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Tropical Storm Lee

Sep 2, 2011 to Sep 6, 2011Peak 58 mph986 mb

Tropical Storm Lee passed within 50 miles of 16 counties in LA. It was strongest near Terrebonne Parish, LA, as a subtropical storm on September 3, 2011.

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Tropical Storm Lee · 2011

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

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From space

Tropical Storm Lee on September 3, 2011, about 18 hours before landfall in Vermilion Parish, LA.

Tropical Storm Lee on September 3, 2011, about 18 hours before landfall in Vermilion Parish, LA.
True-colour image from MODIS, aboard NASA’s Terra satellite, with the gaps between its orbits filled from Aqua, on its late-morning pass, around 16:39 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
58 mph, 50 kt
Lowest pressure
986 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
16
LA
Counties within 100 miles
29
LA, MS, TX
Strongest near the U.S.
Subtropical storm
Terrebonne Parish, LA, 45.2 mi, Sep 3, 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
Iberville ParishLA0.0Subtropical stormSep 5, 2011
St. Martin ParishLA0.0Subtropical stormSep 4, 2011
Iberia ParishLA0.0Subtropical stormSep 4, 2011
Vermilion ParishLA0.7Subtropical stormSep 4, 2011
St. Landry ParishLA2.1Subtropical stormSep 4, 2011
Lafayette ParishLA4.4Subtropical stormSep 4, 2011
Pointe Coupee ParishLA5.8Subtropical stormSep 5, 2011
St. Mary ParishLA7.2Subtropical stormSep 4, 2011
Cameron ParishLA9.2Subtropical stormSep 4, 2011
Acadia ParishLA19.3Subtropical stormSep 4, 2011
Evangeline ParishLA30.7Subtropical stormSep 4, 2011
Avoyelles ParishLA33.5Subtropical stormSep 5, 2011
Concordia ParishLA39.6Subtropical stormSep 5, 2011
Jefferson Davis ParishLA39.8Subtropical stormSep 4, 2011
Terrebonne ParishLA45.2Subtropical stormSep 3, 2011
Calcasieu ParishLA46.5Subtropical stormSep 4, 2011
Allen ParishLA50.1Subtropical stormSep 4, 2011
Rapides ParishLA51.8Subtropical stormSep 4, 2011
Adams CountyMS54.7Subtropical stormSep 5, 2011
Catahoula ParishLA60.3Subtropical stormSep 5, 2011
LaSalle ParishLA68.4Subtropical stormSep 5, 2011
Vernon ParishLA72.8Subtropical stormSep 4, 2011
Beauregard ParishLA72.9Subtropical stormSep 4, 2011
Jefferson CountyTX81.3Subtropical stormSep 4, 2011
Orange CountyTX81.6Subtropical stormSep 4, 2011
Grant ParishLA82.4Subtropical stormSep 5, 2011
Newton CountyTX88.6Subtropical stormSep 4, 2011
Jasper CountyTX98.4Subtropical stormSep 4, 2011
Natchitoches ParishLA99.0Subtropical stormSep 4, 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.