Tropical Storm Julia (2016)

Basin

North Atlantic

Dates

September 13, 2016 to September 21, 2016

Peak strength

Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)

Lowest pressure

1007 mb (29.74 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

2.3

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

100 nmi (185 km, 115 mi) from the center at its widest

Eyewall radius at its peak

40 nmi (74 km, 46 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

11 kt (13 mph)

Identifier

AL112016

Radar at KMLB as it neared land, Sep 13, 06:00 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

0 (0 direct, 0 indirect)

Injuries

0

Property damage

$5.1 million

Crop damage

$1.0 million

Events recorded

193 in 15 reports from 9 states and marine areas

State by state

What was recorded

144 heavy rain, 26 flood, 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 tropical storm, 4 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud.

1 tornado recorded in the United States, strongest first.

The Weather Prediction Center attributes 4,121 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 17.88 inches (454 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 1:40 pm on 9/13, a mesonet site at Vilano Beach measured a wind gust to 41 mph. Wind gusts of 41 mph were measured at the same site at 6 pm, and 46 mph was measured at 6:35 pm. At 7:16 pm the AWOS station at the St. Augustine Airport measured a wind gust to 45 mph and at 7:45 pm the mesonet site at Vilano Beach measured at wind gust to 47 mph sustained at 45 mph. The peak wind at at St. Augustine Airport was 45 mph on 9/13 at 7:09 pm. The WeatherFlow mesonet sensor at Crescent Beach/Summerhouse measured a wind gust to 46 mph on 9/13 at 6 pm. The WeatherFlow sensor at Lewis measured a gust to 38 mph on 9/13 at 6:04 pm. The C-man station measured a peak wind of 46 mph on 9/13 at 6:55 pm. Storm total rainfall included 3.37 inches 1 mile WNW of St. Augustine Beach . Storm surge values included 1.13 ft (1.38 ft tide) at Racy Point on the St. Johns River.

St. Johns, Florida · Tropical Storm · Sep 13, 05:00 UTC

Peak wind gusts included 37 mph at 10:29 pm on 9/13 at the Jacksonville International Airport; 33 mph at Naval Air Station Jacksonville on 9/13 at 9:18 pm; and 23mph at Cecil Field on 9/13 at 11:50 am. The I-295 Buckman Bridge PORTS sensor measured a wind gust to 32 mph on 9/13 at 8:42 pm. Storm surge values included 1.03 ft (2.40 ft tide) along the Southbank of the St. Johns River and 1.02 ft (1.12 ft tide) at the I-295 Buckman Bridge.

Inland Duval, Florida · Tropical Storm · Sep 13, 05:00 UTC

Rainfall totals generally ranged from 4 to 10 inches across the county. Elizabeth City (2 W) reported 6.27 inches of rain. Spences Corner (3 WSW) reported 6.18 inches of rain. Burnt Mills (3 SSW) reported 5.61 inches of rain. Elizabeth City Coast Guard Air Station Regional Airport (ECG) reported 5.13 inches of rain. Mariners Wharf Park reported 4.40 inches of rain.

Pasquotank, North Carolina · Heavy Rain · Sep 19, 11:00 UTC

Rainfall totals generally ranged from 1 inch to 5 inches across the county. Snow Hill reported 3.51 inches of rain. Bishopville (3 E) reported 2.61 inches of rain. Ocean City Municipal Airport (OXB) reported 1.81 inches of rain. Public Landing (6 SE) reported 1.73 inches of rain. Ocean Pines (1 E) reported 1.47 inches of rain.

Worcester, Maryland · Heavy Rain · Sep 19, 11:00 UTC

Rainfall totals generally ranged from 1 inch to 3 inches across the county. Fort A.P. Hill (1 SSW) reported 2.98 inches of rain. Burruss Corner (3 NNW) reported 2.50 inches of rain. Port Royal (2 S) reported 2.49 inches of rain. Sparta (3 N) reported 2.09 inches of rain. Rappahannock Academy (2 N) reported 1.81 inches of rain.

Caroline, Virginia · Heavy Rain · Sep 19, 11:00 UTC

Rainfall totals generally ranged from 2 to 8 inches across the county. Onley reported 7.79 inches of rain. Tasley reported 3.94 inches of rain. Atlantic (1 NE) reported 3.38 inches of rain. Chincoteague (1 SW) reported 3.30 inches of rain. Accomac (3 ENE) reported 3.07 inches of rain. New Church reported 2.73 inches of rain.

Accomack, Virginia · Heavy Rain · Sep 19, 11:00 UTC

Rainfall totals generally ranged from 1 inch to 5 inches across the county. East New Market reported 5.34 inches of rain. Bucktown (3 WSW) reported 4.32 inches of rain. Linkwood (2 SE) reported 4.30 inches of rain. Cambridge (3 E) reported 3.48 inches of rain. Wingate (1 N) reported 1.34 inches of rain.

Dorchester, Maryland · Heavy Rain · Sep 19, 11:00 UTC

Rainfall totals generally ranged from 3 to 10 inches across the county. Hertford reported 9.59 inches of rain. Snug Harbor (1 NE) reported 6.82 inches of rain. Holiday Island (1 W) reported 6.73 inches of rain. Jacocks (2 WNW) reported 2.97 inches of rain.

Perquimans, North Carolina · Heavy Rain · Sep 19, 11:00 UTC

Lexington Police Department reported a tree down blocking travel near the intersection of Bellewood Drive and Harmon Street.

Lexington, South Carolina · Thunderstorm Wind · Sep 20, 00:59 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 Julia