Tropical Storm Alberto
May 19, 2012 to May 23, 2012Peak 58 mph995 mb
Tropical Storm Alberto came within 100 miles of 17 U.S. counties without passing within 50.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Tropical Storm Alberto · 2012
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
From space
Tropical Storm Alberto on May 20, 2012, about 5 hours before its closest pass to Camden County, GA.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 58 mph, 50 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 995 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 0
- None
- Counties within 100 miles
- 17
- FL, GA, SC
- Landfalls recorded
- 0
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Camden County | GA | 78.7 | Tropical storm |
| Nassau County | FL | 78.8 | Tropical storm |
| Glynn County | GA | 78.9 | Tropical storm |
| Duval County | FL | 79.5 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | SC | 79.7 | Tropical storm |
| McIntosh County | GA | 80.2 | Tropical storm |
| Charleston County | SC | 80.8 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | GA | 81.2 | Tropical storm |
| St. Johns County | FL | 82.2 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | GA | 82.4 | Tropical storm |
| Colleton County | SC | 83.3 | Tropical storm |
| Bryan County | GA | 85.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | SC | 86.3 | Tropical storm |
| Georgetown County | SC | 90.5 | Tropical storm |
| Berkeley County | SC | 90.7 | Tropical storm |
| Flagler County | FL | 96.8 | Tropical storm |
| Dorchester County | SC | 97.8 | 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.