Tropical Storm Bonnie (2016)

Basin

North Atlantic

Dates

May 27, 2016 to June 9, 2016

Peak strength

Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)

Lowest pressure

1006 mb (29.71 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

1.1

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

50 nmi (93 km, 58 mi) from the center at its widest

Eyewall radius at its peak

35 nmi (65 km, 40 mi)

Overall size

150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Peak gust in the best track

45 kt (52 mph)

Fastest the center moved

29 kt (33 mph)

Identifier

AL022016

Radar at KCLX as it neared land, May 29, 12:30 UTC

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

4 (3 direct, 1 indirect)

Injuries

2

Property damage

$43,000

Crop damage

none recorded

Events recorded

37 in 12 reports from 9 states and marine areas

State by state

What was recorded

13 flood, 11 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, 3 rip current, 1 lightning, 1 marine thunderstorm wind.

The Weather Prediction Center attributes 2,506 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 13.95 inches (354 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.

At about 1530LST on May 29, lifeguards at Spessard Holland Beach in Melbourne Beach rescued a 53 year old man from a rip current and resuscitated him. The man was transported to a local hospital, where he died approximately two weeks later. The cause of death was drowning. At about the same time of the initial incident, another lifeguard rescued two swimmers caught in a nearby rip current and noticed a third person submerged. The body of the third victim, a 20 year old male from Kissimmee, was recovered a few hours later. An autopsy confirmed he died due to drowning.

Brevard, Florida · Rip Current · May 28, 16:00 UTC

A 62 year old man from North Carolina was caught in a rip current in Daytona Beach around 1000LST on May 30 and rescued by lifeguards, but became unconscious while being brought back to shore. Initial indications point to a stress-induced heart attack. He was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead. Since the exertion of fighting the rip current likely contributed to the heart attack, this death was recorded as a rip current fatality.

Volusia, Florida · Rip Current · May 28, 16:00 UTC

A female was struck by lightning approximately 2 miles west-southwest of Rockfish. Lightning was also responsible for a house fire shortly after 6 PM on the 1100 block of Turnpike Road in Fayetteville.

Hoke, North Carolina · Lightning · May 29, 21:35 UTC

Heavy rainfall associated with a thunderstorm in the rain band of Tropical Storm Bonnie resulted in flash flooding along highway 211 south of Raeford.

Hoke, North Carolina · Flash Flood · May 29, 22:03 UTC

Parkers Creek Flooded in several spots due to rainfall throughout the night of 2-3 inches. Flooding was estimated to begin around 2:30 am and ended by late morning. Both portions of Union Mill road and Walton Avenue were closed due to the high water.

Burlington, New Jersey · Flood · May 30, 06:30 UTC

The Frankford gauge rose above flood stage and reached 7.6 feet by 8z on the 30th the value quickly fell below flood stage by 815z.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Flash Flood · May 30, 07:55 UTC

The Pennypack gauge rose just above flood stage to 7.42 feet at 815Z. It was below flood stage by 830Z. A man jumped into the high waters during the overnight hours to rescue a dog. The man was swept away by the current and found dead at 9:30 am according to Law Enforcement and Media reports.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Flash Flood · May 30, 08:10 UTC

Two trees were blown down on Wilson Crapps Road and Ernest Kesler Road. One tree struck a female and she was sent to the ER with minor injuries.

Appling, Georgia · Thunderstorm Wind · May 31, 21:05 UTC

Waggys Creek Road was closed from 8600 Block of Waggys Creek and the intersection of Daniel Cupp Road and Waggys Creek Road due to high water.

Rockingham, Virginia · Flood · Jun 2, 19:42 UTC

A road was closed near the intersection of Freshwater Cove Lane and Poplar Flatts Road due to flooding. About one foot of flowing water was observed.

Nelson, Virginia · Flash Flood · Jun 2, 22:50 UTC

Patterson Creek exceeded its flood stage between 6/2 2321 EST and 6/3 0030 EST. The gauge peaked at 9.05 feet at 6/3 00:00 EST. Agricultural and minor street flooding occur in the area when flood stage is exceeded.

Mineral, West Virginia · Flood · Jun 3, 04:21 UTC

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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
• Best track as a shapefile, National Hurricane Center
• Wikipedia article: Tropical Storm Bonnie