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Hurricane Emily

Jul 11, 2005 to Jul 21, 2005Peak 161 mph929 mb

Hurricane Emily came within 100 miles of 3 U.S. counties without passing within 50.

  • Major hurricane
  • Hurricane
  • Tropical storm
  • Post-tropical
Watch how it happened

Hurricane Emily · 2005

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

About this replay
Date and time (UTC)—Historical replay — not a forecast
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From space

Hurricane Emily on July 19, 2005, about 16 hours before its closest pass to Cameron County, TX.

Hurricane Emily on July 19, 2005, about 16 hours before its closest pass to Cameron County, TX.
True-colour image from MODIS, aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite, with the gaps between its orbits filled from Terra, on its early-afternoon pass, around 19:51 UTC. Imagery: NASA Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System.

The storm

Peak strength
Category 5
161 mph, 140 kt
Lowest pressure
929 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
0
None
Counties within 100 miles
3
TX
Strongest near the U.S.
Category 3
Cameron County, TX, 72.7 mi, Jul 20, 2005
Landfalls recorded
3
Anywhere on the track

Every county it passed

Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.

Counties within 100 miles
Cameron CountyTX72.7Category 3Jul 20, 2005
Hidalgo CountyTX77.7Category 1Jul 20, 2005
Starr CountyTX85.4Category 1Jul 20, 2005

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.