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Tropical Storm Imelda

Sep 17, 2019 to Sep 19, 2019Peak 46 mph1003 mb

Tropical Storm Imelda passed within 50 miles of 2 counties in TX. It was strongest near Brazoria County, TX, as a tropical storm on September 17, 2019.

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  • Post-tropical
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Tropical Storm Imelda · 2019

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

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From space

Tropical Storm Imelda on September 16, 2019, about 22 hours before landfall in Brazoria County, TX.

Tropical Storm Imelda on September 16, 2019, about 22 hours before landfall in Brazoria County, TX.
True-colour image from VIIRS, aboard the Suomi NPP satellite, on its early-afternoon pass, around 19:52 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
46 mph, 40 kt
Lowest pressure
1003 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
2
TX
Counties within 100 miles
2
TX
Strongest near the U.S.
Tropical storm
Brazoria County, TX, 0.0 mi, Sep 17, 2019
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
Brazoria CountyTX0.0Tropical stormSep 17, 2019
Matagorda CountyTX4.8Tropical stormSep 17, 2019

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.