Tropical Storm Harvey (2011)
Tropical Storm Harvey peaked at 55 kt in the North Atlantic between August 19, 2011 and August 22, 2011, with a lowest pressure of 994 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Harvey, 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
- August 19, 2011 to August 22, 2011
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 994 mb (29.35 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 70 nmi (130 km, 81 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 140 nmi (259 km, 161 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 15 kt (17 mph)
- Identifier
- AL082011
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Landfalls
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 17:30 | Belize City, Belize District, Belize, 57 km away | 17.0N 88.3W | 55 kt (63 mph) | 995 mb |
| Aug 22, 02:00 | San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, Mexico, 28 km away | 18.7N 95.2W | 35 kt (40 mph) | 1005 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 00:00 | 15.4N 82.0W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 19, 06:00 | 15.7N 82.7W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 19, 12:00 | 15.9N 83.4W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 19, 18:00 | 16.0N 84.1W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 00:00 | 16.1N 84.9W | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 06:00 | 16.3N 85.8W | 50 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 12:00 | 16.6N 87.0W | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 17:30 landfall | 17.0N 88.3W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 18:00 | 17.0N 88.3W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 21, 00:00 | 17.3N 89.6W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 21, 06:00 | 17.6N 90.8W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 21, 12:00 | 18.0N 92.0W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 21, 18:00 | 18.5N 93.3W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 22, 00:00 | 18.7N 94.8W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 22, 02:00 landfall | 18.7N 95.2W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 22, 06:00 | 18.6N 96.2W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 22, 12:00 | 18.1N 97.2W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
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 FranklinNorth Atlantic · 2011
- Tropical Storm GertNorth 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.