Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · May 25 – June 2, 2012
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. During the replay the shaded rings show the storm’s wind field as analysed by NHC — 39+, 58+ and 74+ mph winds, quadrant by quadrant. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Tropical Storm Beryl (2012) was a tropical storm of the 2012 Atlantic season. It formed on May 25, 2012, 290 mi SE of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, reached its peak of 69 mph (111 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 992 mb on May 27, 2012, and made landfall near Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida on May 28, 2012 as a tropical storm (63 mph). The storm lasted 7.5 days and travelled about 2,584 miles (4,158 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2012 · 04:00 UTC | near Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida | TS 63 mph | 994 mb |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville, Florida | 10 mi | May 28 · 06:00 UTC | TS 58 mph |
| Gainesville, Florida | 47 mi | May 28 · 09:00 UTC | TS 46 mph |
| Tallahassee, Florida | 58 mi | May 29 · 06:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Savannah, Georgia | 16 mi | May 30 · 03:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Charleston, South Carolina | 14 mi | May 30 · 08:00 UTC | TS 42 mph |
| North Charleston, South Carolina | direct hit | May 30 · 08:00 UTC | TS 42 mph |
| Wilmington, North Carolina | 10 mi | May 30 · 15:00 UTC | TS 46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25 12:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 30.1°N 76.1°W | open ocean |
| May 25 18:00 | TS low/wave | 40 mph | 1006 mb | 31.1°N 75.1°W | open ocean |
| May 26 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1001 mb | 32.3°N 75.0°W | open ocean |
| May 26 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1001 mb | 32.4°N 75.3°W | open ocean |
| May 26 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1000 mb | 32.0°N 75.9°W | open ocean |
| May 26 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 999 mb | 31.5°N 76.2°W | open ocean |
| May 27 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 998 mb | 31.1°N 77.0°W | open ocean |
| May 27 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 998 mb | 30.7°N 78.0°W | 181 mi SE of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina |
| May 27 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 998 mb | 30.3°N 78.9°W | 147 mi ENE of Palm Coast, Florida |
| May 27 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 997 mb | 30.1°N 79.8°W | 92 mi ENE of Palm Coast, Florida |
| May 27 23:00 | TS | 69 mph | 992 mb | 30.1°N 80.5°W | 55 mi NE of Palm Coast, Florida |
| May 28 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 993 mb | 30.1°N 80.7°W | 42 mi ESE of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida |
| May 28 04:00 | TS LANDFALL | 63 mph | 994 mb | 30.2°N 81.4°W | near Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida |
| May 28 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 996 mb | 30.2°N 81.7°W | 10 mi SSW of Jacksonville, Florida |
| May 28 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1000 mb | 30.4°N 82.5°W | 17 mi NNE of Lake City, Florida |
| May 28 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1003 mb | 30.5°N 83.0°W | 28 mi SE of Valdosta, Georgia |
| May 29 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1005 mb | 30.6°N 83.2°W | 17 mi SSE of Valdosta, Georgia |
| May 29 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1005 mb | 30.8°N 83.4°W | near Valdosta, Georgia |
| May 29 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1006 mb | 31.3°N 83.0°W | 17 mi SSW of Douglas, Georgia |
| May 29 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1006 mb | 31.7°N 82.7°W | 16 mi NNE of Douglas, Georgia |
| May 30 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1004 mb | 32.0°N 81.8°W | 16 mi NW of Hinesville, Georgia |
| May 30 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1002 mb | 32.6°N 80.6°W | 12 mi NNE of Beaufort, South Carolina |
| May 30 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1000 mb | 33.7°N 78.9°W | near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina |
| May 30 18:00 | TS low/wave | 46 mph | 997 mb | 34.5°N 77.1°W | 19 mi SE of Piney Green, North Carolina |
| May 31 00:00 | TS low/wave | 52 mph | 994 mb | 35.4°N 75.1°W | 89 mi SE of Elizabeth City, North Carolina |
| May 31 06:00 | TS low/wave | 46 mph | 996 mb | 36.3°N 72.9°W | 175 mi ESE of Virginia Beach, Virginia |
| May 31 12:00 | TS low/wave | 40 mph | 998 mb | 37.1°N 70.4°W | open ocean |
| May 31 18:00 | TS low/wave | 40 mph | 1000 mb | 37.8°N 67.6°W | open ocean |
| Jun 1 00:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 1001 mb | 38.7°N 65.0°W | open ocean |
| Jun 1 06:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 1002 mb | 39.4°N 62.4°W | open ocean |
| Jun 1 12:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 1001 mb | 39.4°N 59.8°W | open ocean |
| Jun 1 18:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 1000 mb | 38.5°N 57.5°W | open ocean |
| Jun 2 00:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 1000 mb | 38.1°N 53.2°W | open ocean |
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Questions
Beryl made landfall once: near Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida on May 28, 2012 at 04:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 63 mph winds.
At its peak on May 27, 2012, Beryl was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 69 mph (111 km/h) and a central pressure of 992 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.
7.5 days, from May 25, 2012 to June 2, 2012. It travelled about 2,584 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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