Hurricane Erika
Aug 14, 2003 to Aug 17, 2003Peak 75 mph986 mb
Hurricane Erika passed within 50 miles of 1 county in TX. It was strongest near Hidalgo County, TX, as a Category 1 on August 16, 2003.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Erika · 2003
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
From space
Hurricane Erika on August 15, 2003, about 14 hours before its closest pass to Cameron County, TX.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- 75 mph, 65 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 986 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 1
- TX
- Counties within 100 miles
- 13
- FL, TX
- 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.
| Cameron County | TX | 35.9 | Category 1 |
| Hidalgo County | TX | 60.1 | Category 1 |
| Lee County | FL | 66.9 | Tropical storm |
| Charlotte County | FL | 68.4 | Tropical storm |
| Sarasota County | FL | 68.4 | Tropical storm |
| Willacy County | TX | 68.7 | Category 1 |
| Manatee County | FL | 79.5 | Tropical storm |
| Kenedy County | TX | 84.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hillsborough County | FL | 87.9 | Tropical storm |
| DeSoto County | FL | 88.2 | Tropical storm |
| Starr County | TX | 89.0 | Tropical storm |
| Collier County | FL | 90.2 | Tropical storm |
| Pinellas County | FL | 90.7 | 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.