Tropical Storm Kevin (2015)
Tropical Storm Kevin peaked at 50 kt in the Eastern Pacific between August 31, 2015 and September 6, 2015, with a lowest pressure of 998 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Kevin, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2015 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
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- August 31, 2015 to September 6, 2015
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 998 mb (29.47 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 262 km (163 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.3
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 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
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 10 kt (12 mph)
- Identifier
- EP142015
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
NOAA Storm Events
0 deaths (0 direct, 0 indirect)$500
What National Weather Service offices recorded county by county in 1 states and marine areas, in the United States only. Property and crop damage as each office estimated it, which is not a national loss total.
In the United States
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
- $500
- Crop damage
- none recorded
- Events recorded
- 2 in 1 reports from 1 states and marine areas
State by state
| State or marine area | Deaths | Injuries | Damage | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 0 | 0 | $500 | 2 |
What was recorded
1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind.
Wind reports
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.
| Wind | How | Where | State | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 kt (58 mph) | Estimated | .47 ESE of VAIL | Arizona | Sep 3, 21:00 |
What forecast offices wrote
From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.
Heavy rain caused extreme flows in Davidson Wash, which was flowing 300 ft across. The wash flowed across Empire View Road, stranding residents on either side of it.
Pima, Arizona · Flash Flood · Sep 3, 21:30 UTC
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 18:00 | 11.8N 111.7W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 1, 00:00 | 12.0N 112.4W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 1, 06:00 | 12.2N 113.1W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 1, 12:00 | 12.6N 113.5W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 1, 18:00 | 13.1N 113.9W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 00:00 | 13.8N 114.2W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 06:00 | 14.7N 114.4W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 12:00 | 15.6N 114.7W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 18:00 | 16.2N 114.9W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 3, 00:00 | 16.7N 115.1W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 3, 06:00 | 17.2N 115.4W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 3, 12:00 | 17.7N 115.6W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 3, 18:00 | 18.5N 115.8W | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 4, 00:00 | 19.4N 115.7W | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 4, 06:00 | 20.2N 115.5W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 4, 12:00 | 20.9N 115.3W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 4, 18:00 | 21.6N 115.1W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 5, 00:00 | 22.3N 114.8W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 5, 06:00 | 22.8N 114.6W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 5, 12:00 | 23.2N 114.3W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Sep 5, 18:00 | 23.7N 114.5W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Sep 6, 00:00 | 24.0N 114.7W | 15 kt | 1012 mb | Low |
| Sep 6, 06:00 | 24.1N 114.8W | 15 kt | 1013 mb | Low |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2015
- Hurricane AndresEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane BlancaEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane CarlosEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane HalolaEastern Pacific · 2015
- Tropical Storm ElaEastern Pacific · 2015
- Tropical Storm IuneEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane DoloresEastern Pacific · 2015
- Tropical Storm EnriqueEastern Pacific · 2015
- Tropical Storm FeliciaEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane GuillermoEastern Pacific · 2015
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane HildaEastern Pacific · 2015
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane KiloEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane LokeEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane IgnacioEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane JimenaEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane LindaEastern Pacific · 2015
- Tropical Storm MaliaEastern Pacific · 2015
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2015
- Tropical Storm NialaEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane MartyEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane OhoEastern Pacific · 2015
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2015
- Tropical Storm NoraEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane OlafEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane PatriciaEastern Pacific · 2015 · $460 million
- Tropical Storm RickEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane SandraEastern Pacific · 2015
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.