | 34.7N 66.0W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Low |
| Aug 12, 18:00 | 35.6N 64.7W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 13, 00:00 | 36.6N 63.0W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 13, 06:00 | 37.6N 61.1W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 13, 12:00 | 38.6N 59.0W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 13, 18:00 | 39.6N 56.3W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
| Aug 14, 00:00 | 40.2N 53.2W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Extratropical |
| Aug 14, 06:00 | 40.4N 49.9W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Extratropical |
| Aug 14, 12:00 | 40.0N 47.0W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Extratropical |
| Aug 14, 18:00 | 39.4N 44.6W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Extratropical |
| Aug 15, 00:00 | 38.8N 42.5W | 30 kt | 1011 mb | Extratropical |
| Aug 15, 06:00 | 38.1N 40.8W | 25 kt | 1013 mb | Extratropical |
| Aug 15, 12:00 | 37.3N 39.2W | 25 kt | 1014 mb | Extratropical |
| Aug 15, 18:00 | 36.6N 38.2W | 25 kt | 1015 mb | Extratropical |
| Aug 16, 00:00 | 35.6N 37.9W | 25 kt | 1016 mb | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2011
- Tropical Storm ArleneNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm BretNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm CindyNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm DonNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm EmilyNorth 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.