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Tropical Storm Beta

Sep 17, 2020 to Sep 25, 2020Peak 63 mph993 mb

Tropical Storm Beta passed within 50 miles of 10 counties in TX. It was strongest near Calhoun County, TX, as a tropical storm on September 22, 2020.

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Tropical Storm Beta · 2020

How it happened

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From space

Tropical Storm Beta on September 21, 2020, about 7 hours before landfall in Calhoun County, TX.

Tropical Storm Beta on September 21, 2020, about 7 hours before landfall in Calhoun County, TX.
True-colour image from VIIRS, aboard the Suomi NPP satellite, on its early-afternoon pass, around 19:54 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
993 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
10
TX
Counties within 100 miles
25
TX
Strongest near the U.S.
Tropical storm
Calhoun County, TX, 0.0 mi, Sep 22, 2020
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 stormSep 22, 2020
Calhoun CountyTX0.0Tropical stormSep 22, 2020
Refugio CountyTX15.4Tropical stormSep 22, 2020
Lavaca CountyTX20.0Tropical stormSep 22, 2020
Aransas CountyTX21.5Tropical stormSep 22, 2020
Goliad CountyTX21.8Tropical stormSep 22, 2020
DeWitt CountyTX23.6Tropical stormSep 22, 2020
Bee CountyTX45.0Tropical stormSep 22, 2020
Karnes CountyTX46.9Tropical stormSep 22, 2020
Gonzales CountyTX48.3Tropical stormSep 22, 2020
Nueces CountyTX53.5Tropical stormSep 22, 2020
San Patricio CountyTX53.6Tropical stormSep 22, 2020
Wilson CountyTX63.2Tropical stormSep 22, 2020
Live Oak CountyTX73.4Tropical stormSep 22, 2020
Guadalupe CountyTX74.4Tropical stormSep 22, 2020
Caldwell CountyTX74.9Tropical stormSep 22, 2020
Bastrop CountyTX74.9Tropical stormSep 22, 2020
Kleberg CountyTX75.3Tropical stormSep 22, 2020
Atascosa CountyTX78.6Tropical stormSep 22, 2020
Jim Wells CountyTX80.5Tropical stormSep 22, 2020
Bexar CountyTX91.4Tropical stormSep 22, 2020
McMullen CountyTX93.6Tropical stormSep 22, 2020
Kenedy CountyTX95.3Tropical stormSep 22, 2020
Comal CountyTX97.7Tropical stormSep 22, 2020
Hays CountyTX97.7Tropical stormSep 22, 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.