Tropical Storm Colin (2016)

Basin

North Atlantic

Dates

June 5, 2016 to June 8, 2016

Peak strength

Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)

Lowest pressure

987 mb (29.15 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

1.2

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

300 nmi (556 km, 345 mi) from the center at its widest

Eyewall radius at its peak

150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi)

Overall size

300 nmi (556 km, 345 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Peak gust in the best track

60 kt (69 mph)

Fastest the center moved

44 kt (51 mph)

Identifier

AL032016

Radar at KTLH as it neared land, Jun 7, 02:00 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

5 (5 direct, 0 indirect)

Injuries

1

Property damage

$1.0 million

Crop damage

none recorded

Events recorded

91 in 16 reports from 5 states and marine areas

State by state

What was recorded

30 marine thunderstorm wind, 28 tropical storm, 9 storm surge/tide, 6 flash flood, 4 rip current, 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 3 waterspout, 1 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado.

1 tornado and 3 waterspouts recorded in the United States, strongest first.

The Weather Prediction Center attributes 1,760 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 17.54 inches (446 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 Jasper County Sheriff's Deputy reported flooding of a portion of Georgia Highway 83 at the East Main Street intersection in Shady Dale. Roadside ditches overflowed onto the highway in front of a general store.

Jasper, Georgia · Flash Flood · Jun 6, 16:15 UTC

A trained spotter reported seeing a waterspout off Estero and Bontia Beach. Later, broadcast media shared a viewer picture on social media pages of the waterspout off shore. No damage evidence was found over land to suggest the waterspout came onshore as a tornado.

Coastal Waters From Bonita Beach To Englewood Fl Out 20 Nm, Gulf of Mexico · Waterspout · Jun 6, 19:54 UTC

Scattered wind damage was reported across the county. It included 5 reports of trees blown down across roads, 1 report of a tree on a power line, 1 report of a tree on a vehicle, 1 report of a tree on a shed, and 5 reports of sparking power lines. Storm total rainfall amounts included 3.86 inches measured about 1 mile SW of St. Simons Island, 2.55 inches at the St. Simons Malcom McKinnon Airport, and 2.13 inches 3 miles south of Boys Estate. The peak wind gust measured at the Brunswick Glynco Airport was 25 kts on the 6th at 5:35 pm.

Coastal Glynn, Georgia · Tropical Storm · Jun 6, 21:00 UTC

A picture relayed via Twitter showed a tree downed in Ft. Pierce along Hayes Road as the comma head of an outer rainband (line echo wave pattern configuration) associated with Tropical Storm Colin swept across the intracoastal waterway, barrier island and into the nearshore coastal waters.

Sebastian Inlet To Jupiter Inlet 0-20nm, Atlantic South · Marine Thunderstorm Wind · Jun 6, 21:54 UTC

The county had scattered reports of trees down due to wind gusts, especially across Gainesville and High Springs. There was one report of a tree down in Hawthorne. Minor damage occurred to a structure an several trees were blown down due to an unconfirmed tornado. Street flooding was reported in Gainesville and one apartment complex in Gainesville reported flooding in the complex entrance. The highest peak wind gust recorded at the Gainesville airport was 35 kts on the 6th at 1809Z. Storm total rainfall amounts ranged from 8.18 inches abuot 2 miles NNE of Micanopy to around 7.12 inches about 1 mile SE of Gainesville. Rainfall across the northern tier of the county ranged from 3.93 inches about 7 miles north of Newberry to 3.25 inches 3 miles NW of High Springs.

Alachua, Florida · Tropical Storm · Jun 6, 22:00 UTC

WxFlow mesonet site XBIS located on Virginia Key at an elevation of 59 feet recorded a gust to to 46 mph/40 kts. Nearby buoy VAKF1 in Biscayne Bay near Virginia Key also recorded a wind gust to 39 mph/35 knots at 924 PM EDT.

Biscayne Bay, Atlantic South · Marine Thunderstorm Wind · Jun 7, 01:22 UTC

The county experienced isolated tree and power line damage due to wind gusts. Average rainfall ranged from 4 to 7 inches. The main impacts included flooded roads, especially east of Interstate 95. Two sink holes were reported, one at Colee Cover Branch Road and the second at Old Dixie and Venetian. A culvert washed out at Dan Manual Road. At 10:23 pm on June 6th, the St. Augustine airport AWOS measured at wind gust to 41 mph. At 11:31 pm, the C-man SAUF1 in St. Augustine measured a wind gust of 45 kt. Ground truth storm total rainfall included 6.93 inches about 2 miles NNW of Bakersville, 5.74 inches 1 mile W of St. Augustine Shores, 4.88 inches about 5 WSW of Durbin, and 4.71 inches at the St Augustine Airport.

St. Johns, Florida · Tropical Storm · Jun 7, 02:23 UTC

A male swimmer from Texas was rescued from the water after being caught in a rip current. First responders were not able to revive him. There were a total of 9 water rescues in Orange Beach on Tuesday.

Lower Baldwin, Alabama · Rip Current · Jun 7, 19:00 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 Colin