Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · June 28 – July 3, 2003
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Tropical Storm Bill (2003) was a tropical storm of the 2003 Atlantic season. It formed on June 28, 2003, 52 mi SSE of Tecax, Yucatán, Mexico, reached its peak of 58 mph (93 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 997 mb on June 30, 2003, and made landfall 27 mi SW of Houma, Louisiana on June 30, 2003 as a tropical storm (58 mph). The storm lasted 4.8 days and travelled about 1,592 miles (2,562 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2003 · 19:00 UTC | 27 mi SW of Houma, Louisiana | TS 58 mph | 997 mb |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico | direct hit | Jun 28 · 23:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| New Orleans, Louisiana | 27 mi | Jun 30 · 23:00 UTC | TS 53 mph |
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 48 mi | Jun 30 · 23:00 UTC | TS 53 mph |
| Birmingham, Alabama | 11 mi | Jul 1 · 19:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Huntsville, Alabama | 55 mi | Jul 1 · 23:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Atlanta, Georgia | 74 mi | Jul 2 · 03:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Chattanooga, Tennessee | 30 mi | Jul 2 · 04:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Knoxville, Tennessee | 34 mi | Jul 2 · 12:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Winston-Salem, North Carolina | 62 mi | Jul 2 · 21:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Greensboro, North Carolina | 73 mi | Jul 2 · 22:00 UTC | TD 23 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 28 06:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1009 mb | 19.5°N 89.0°W | 26 mi SW of José María Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Jun 28 12:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1008 mb | 20.0°N 89.3°W | 14 mi S of Tecax, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Jun 28 18:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1008 mb | 20.3°N 89.4°W | near Oxkutzkab, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Jun 29 00:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1008 mb | 21.0°N 89.8°W | 12 mi WNW of Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Jun 29 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 22.0°N 90.0°W | 54 mi NNW of Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Jun 29 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1007 mb | 23.4°N 90.5°W | 156 mi NNW of Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Jun 29 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1009 mb | 24.6°N 91.1°W | open ocean |
| Jun 30 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1008 mb | 25.9°N 91.3°W | open ocean |
| Jun 30 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1007 mb | 27.1°N 91.5°W | 179 mi SSW of Houma, Louisiana |
| Jun 30 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1002 mb | 28.2°N 91.5°W | 107 mi SSW of Houma, Louisiana |
| Jun 30 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 29.1°N 91.0°W | 38 mi SSW of Houma, Louisiana |
| Jun 30 19:00 | TS LANDFALL | 58 mph | 997 mb | 29.3°N 91.0°W | 27 mi SW of Houma, Louisiana |
| Jul 1 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 998 mb | 30.4°N 90.3°W | 12 mi SE of Hammond, Louisiana |
| Jul 1 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1003 mb | 31.6°N 89.3°W | 12 mi WSW of Laurel, Mississippi |
| Jul 1 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1004 mb | 32.7°N 88.4°W | 29 mi NE of Meridian, Mississippi |
| Jul 1 18:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1007 mb | 33.6°N 87.0°W | 13 mi WNW of Birmingham, Alabama |
| Jul 2 00:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1007 mb | 34.1°N 86.0°W | near Gadsden, Alabama |
| Jul 2 06:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1007 mb | 35.0°N 84.5°W | 24 mi ESE of Cleveland, Tennessee |
| Jul 2 12:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1009 mb | 35.6°N 83.5°W | 19 mi S of Sevierville, Tennessee |
| Jul 2 18:00 | TD extratropical | 23 mph | 1009 mb | 36.5°N 82.0°W | 12 mi ESE of Bristol, Tennessee |
| Jul 3 00:00 | TD extratropical | 23 mph | 1009 mb | 37.3°N 79.5°W | 13 mi W of Timberlake, Virginia |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
Bill made landfall once: 27 mi SW of Houma, Louisiana on June 30, 2003 at 19:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 58 mph winds.
At its peak on June 30, 2003, Bill was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 58 mph (93 km/h) and a central pressure of 997 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.
4.8 days, from June 28, 2003 to July 3, 2003. It travelled about 1,592 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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