Tropical Storm Priscilla (2019)

Basin

Eastern Pacific

Dates

October 19, 2019 to October 21, 2019

Peak strength

Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)

Lowest pressure

1003 mb (29.62 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

0.4

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi) from the center at its widest

Eyewall radius at its peak

30 nmi (56 km, 35 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

8 kt (9 mph)

Identifier

EP192019

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

$2.0 million

Crop damage

none recorded

Events recorded

5 in 2 reports from 2 states and marine areas

State by state

What was recorded

3 marine thunderstorm wind, 2 thunderstorm wind.

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 line of strong thunderstorms developed over the lower Rio Grande Valley and quickly became severe as it progressed eastward across Cameron County. Within the line, a very notable downburst developed just ahead of Bayview and caused destructive straight-line winds. Widespread tree damage was surveyed, in addition to the destruction of a sunroom on the south side of Bayview. Also, several large trees were uprooted with numerous large tree branches down.

Cameron, Texas · Thunderstorm Wind · Oct 21, 07:06 UTC

A cluster of potent thunderstorms developed in northeastern Mexico and moved north into Cameron County early Sunday morning. Within this cluster of storms, a strong linear downburst crossed South Padre Island from 1:24 AM CST to 1:40 AM CST. The South Padre Island Police Department reported downed power lines in between the paralleling Padre Blvd and Laguna Blvd on South Padre Island, and at one point all of South Padre Island had lost power due to 31 transmission poles that were taken down by the wind.

Cameron, Texas · Thunderstorm Wind · Oct 21, 07:24 UTC

Peak winds of 56 knots (Storm Force) was recorded at the Brazos Santiago monitoring station along the South Padre Island jetty at 142 AM CST (242 AM CDT). Gale to Storm Force gusts were recorded between 136 AM and 206 AM CST (236 and 306 AM CDT), associated with a rapidly developing squall line between Bayview and Boca Chica Beach early on the 21st. No known damage to watercraft was noted, but the near 70 mph gusts produced damage to power poles on South Padre Island during the same time.

Coastal Waters From Pt Mansfield To Rio Grande River Tx Out 20nm, Gulf of Mexico · Marine Thunderstorm Wind · Oct 21, 07:36 UTC

Peak winds of 49 knots (Storm Force) were recorded at the South Padre Island Coast Guard Station at 142 AM CST (242 AM CDT). A period of Gale to Storm Force gusts was observed from a rapidly developing squall line between 136 AM and 2 AM CST (236 and 3 AM CDT). No damage was reported, so far, to any water craft at the station or in Laguna Madre.

Laguna Madre From Port of Brownsville To Arroyo Colorado, Gulf of Mexico · Marine Thunderstorm Wind · Oct 21, 07:36 UTC

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• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2019Tropical Depression30 kt · 1006 mb
• Tropical Storm DalilaEastern Pacific · 2019Tropical Storm40 kt · 1004 mb
• Hurricane ErickEastern Pacific · 2019Cat 4115 kt · 952 mb
• Hurricane FlossieEastern Pacific · 2019Cat 170 kt · 987 mb
• Tropical Storm GilEastern Pacific · 2019Tropical Storm35 kt · 1006 mb
• Tropical Storm HenrietteEastern Pacific · 2019Tropical Storm40 kt · 1003 mb
• Tropical Storm IvoEastern Pacific · 2019Tropical Storm60 kt · 990 mb
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• Hurricane JulietteEastern Pacific · 2019Cat 3110 kt · 953 mb
• Tropical Storm AkoniEastern Pacific · 2019Tropical Storm35 kt · 1004 mb
• Hurricane KikoEastern Pacific · 2019Cat 4115 kt · 950 mb
• Tropical Storm MarioEastern Pacific · 2019Tropical Storm60 kt · 991 mb
• Hurricane LorenaEastern Pacific · 2019Cat 175 kt · 985 mb
• Tropical Storm NardaEastern Pacific · 2019Tropical Storm45 kt · 997 mb
• Tropical Storm EmaEastern Pacific · 2019Tropical Storm45 kt · 1003 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2019Tropical Depression30 kt · 1005 mb
• Tropical Storm OctaveEastern Pacific · 2019Tropical Storm40 kt · 1006 mb
• Tropical Storm RaymondEastern Pacific · 2019Tropical Storm45 kt · 1001 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2019Tropical Depression30 kt · 1006 mb

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