Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · August 3–14, 2004
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 Bonnie (2004) was a tropical storm of the 2004 Atlantic season. It formed on August 3, 2004, reached its peak of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1001 mb on August 11, 2004, and made landfall 47 mi SE of Callaway, Florida on August 12, 2004 as a tropical storm (46 mph). The storm lasted 10.5 days and travelled about 4,121 miles (6,631 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 12, 2004 · 14:00 UTC | 47 mi SE of Callaway, Florida | TS 46 mph | 1002 mb |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston, Jamaica | 62 mi | Aug 6 · 14:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| New Kingston, Jamaica | 63 mi | Aug 6 · 14:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico | 58 mi | Aug 9 · 05:00 UTC | TD 34 mph |
| Tallahassee, Florida | 23 mi | Aug 12 · 18:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Fayetteville, North Carolina | 73 mi | Aug 13 · 08:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Norfolk, Virginia | 50 mi | Aug 13 · 15:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Chesapeake, Virginia | 48 mi | Aug 13 · 15:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Newport News, Virginia | 62 mi | Aug 13 · 15:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Virginia Beach, Virginia | 36 mi | Aug 13 · 16:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| East Hampton, Virginia | 59 mi | Aug 13 · 16:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 12.9°N 53.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 3 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 13.2°N 55.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 4 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 13.5°N 57.4°W | 152 mi E of Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Aug 4 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 13.6°N 59.5°W | 35 mi NNE of Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Aug 4 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 13.6°N 61.6°W | 40 mi NW of Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Aug 4 18:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 13.7°N 63.7°W | 170 mi WNW of Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Aug 5 00:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 14.0°N 65.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 5 06:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 14.9°N 67.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 5 12:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 16.0°N 69.7°W | 171 mi S of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| Aug 5 18:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 16.5°N 71.5°W | 107 mi S of Pedernales, Dominican Republic |
| Aug 6 00:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 17.0°N 73.0°W | 91 mi SSW of Jacmel, Haiti |
| Aug 6 06:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 17.1°N 74.6°W | 94 mi SW of Les Cayes, Haiti |
| Aug 6 12:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 17.2°N 76.2°W | 68 mi SE of Kingston, Jamaica |
| Aug 6 18:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 17.0°N 77.2°W | 74 mi SSW of Kingston, Jamaica |
| Aug 7 00:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 17.1°N 78.2°W | 79 mi SW of Mandeville, Jamaica |
| Aug 7 06:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1013 mb | 17.4°N 79.2°W | 82 mi SW of Negril, Jamaica |
| Aug 7 12:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1013 mb | 17.8°N 80.2°W | 122 mi SSE of Frank Sound, Cayman Islands |
| Aug 7 18:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1013 mb | 18.4°N 81.1°W | 61 mi S of Bodden Town, Cayman Islands |
| Aug 8 00:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1012 mb | 19.0°N 81.9°W | 40 mi WSW of George Town, Cayman Islands |
| Aug 8 06:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 19.7°N 82.7°W | 88 mi WNW of West Bay, Cayman Islands |
| Aug 8 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 20.3°N 83.5°W | 118 mi SSW of Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba |
| Aug 8 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 20.9°N 84.3°W | 91 mi S of Guane, Pinar del Río, Cuba |
| Aug 9 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 21.5°N 85.5°W | 90 mi ENE of Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Aug 9 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 22.0°N 86.6°W | 59 mi NNE of Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Aug 9 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1008 mb | 22.5°N 87.6°W | 104 mi NNW of Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Aug 9 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1007 mb | 22.9°N 88.3°W | 122 mi N of Tizimín, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Aug 10 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1006 mb | 23.1°N 89.0°W | 133 mi NNE of Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Aug 10 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1005 mb | 23.4°N 89.8°W | 147 mi N of Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Aug 10 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1002 mb | 24.0°N 90.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 10 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1003 mb | 24.4°N 90.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 11 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 24.7°N 90.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 11 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 25.2°N 90.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 11 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1001 mb | 25.7°N 90.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 11 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 1001 mb | 26.4°N 89.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 12 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1007 mb | 27.0°N 88.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 12 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1008 mb | 27.7°N 88.1°W | 178 mi S of Gulf Shores, Alabama |
| Aug 12 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1002 mb | 29.0°N 86.1°W | 84 mi SSW of Panama City, Florida |
| Aug 12 14:00 | TS LANDFALL | 46 mph | 1002 mb | 29.6°N 85.1°W | 47 mi SE of Callaway, Florida |
| Aug 12 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 30.2°N 84.0°W | 23 mi SE of Tallahassee, Florida |
| Aug 13 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 31.9°N 81.3°W | near Richmond Hill, Georgia |
| Aug 13 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 33.5°N 79.0°W | 13 mi S of Socastee, South Carolina |
| Aug 13 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 35.5°N 76.5°W | 41 mi NE of New Bern, North Carolina |
| Aug 13 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 37.1°N 74.9°W | 62 mi ENE of Virginia Beach, Virginia |
| Aug 14 00:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1012 mb | 39.0°N 73.5°W | 55 mi ESE of Atlantic City, New Jersey |
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Questions
Bonnie made landfall once: 47 mi SE of Callaway, Florida on August 12, 2004 at 14:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 46 mph winds.
At its peak on August 11, 2004, Bonnie was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a central pressure of 1001 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.
10.5 days, from August 3, 2004 to August 14, 2004. It travelled about 4,121 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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