Hurricane Kenneth (2011)
Hurricane Kenneth reached Category 4 in the Eastern Pacific between November 18, 2011 and November 26, 2011, with a lowest pressure of 940 mb.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- November 18, 2011 to November 26, 2011
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 940 mb (27.76 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 692 km (430 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 11.1
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 35 nmi (65 km, 40 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)
- Overall size
- 210 nmi (389 km, 242 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 150 kt (173 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 20 kt (23 mph)
- Identifier
- EP132011
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 12:00 | 9.2N 96.5W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Nov 18, 18:00 | 9.2N 97.0W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Nov 19, 00:00 | 9.4N 97.7W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Nov 19, 06:00 | 9.7N 98.5W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Nov 19, 12:00 | 9.9N 99.5W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Nov 19, 18:00 | 10.1N 100.7W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 20, 00:00 | 10.2N 101.9W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 20, 06:00 | 10.4N 103.1W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 20, 12:00 | 10.8N 104.2W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 20, 18:00 | 11.5N 105.3W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 21, 00:00 | 12.0N 106.5W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 21, 06:00 | 12.2N 107.8W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 21, 12:00 | 12.6N 109.0W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 21, 18:00 | 13.0N 110.1W | 80 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 22, 00:00 | 13.0N 111.2W | 95 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 22, 06:00 | 13.0N 112.3W | 110 kt | 955 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 22, 12:00 | 12.9N 113.4W | 125 kt | 940 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 22, 18:00 | 12.6N 114.3W | 125 kt | 942 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 23, 00:00 | 12.5N 115.3W | 115 kt | 951 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 23, 06:00 | 12.5N 116.3W | 95 kt | 965 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 23, 12:00 | 12.7N 117.3W | 75 kt | 978 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 23, 18:00 | 13.0N 118.2W | 60 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 24, 00:00 | 13.3N 119.1W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 24, 06:00 | 13.4N 120.1W | 50 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 24, 12:00 | 13.4N 121.1W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 24, 18:00 | 13.4N 122.0W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 25, 00:00 | 13.4N 122.9W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 25, 06:00 | 13.3N 124.1W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 25, 12:00 | 13.2N 125.5W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Nov 25, 18:00 | 13.1N 127.1W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Nov 26, 00:00 | 13.1N 129.1W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2011
- Hurricane AdrianEastern Pacific · 2011
- Hurricane BeatrizEastern Pacific · 2011
- Hurricane CalvinEastern Pacific · 2011
- Hurricane DoraEastern Pacific · 2011
- Hurricane EugeneEastern Pacific · 2011
- Tropical Storm FernandaEastern Pacific · 2011
- Hurricane GregEastern Pacific · 2011
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2011
- Hurricane HilaryEastern Pacific · 2011
- Hurricane IrwinEastern Pacific · 2011
- Hurricane JovaEastern Pacific · 2011
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 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.