Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · June 18–21, 1993
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01 · The story
Tropical Storm Arlene (1993) was a tropical storm of the 1993 Atlantic season. It formed on June 18, 1993, 101 mi WNW of Campeche, Campeche, Mexico, reached its peak of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1000 mb on June 19, 1993, and made landfall 40 mi SE of Kingsville, Texas on June 20, 1993 as a tropical storm (40 mph). The storm lasted 3.3 days and travelled about 648 miles (1,043 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 20, 1993 · 09:00 UTC | 40 mi SE of Kingsville, Texas | TS 40 mph | 1001 mb |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico | 58 mi | Jun 20 · 00:00 UTC | TS 40 mph |
| Brownsville, Texas | 57 mi | Jun 20 · 00:00 UTC | TS 40 mph |
| Corpus Christi, Texas | 47 mi | Jun 20 · 11:00 UTC | TD 36 mph |
| McAllen, Texas | 62 mi | Jun 21 · 04:00 UTC | TD 31 mph |
| Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico | 70 mi | Jun 21 · 06:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
Distance from the city to the storm’s center, interpolated hourly between official fixes. Damaging winds, surge and rain reach far beyond the center.
04 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1006 mb | 20.5°N 91.9°W | 101 mi WNW of Campeche, Campeche, Mexico |
| Jun 18 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1005 mb | 20.8°N 92.3°W | 133 mi WNW of Campeche, Campeche, Mexico |
| Jun 18 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1005 mb | 21.1°N 92.8°W | 172 mi WNW of Campeche, Campeche, Mexico |
| Jun 18 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 21.7°N 93.1°W | open ocean |
| Jun 19 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 22.6°N 93.4°W | open ocean |
| Jun 19 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 23.8°N 94.1°W | open ocean |
| Jun 19 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1000 mb | 25.9°N 95.9°W | 100 mi E of Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Jun 19 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1000 mb | 26.0°N 96.3°W | 75 mi E of Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Jun 20 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1000 mb | 26.3°N 96.7°W | 58 mi ENE of Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Jun 20 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1001 mb | 27.0°N 97.2°W | 57 mi SSE of Corpus Christi, Texas |
| Jun 20 09:00 | TS LANDFALL | 40 mph | 1001 mb | 27.1°N 97.4°W | 40 mi SE of Kingsville, Texas |
| Jun 20 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1002 mb | 27.2°N 97.8°W | 22 mi S of Kingsville, Texas |
| Jun 20 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1003 mb | 27.2°N 97.9°W | 22 mi S of Kingsville, Texas |
| Jun 21 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1004 mb | 27.1°N 98.1°W | 32 mi SSW of Kingsville, Texas |
| Jun 21 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1006 mb | 27.1°N 98.3°W | 40 mi SW of Kingsville, Texas |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
Arlene made landfall once: 40 mi SE of Kingsville, Texas on June 20, 1993 at 09:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 40 mph winds.
At its peak on June 19, 1993, Arlene was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a central pressure of 1000 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.
3.3 days, from June 18, 1993 to June 21, 1993. It travelled about 648 miles.
The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.
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