Track map & timeline · Atlantic · August 30 – September 2, 1979
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 Elena (1979) was a tropical storm of the 1979 Atlantic season. It formed on August 30, 1979, 294 mi N of Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico, reached its peak of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1004 mb on August 30, 1979, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 3.0 days and travelled about 572 miles (921 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston, Texas | 29 mi | Sep 2 · 00:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Cypress, Texas | 26 mi | Sep 2 · 00:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Pasadena, Texas | 36 mi | Sep 2 · 00:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Pearland, Texas | 31 mi | Sep 2 · 00:00 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 30 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 25.5°N 89.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 26.0°N 89.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 26.4°N 90.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1006 mb | 26.8°N 91.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1004 mb | 26.5°N 93.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1006 mb | 26.8°N 93.8°W | 177 mi SSE of Freeport, Texas |
| Aug 31 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1008 mb | 27.0°N 94.2°W | 152 mi SSE of Freeport, Texas |
| Aug 31 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1008 mb | 27.3°N 94.7°W | 121 mi SSE of Freeport, Texas |
| Sep 1 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1008 mb | 27.6°N 95.1°W | 95 mi S of Freeport, Texas |
| Sep 1 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1008 mb | 27.9°N 95.5°W | 73 mi S of Freeport, Texas |
| Sep 1 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1008 mb | 28.5°N 95.8°W | 35 mi SSE of Bay City, Texas |
| Sep 1 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 29.0°N 95.8°W | 10 mi E of Bay City, Texas |
| Sep 2 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 29.6°N 95.8°W | near Rosenberg, Texas |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Elena. Its closest approach to a major city was 26 miles from Cypress, Texas.
At its peak on August 30, 1979, Elena was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a central pressure of 1004 mb.
3.0 days, from August 30, 1979 to September 2, 1979. It travelled about 572 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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