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Tropical Storm Don

Jul 27, 2011 to Jul 30, 2011Peak 52 mph997 mb

Tropical Storm Don passed within 50 miles of 2 counties in TX. It was strongest near Willacy County, TX, as a tropical storm on July 30, 2011.

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  • Post-tropical
Watch how it happened

Tropical Storm Don · 2011

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

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From space

Tropical Storm Don on July 29, 2011, about 7 hours before landfall in Kleberg County, TX.

Tropical Storm Don on July 29, 2011, about 7 hours before landfall in Kleberg 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 19:53 UTC. Imagery: NASA Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System.

The storm

Peak strength
Tropical storm
52 mph, 45 kt
Lowest pressure
997 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
2
TX
Counties within 100 miles
2
TX
Strongest near the U.S.
Tropical storm
Willacy County, TX, 36.6 mi, Jul 30, 2011
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.

Counties within 100 miles
Willacy CountyTX36.6Tropical stormJul 30, 2011
Cameron CountyTX45.4Tropical stormJul 30, 2011

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.