Tropical Storm Helene
Sep 15, 2000 to Sep 25, 2000Peak 69 mph986 mb
Tropical Storm Helene passed within 50 miles of 48 counties in 4 states. It was strongest near Jackson County, MS, as a tropical storm on September 22, 2000.
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Tropical Storm Helene · 2000
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
From space
Tropical Storm Helene on September 21, 2000, about 20 hours before landfall in Okaloosa County, FL.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 69 mph, 60 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 986 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 48
- AL, FL, NC, VA
- Counties within 100 miles
- 92
- AL, DE, FL, MD, MS, NC, VA
- Landfalls recorded
- 1
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Currituck County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bertie County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pitt County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Perquimans County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Okaloosa County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Virginia Beach city | VA | 1.2 | Tropical storm |
| Chowan County | NC | 2.3 | Tropical storm |
| Pasquotank County | NC | 2.9 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | NC | 3.0 | Tropical storm |
| Edgecombe County | NC | 6.0 | Tropical storm |
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 7.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wilson County | NC | 7.0 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | NC | 8.9 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | NC | 9.9 | Tropical storm |
| Gates County | NC | 10.2 | Tropical storm |
| Chesapeake city | VA | 10.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lenoir County | NC | 10.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hertford County | NC | 12.3 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | FL | 13.3 | Tropical storm |
| Halifax County | NC | 17.5 | Tropical storm |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 20.5 | Tropical storm |
| Dare County | NC | 20.7 | Tropical storm |
| Nash County | NC | 20.8 | Tropical storm |
| Craven County | NC | 21.7 | Tropical storm |
| Suffolk city | VA | 22.3 | Tropical storm |
| Northampton County | NC | 23.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | NC | 24.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hyde County | NC | 25.5 | Tropical storm |
| Norfolk city | VA | 27.4 | Tropical storm |
| Portsmouth city | VA | 29.5 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | NC | 32.3 | Tropical storm |
| Northampton County | VA | 34.3 | Tropical storm |
| Southampton County | VA | 34.5 | Tropical storm |
| Onslow County | NC | 34.7 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | AL | 38.6 | Tropical storm |
| Isle of Wight County | VA | 39.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton city | VA | 39.3 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin city | VA | 39.6 | Tropical storm |
| Newport News city | VA | 42.3 | Tropical storm |
| Pamlico County | NC | 42.4 | Tropical storm |
| Greensville County | VA | 45.6 | Tropical storm |
| Accomack County | VA | 45.9 | Tropical storm |
| Poquoson city | VA | 46.4 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | NC | 47.5 | Tropical storm |
| York County | VA | 48.8 | Tropical storm |
| Granville County | NC | 52.8 | Tropical storm |
| Surry County | VA | 56.3 | Tropical storm |
| Mathews County | VA | 56.9 | Tropical storm |
| Sussex County | VA | 57.5 | Tropical storm |
| Gloucester County | VA | 57.7 | Tropical storm |
| Vance County | NC | 57.9 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | VA | 59.9 | Tropical storm |
| James City County | VA | 59.9 | Tropical storm |
| Emporia city | VA | 60.2 | Tropical storm |
| Carteret County | NC | 61.0 | Tropical storm |
| Worcester County | MD | 64.4 | Tropical storm |
| Williamsburg city | VA | 66.3 | Tropical storm |
| Mecklenburg County | VA | 67.6 | Tropical storm |
| Mobile County | AL | 70.4 | Tropical storm |
| Middlesex County | VA | 70.7 | Tropical storm |
| Somerset County | MD | 73.0 | Tropical storm |
| Prince George County | VA | 73.2 | Tropical storm |
| Person County | NC | 73.2 | Tropical storm |
| Charles City County | VA | 73.3 | Tropical storm |
| Dinwiddie County | VA | 73.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lancaster County | VA | 74.3 | Tropical storm |
| King and Queen County | VA | 77.5 | Tropical storm |
| Northumberland County | VA | 79.0 | Tropical storm |
| New Kent County | VA | 79.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lunenburg County | VA | 81.0 | Tropical storm |
| Petersburg city | VA | 82.9 | Tropical storm |
| Wicomico County | MD | 83.6 | Tropical storm |
| King William County | VA | 85.1 | Tropical storm |
| Sussex County | DE | 86.5 | Tropical storm |
| Hopewell city | VA | 86.6 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | AL | 86.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | MS | 87.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chesterfield County | VA | 87.7 | Tropical storm |
| Halifax County | VA | 87.8 | Tropical storm |
| Colonial Heights city | VA | 87.9 | Tropical storm |
| Nottoway County | VA | 88.5 | Tropical storm |
| Henrico County | VA | 91.0 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | AL | 91.8 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | VA | 94.1 | Tropical storm |
| Charlotte County | VA | 94.9 | Tropical storm |
| Essex County | VA | 95.7 | Tropical storm |
| Dorchester County | MD | 95.8 | Tropical storm |
| Amelia County | VA | 96.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Mary's County | MD | 99.2 | Tropical storm |
Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.
National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.