Tropical Storm Melissa (2019)
Tropical Storm Melissa peaked at 55 kt in the North Atlantic between October 8, 2019 and October 14, 2019, with a lowest pressure of 994 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Melissa, 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
- October 8, 2019 to October 14, 2019
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 994 mb (29.35 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 154 km (96 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.3
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 330 nmi (611 km, 380 mi) from the center at its widest
- Overall size
- 300 nmi (556 km, 345 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 24 kt (28 mph)
- Identifier
- AL142019
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
NOAA Storm Events
0 deaths (0 direct, 0 indirect)$24,000
What National Weather Service offices recorded county by county in 4 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.
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
- $24,000
- Crop damage
- none recorded
- Events recorded
- 69 in 4 reports from 4 states and marine areas
State by state
| State or marine area | Deaths | Injuries | Damage | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 0 | 0 | $23,100 | 56 |
| Rhode Island | 0 | 0 | $900 | 5 |
| New York | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Connecticut | 0 | 0 | 1 |
What was recorded
33 high wind, 27 strong wind, 9 coastal flood.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 kt (60 mph) | Measured | Nantucket | Massachusetts | Oct 10, 16:15 |
| 52 kt (60 mph) | Measured | Barnstable | Massachusetts | Oct 9, 22:01 |
| 45 kt (52 mph) | Measured | Washington | Rhode Island | Oct 10, 09:44 |
| 45 kt (52 mph) | Estimated | Newport | Rhode Island | Oct 10, 11:05 |
What forecast offices wrote
From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.
A peak water level of 6.8 ft MLLW occurred at the USGS tidal gauge at Hudson Bay at Freeport at 2019-10-10 17:54 EST. The moderate coastal flood threshold of 6.2 ft MLLW was exceeded from 2019-10-10 16:24 EST to 2019-10-10 19:24 EST. A peak water level of 7.0 ft MLLW occurred at the USGS tidal gauge at Reynolds Channel from 2019-10-10 17:24 EST to 2019-10-10 18:18 EST. The moderate coastal flood threshold of 6.8 ft MLLW was exceeded from 2019-10-10 17:00 EST to 2019-10-10 18:54 EST. A peak water level of 7.2 ft MLLW occurred at the USGS tidal gauge at East Rockaway Inlet from 2019-10-10 17:48 EST to 2019-10-10 17:54 EST. The moderate coastal flood threshold of 7.0 ft MLLW was exceeded from 2019-10-10 17:12 EST to 2019-10-10 18:30 EST.
Southern Nassau, New York · Coastal Flood · Oct 10, 21:00 UTC
In Falmouth, a large branch was down on Woods Hole Road by the golf course at 322 AM EST. A tree was down on Brick Kiln Road at Jamie Lane at 450 AM EST. A tree was down on Maravista Avenue at Montauk Street at 545 AM EST.
Barnstable, Massachusetts · High Wind · Oct 11, 08:22 UTC
A peak water level of 10.1 ft MLLW occurred at the USGS tidal gauge at Stamford at 2019-10-11 10:30 EDT. The moderate coastal flood threshold of 10.0 ft MLLW was exceeded from 2019-10-11 10:00 EDT to 2019-10-11 11:00 EDT.
Southern Fairfield, Connecticut · Coastal Flood · Oct 11, 15:00 UTC
A peak water level of 3.9 ft MLLW occurred at the USGS tidal gauge at Lindenhurst from 2019-10-11 19:48 EST to 2019-10-11 21:18 EST. The moderate coastal flood threshold of 3.6 ft MLLW was exceeded from 2019-10-11 18:36 EST to 2019-10-11 22:12 EST. A peak water level of 3.9 ft MLLW occurred at the USGS tidal gauge at West Sayville from 2019-10-11 21:00 EST to 2019-10-11 21:12 EST. The moderate coastal flood threshold of 3.5 ft MLLW was exceeded from 2019-10-11 19:12 EST to 2019-10-11 23:06 EST. A peak water level of 3.8 ft MLLW occurred at the USGS tidal gauge at Watch Hill on Fire Island from 2019-10-11 21:18 EST to 2019-10-11 21:30 EST. The moderate coastal flood threshold of 3.6 ft MLLW was exceeded from 2019-10-11 19:54 EST to 2019-10-11 22:18 EST.
Southwest Suffolk, New York · Coastal Flood · Oct 12, 00:00 UTC
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 18:00 | 35.0N 74.1W | 40 kt | 1009 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 9, 00:00 | 36.1N 72.4W | 40 kt | 1009 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 9, 06:00 | 37.0N 70.4W | 45 kt | 1008 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 9, 12:00 | 37.7N 68.8W | 45 kt | 1007 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 9, 18:00 | 38.4N 68.1W | 50 kt | 1006 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 10, 00:00 | 38.9N 68.2W | 55 kt | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 10, 06:00 | 38.9N 68.7W | 55 kt | 1002 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 10, 12:00 | 38.6N 69.2W | 55 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 10, 18:00 | 38.0N 69.2W | 55 kt | 998 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 11, 00:00 | 37.9N 68.4W | 55 kt | 996 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 11, 06:00 | 38.4N 68.7W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Oct 11, 12:00 | 38.6N 69.4W | 50 kt | 995 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Oct 11, 18:00 | 38.2N 69.7W | 50 kt | 996 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Oct 12, 00:00 | 37.8N 69.1W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Oct 12, 06:00 | 37.9N 68.4W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Oct 12, 12:00 | 38.0N 67.5W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 12, 18:00 | 38.2N 66.3W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 00:00 | 38.6N 64.9W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 06:00 | 39.1N 63.5W | 40 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 12:00 | 39.5N 61.7W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 18:00 | 39.7N 59.8W | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 00:00 | 40.0N 57.9W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 06:00 | 40.5N 55.5W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 12:00 | 40.8N 52.9W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 14, 18:00 | 40.9N 49.8W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Extratropical |
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
- Tropical Storm FernandNorth Atlantic · 2019
- Hurricane HumbertoNorth Atlantic · 2019
- Hurricane JerryNorth Atlantic · 2019
- Tropical Storm ImeldaNorth Atlantic · 2019
- Tropical Storm KarenNorth Atlantic · 2019
- Hurricane LorenzoNorth 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.