Tropical Storm Fernand (2019)
Tropical Storm Fernand peaked at 45 kt in the North Atlantic between September 3, 2019 and September 5, 2019, with a lowest pressure of 1000 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Fernand, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2019 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
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- September 3, 2019 to September 5, 2019
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1000 mb (29.53 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.8
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 90 nmi (167 km, 104 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 90 nmi (167 km, 104 mi)
- Overall size
- 170 nmi (315 km, 196 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 9 kt (10 mph)
- Identifier
- AL072019
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
NOAA Storm Events
0 deaths (0 direct, 0 indirect)none recorded
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.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 15:30 | San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 85 km away | 24.2N 97.7W | 40 kt (46 mph) | 1003 mb |
Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.
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
- none recorded
- Crop damage
- none recorded
- Events recorded
- 19 in 2 reports from 1 states and marine areas
State by state
| State or marine area | Deaths | Injuries | Damage | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gulf of Mexico | 0 | 0 | 19 |
What was recorded
19 marine 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 kt (47 mph) | Measured | 1.59 SW of SOUTH PADRE ISLAND | Gulf of Mexico | Sep 4, 14:30 |
| 41 kt (47 mph) | Measured | 5.69 NW of BOB HALL PIER | Gulf of Mexico | Sep 4, 12:41 |
What forecast offices wrote
From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.
The Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network (TCOON) site at Brazos Santiago reported a wind gust of 36 knots during a thunderstorm associated with a feeder band from Potential Tropical Cyclone 7.
Coastal Waters From Pt Mansfield To Rio Grande River Tx Out 20nm, Gulf of Mexico · Marine Thunderstorm Wind · Sep 3, 10:48 UTC
The Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network (TCOON) site at Brazos Santiago reported wind gusts between 34 and 40 knots during a thunderstorm associated with a feeder band from Tropical Storm Fernand.
Coastal Waters From Pt Mansfield To Rio Grande River Tx Out 20nm, Gulf of Mexico · Marine Thunderstorm Wind · Sep 4, 11:12 UTC
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 06:00 | 23.6N 94.0W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 3, 12:00 | 23.4N 94.7W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 3, 18:00 | 23.2N 95.4W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 4, 00:00 | 23.1N 96.1W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 4, 06:00 | 23.4N 96.8W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 4, 12:00 | 24.0N 97.2W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 4, 15:30 landfall | 24.2N 97.7W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 4, 18:00 | 24.3N 98.0W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 5, 00:00 | 24.7N 98.6W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2019
- Tropical Storm AndreaNorth Atlantic · 2019
- Hurricane BarryNorth Atlantic · 2019
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2019
- Tropical Storm ChantalNorth Atlantic · 2019
- Hurricane DorianNorth Atlantic · 2019 · 84 deaths · $7.0 billion
- Tropical Storm ErinNorth Atlantic · 2019
- Tropical Storm GabrielleNorth Atlantic · 2019
- Hurricane HumbertoNorth Atlantic · 2019
- Hurricane JerryNorth Atlantic · 2019
- Tropical Storm ImeldaNorth Atlantic · 2019
- Tropical Storm KarenNorth Atlantic · 2019
- Hurricane LorenzoNorth Atlantic · 2019
- Tropical Storm MelissaNorth Atlantic · 2019
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2019
- Tropical Storm NestorNorth Atlantic · 2019
- Hurricane PabloNorth Atlantic · 2019
- Tropical Storm OlgaNorth Atlantic · 2019
- Hurricane RebekahNorth Atlantic · 2019
- Tropical Storm SebastienNorth Atlantic · 2019
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.