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Tropical Storm Arthur

May 16, 2020 to May 21, 2020Peak 63 mph989 mb

Tropical Storm Arthur passed within 50 miles of 3 counties in NC. It was strongest near Dare County, NC, as a tropical storm on May 18, 2020.

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  • Post-tropical
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Tropical Storm Arthur · 2020

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

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From space

Tropical Storm Arthur on May 17, 2020, about 20 hours before its closest pass to Dare County, NC.

Tropical Storm Arthur on May 17, 2020, about 20 hours before its closest pass to Dare County, NC.
True-colour image from VIIRS, aboard the Suomi NPP satellite, on its early-afternoon pass, around 18:39 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
63 mph, 55 kt
Lowest pressure
989 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
3
NC
Counties within 100 miles
19
NC, VA
Strongest near the U.S.
Tropical storm
Dare County, NC, 23.1 mi, May 18, 2020
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.

Counties within 100 miles
Dare CountyNC23.1Tropical stormMay 18, 2020
Hyde CountyNC31.4Tropical stormMay 18, 2020
Carteret CountyNC36.7Tropical stormMay 18, 2020
Craven CountyNC55.5Tropical stormMay 18, 2020
Pamlico CountyNC60.8Tropical stormMay 18, 2020
Tyrrell CountyNC64.7Tropical stormMay 18, 2020
Onslow CountyNC69.2Tropical stormMay 18, 2020
Beaufort CountyNC69.4Tropical stormMay 18, 2020
Jones CountyNC71.9Tropical stormMay 18, 2020
Currituck CountyNC72.6Tropical stormMay 18, 2020
Washington CountyNC81.0Tropical stormMay 18, 2020
Camden CountyNC81.7Tropical stormMay 18, 2020
Pender CountyNC83.9Tropical stormMay 18, 2020
Pasquotank CountyNC86.8Tropical stormMay 18, 2020
Brunswick CountyNC88.1Tropical stormMay 18, 2020
New Hanover CountyNC89.2Tropical stormMay 18, 2020
Perquimans CountyNC90.7Tropical stormMay 18, 2020
Virginia Beach cityVA97.6Tropical stormMay 18, 2020
Chowan CountyNC97.8Tropical stormMay 18, 2020

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.