Tropical Storm Florence (2012)
Tropical Storm Florence peaked at 50 kt in the North Atlantic between August 3, 2012 and August 8, 2012, with a lowest pressure of 1002 mb.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Tropical Storm Florence. 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
- August 3, 2012 to August 8, 2012
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1002 mb (29.59 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 667 km (414 mi)
- 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
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)
- Overall size
- 200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 22 kt (25 mph)
- Identifier
- AL062012
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 3, 06:00 | 12.2N 23.1W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Low |
| Aug 3, 12:00 | 12.5N 24.5W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Aug 3, 18:00 | 13.0N 25.9W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 4, 00:00 | 13.5N 27.3W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 4, 06:00 | 14.1N 28.6W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 4, 12:00 | 14.7N 29.9W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 4, 18:00 | 15.3N 31.2W | 45 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 5, 00:00 | 15.8N 32.5W | 50 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 5, 06:00 | 16.1N 33.8W | 50 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 5, 12:00 | 16.2N 35.0W | 45 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 5, 18:00 | 16.2N 36.2W | 45 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 6, 00:00 | 16.2N 37.3W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 6, 06:00 | 16.3N 38.4W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 6, 12:00 | 16.4N 39.6W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Aug 6, 18:00 | 16.5N 40.9W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Aug 7, 00:00 | 16.7N 42.5W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Aug 7, 06:00 | 16.9N 44.3W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Aug 7, 12:00 | 17.2N 46.3W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Aug 7, 18:00 | 17.6N 48.5W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Low |
| Aug 8, 00:00 | 18.0N 50.7W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Low |
| Aug 8, 06:00 | 18.4N 52.9W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Low |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2012
- Tropical Storm AlbertoNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Tropical Storm BerylNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane ChrisNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Tropical Storm DebbyNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane ErnestoNorth Atlantic · 2012 · 12 deaths
- Tropical Storm HeleneNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane GordonNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane IsaacNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Tropical Storm JoyceNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane LeslieNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane KirkNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane MichaelNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane NadineNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Tropical Storm OscarNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Tropical Storm PattyNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane RafaelNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane SandyNorth Atlantic · 2012 · 254 deaths · $69 billion
- Tropical Storm TonyNorth Atlantic · 2012
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.