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Tropical Storm Bill

Jun 16, 2015 to Jun 21, 2015Peak 58 mph997 mb

Tropical Storm Bill passed within 50 miles of 19 counties in TX. It was strongest near Matagorda County, TX, as a tropical storm on June 16, 2015.

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Watch how it happened

Tropical Storm Bill · 2015

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

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From space

Tropical Storm Bill on June 15, 2015, about 21 hours before landfall in Calhoun County, TX.

Tropical Storm Bill on June 15, 2015, about 21 hours before landfall in Calhoun 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 19:47 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
997 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
19
TX
Counties within 100 miles
30
TX
Strongest near the U.S.
Tropical storm
Matagorda County, TX, 18.7 mi, Jun 16, 2015
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
Victoria CountyTX0.0Tropical stormJun 16, 2015
Fayette CountyTX0.0Tropical stormJun 17, 2015
Lavaca CountyTX0.0Tropical stormJun 17, 2015
Calhoun CountyTX0.0Tropical stormJun 16, 2015
Jackson CountyTX3.4Tropical stormJun 17, 2015
Refugio CountyTX3.8Tropical stormJun 16, 2015
Aransas CountyTX4.1Tropical stormJun 16, 2015
DeWitt CountyTX4.6Tropical stormJun 17, 2015
Gonzales CountyTX8.8Tropical stormJun 17, 2015
Colorado CountyTX9.0Tropical stormJun 17, 2015
Wharton CountyTX18.0Tropical stormJun 17, 2015
Matagorda CountyTX18.7Tropical stormJun 16, 2015
Goliad CountyTX19.8Tropical stormJun 16, 2015
Nueces CountyTX30.7Tropical stormJun 16, 2015
San Patricio CountyTX33.8Tropical stormJun 16, 2015
Bee CountyTX37.8Tropical stormJun 16, 2015
Guadalupe CountyTX38.0Tropical stormJun 17, 2015
Karnes CountyTX43.1Tropical stormJun 17, 2015
Wilson CountyTX48.2Tropical stormJun 17, 2015
Fort Bend CountyTX53.2Tropical stormJun 17, 2015
Kleberg CountyTX53.6Tropical stormJun 16, 2015
Brazoria CountyTX62.5Tropical stormJun 17, 2015
Live Oak CountyTX66.4Tropical stormJun 16, 2015
Jim Wells CountyTX67.6Tropical stormJun 16, 2015
Bexar CountyTX69.3Tropical stormJun 17, 2015
Kenedy CountyTX75.0Tropical stormJun 16, 2015
Atascosa CountyTX75.4Tropical stormJun 16, 2015
McMullen CountyTX91.3Tropical stormJun 16, 2015
Galveston CountyTX91.8Tropical stormJun 16, 2015
Duval CountyTX93.7Tropical stormJun 16, 2015

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.