Track map & timeline · Atlantic · August 5–8, 2002
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 Cristobal (2002) was a tropical storm of the 2002 Atlantic season. It formed on August 5, 2002, 152 mi SE of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, reached its peak of 52 mph (83 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 999 mb on August 8, 2002, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 3.0 days and travelled about 472 miles (759 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 32.0°N 77.2°W | 152 mi SE of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina |
| Aug 6 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1004 mb | 31.5°N 77.1°W | 185 mi ESE of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina |
| Aug 6 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1004 mb | 31.1°N 77.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 6 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1004 mb | 30.7°N 76.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 6 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1002 mb | 30.4°N 76.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 7 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 999 mb | 30.1°N 76.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 7 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 999 mb | 29.7°N 76.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 7 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 999 mb | 29.4°N 76.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 7 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1000 mb | 29.7°N 75.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 8 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 29.7°N 75.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 8 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 29.7°N 74.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 8 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1003 mb | 29.9°N 74.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 8 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1008 mb | 31.0°N 72.0°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Cristobal.
At its peak on August 8, 2002, Cristobal was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 52 mph (83 km/h) and a central pressure of 999 mb.
3.0 days, from August 5, 2002 to August 8, 2002. It travelled about 472 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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