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Tropical Storm Harold

Aug 21, 2023 to Aug 23, 2023Peak 58 mph995 mb

Tropical Storm Harold passed within 50 miles of 15 counties in TX. It was strongest near Willacy County, TX, as a tropical storm on August 22, 2023.

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Tropical Storm Harold · 2023

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

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From space

Tropical Storm Harold on August 21, 2023, about 19 hours before landfall in Kenedy County, TX.

Tropical Storm Harold on August 21, 2023, about 19 hours before landfall in Kenedy County, TX.
True-colour image from VIIRS, aboard the Suomi NPP satellite, on its early-afternoon pass, around 19:35 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
995 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
15
TX
Counties within 100 miles
24
TX
Strongest near the U.S.
Tropical storm
Willacy County, TX, 30.9 mi, Aug 22, 2023
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
Kenedy CountyTX0.0Tropical stormAug 22, 2023
Duval CountyTX0.0Tropical stormAug 22, 2023
Brooks CountyTX0.0Tropical stormAug 22, 2023
Webb CountyTX0.0Tropical stormAug 22, 2023
Jim Hogg CountyTX0.8Tropical stormAug 22, 2023
Kleberg CountyTX1.9Tropical stormAug 22, 2023
Jim Wells CountyTX4.0Tropical stormAug 22, 2023
Zapata CountyTX11.8Tropical stormAug 22, 2023
Nueces CountyTX24.5Tropical stormAug 22, 2023
Willacy CountyTX30.9Tropical stormAug 22, 2023
Hidalgo CountyTX31.3Tropical stormAug 22, 2023
Starr CountyTX35.7Tropical stormAug 22, 2023
Cameron CountyTX41.8Tropical stormAug 22, 2023
McMullen CountyTX43.5Tropical stormAug 22, 2023
San Patricio CountyTX48.2Tropical stormAug 22, 2023
Live Oak CountyTX50.4Tropical stormAug 22, 2023
Aransas CountyTX55.5Tropical stormAug 22, 2023
Bee CountyTX66.1Tropical stormAug 22, 2023
Refugio CountyTX67.3Tropical stormAug 22, 2023
Calhoun CountyTX74.4Tropical stormAug 22, 2023
Atascosa CountyTX82.9Tropical stormAug 22, 2023
Goliad CountyTX86.7Tropical stormAug 22, 2023
Karnes CountyTX97.7Tropical stormAug 22, 2023
Victoria CountyTX100.0Tropical stormAug 22, 2023

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.