Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · July 27–30, 2011
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 Don (2011) was a tropical storm of the 2011 Atlantic season. It formed on July 27, 2011, 79 mi ENE of Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico, reached its peak of 52 mph (83 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 997 mb on July 29, 2011, and made landfall 35 mi S of Corpus Christi, Texas on July 30, 2011 as a tropical depression (35 mph). The storm lasted 3.0 days and travelled about 893 miles (1,437 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 30, 2011 · 03:00 UTC | 35 mi S of Corpus Christi, Texas | TD 35 mph | 1007 mb |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico | 56 mi | Jul 27 · 16:00 UTC | TD 38 mph |
| Corpus Christi, Texas | 27 mi | Jul 30 · 04:00 UTC | TD 33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 21.6°N 85.7°W | 79 mi ENE of Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Jul 27 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 21.8°N 86.2°W | 60 mi NE of Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Jul 27 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1003 mb | 22.0°N 86.7°W | 58 mi N of Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Jul 28 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1000 mb | 22.3°N 87.4°W | 86 mi NNW of Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Jul 28 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1000 mb | 22.9°N 88.4°W | 122 mi N of Tizimín, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Jul 28 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1001 mb | 23.7°N 89.5°W | 167 mi N of Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Jul 28 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1004 mb | 24.2°N 90.7°W | open ocean |
| Jul 29 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 997 mb | 24.6°N 91.9°W | open ocean |
| Jul 29 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 25.1°N 93.1°W | open ocean |
| Jul 29 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1002 mb | 25.8°N 94.3°W | open ocean |
| Jul 29 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1004 mb | 26.4°N 95.5°W | 129 mi ENE of Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Jul 30 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1006 mb | 27.0°N 96.9°W | 63 mi SSE of Corpus Christi, Texas |
| Jul 30 03:00 | TD LANDFALL | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 27.3°N 97.4°W | 35 mi S of Corpus Christi, Texas |
| Jul 30 06:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 27.8°N 98.1°W | near Alice, Texas |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
Don made landfall once: 35 mi S of Corpus Christi, Texas on July 30, 2011 at 03:00 UTC, as a tropical depression with 35 mph winds.
At its peak on July 29, 2011, Don was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 52 mph (83 km/h) and a central pressure of 997 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical depression.
3.0 days, from July 27, 2011 to July 30, 2011. It travelled about 893 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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