Tropical Storm Dolly (2014)

Basin

North Atlantic

Dates

September 1, 2014 to September 4, 2014

Peak strength

Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)

Lowest pressure

1000 mb (29.53 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

0.9

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) from the center at its widest

Eyewall radius at its peak

50 nmi (93 km, 58 mi)

Overall size

180 nmi (333 km, 207 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

AL052014

The sources count different things and are not added together.

Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.

NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled March 2026.

Deaths

0 (0 direct, 0 indirect)

Injuries

0

Property damage

$15,000

Crop damage

none recorded

Events recorded

4 in 3 reports from 2 states and marine areas

State by state

What was recorded

2 marine thunderstorm wind, 2 thunderstorm wind.

The Weather Prediction Center attributes 277 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 2.74 inches (70 mm).

WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.

The strongest winds National Weather Service offices recorded with this storm. An estimated figure is a forecaster’s judgment from the damage, not an instrument reading.

From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.

A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that blew part of the roof off of a restaurant along with downing numerous trees in Fredericksburg.

Gillespie, Texas · Thunderstorm Wind · Sep 4, 18:25 UTC

• Hurricane ArthurNorth Atlantic · 2014Cat 285 kt · 973 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2014Tropical Depression30 kt · 1012 mb
• Hurricane BerthaNorth Atlantic · 2014 · 4 deathsCat 170 kt · 996 mb
• Hurricane CristobalNorth Atlantic · 2014Cat 175 kt · 963 mb
• Hurricane EdouardNorth Atlantic · 2014Cat 3105 kt · 955 mb
• Hurricane FayNorth Atlantic · 2014Cat 170 kt · 983 mb
• Hurricane GonzaloNorth Atlantic · 2014Cat 4125 kt · 940 mb
• Tropical Storm HannaNorth Atlantic · 2014Tropical Storm35 kt · 1000 mb

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.

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.

• Tropical cyclone report, National Hurricane Center
• Every advisory and discussion NHC issued while it was live
• Best track as KMZ, National Hurricane Center
• Wikipedia article: Tropical Storm Dolly