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Tropical Storm Kyle

Aug 14, 2020 to Aug 16, 2020Peak 52 mph1000 mb

Tropical Storm Kyle came within 100 miles of 5 U.S. counties without passing within 50.

  • Major hurricane
  • Hurricane
  • Tropical storm
  • Post-tropical
Watch how it happened

Tropical Storm Kyle · 2020

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

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Date and time (UTC)—Historical replay — not a forecast
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From space

Tropical Storm Kyle on August 13, 2020, about 18 hours before its closest pass to Dare County, NC.

Tropical Storm Kyle on August 13, 2020, about 18 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 18:26 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
52 mph, 45 kt
Lowest pressure
1000 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
0
None
Counties within 100 miles
5
NC, VA
Strongest near the U.S.
Tropical storm
Dare County, NC, 91.1 mi, Aug 14, 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 CountyNC91.1Tropical stormAug 14, 2020
Currituck CountyNC91.1Tropical stormAug 14, 2020
Virginia Beach cityVA92.6Tropical stormAug 14, 2020
Northampton CountyVA98.3Tropical stormAug 14, 2020
Camden CountyNC99.6Tropical stormAug 14, 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.