Hurricane Lorena (2019)

Hurricane Lorena reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between September 17, 2019 and September 22, 2019, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Lorena, 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.

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The storm

Basin: Eastern Pacific
Dates: September 17, 2019 to September 22, 2019
Peak strength: Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
Lowest pressure: 985 mb (29.09 inHg)
Landfall: Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy: 6.3
Tropical-storm-force wind reached: 80 nmi (148 km, 92 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached: 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak: 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
Overall size: 120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track: 90 kt (104 mph)
Fastest the center moved: 15 kt (17 mph)
Identifier: EP152019

Deaths and damage

The sources count different things and are not added together.

NOAA Storm Events

0 deaths (0 direct, 0 indirect)$88,000

What National Weather Service offices recorded county by county in 2 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.

Landfalls

Time (UTC)	Where	Position	Wind	Pressure
Sep 19, 06:00	Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico, 26 km away	19.3N 104.8W	65 kt (75 mph)	990 mb
Sep 21, 03:00	La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 59 km away	23.9N 109.8W	70 kt (81 mph)	987 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: $88,000
Crop damage: none recorded
Events recorded: 7 in 3 reports from 2 states and marine areas

State by state

State or marine area	Deaths	Injuries	Damage	Events
Texas	0	0	$85,000	4
Arizona	0	0	$3,000	3

What was recorded

5 flash flood, 2 flood.

What forecast offices wrote

From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.

Heavy rain due to thunderstorms caused significant runoff in the city of Lubbock. Minor street flooding was observed near Texas Tech University. The Lubbock Fire Department reported a water rescue in a playa lake near the intersection of 77th street and Interstate 27.
Lubbock, Texas · Flood · Sep 22, 00:00 UTC

Heavy rain moved across Andrews County and produced flash flooding in the town of Andrews. There were multiple accidents with injuries in Andrews. The number of injuries is unknown. Streets were closed and there were stalled cars. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
Andrews, Texas · Flash Flood · Sep 22, 02:30 UTC

Heavy rain of 2 to 3 inches in less than 6 hours caused Wetstones Rd, Calle Rinconado, and Wentworth Road in Vail to become flooded and impassable. There was also flooding in Corona de Tucson and debris from flooding on Sahuarita Rd. A motorist was rescued from floodwaters near Old Vail Road and Wilmot Road.
Pima, Arizona · Flash Flood · Sep 24, 17:30 UTC

Heavy rain of around 2 inches in less than 6 hours caused several roads to become flooded in Saint David, Huachuca City and Sierra Vista.
Cochise, Arizona · Flash Flood · Sep 24, 19:32 UTC

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Sep 17, 06:00	12.3N 98.4W	35 kt	1006 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 17, 12:00	13.2N 99.6W	40 kt	1004 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 17, 18:00	14.1N 100.8W	40 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 18, 00:00	14.8N 101.8W	45 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 18, 06:00	15.8N 102.4W	50 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 18, 12:00	16.8N 103.1W	55 kt	995 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 18, 18:00	17.6N 103.8W	60 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 19, 00:00	18.4N 104.2W	70 kt	985 mb	Hurricane
Sep 19, 06:00 landfall	19.3N 104.8W	65 kt	990 mb	Hurricane
Sep 19, 12:00	20.3N 105.6W	60 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 19, 18:00	21.3N 106.7W	55 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 20, 00:00	21.9N 107.5W	55 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 20, 06:00	22.3N 108.2W	60 kt	992 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 20, 12:00	22.6N 108.8W	65 kt	989 mb	Hurricane
Sep 20, 18:00	23.0N 109.2W	75 kt	986 mb	Hurricane
Sep 21, 00:00	23.7N 109.5W	70 kt	987 mb	Hurricane
Sep 21, 03:00 landfall	23.9N 109.8W	70 kt	987 mb	Hurricane
Sep 21, 06:00	24.2N 110.2W	60 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 21, 12:00	25.0N 110.6W	55 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 21, 18:00	25.9N 111.0W	45 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 22, 00:00	26.9N 111.4W	35 kt	1004 mb	Tropical storm
Sep 22, 06:00	27.9N 111.5W	30 kt	1005 mb	Tropical depression
Sep 22, 12:00	28.5N 111.5W	25 kt	1006 mb	Low

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 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.