Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · September 5–11, 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 Fay (2002) was a tropical storm of the 2002 Atlantic season. It formed on September 5, 2002, 108 mi SE of Galveston, Texas, reached its peak of 58 mph (93 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 998 mb on September 6, 2002, and made landfall 21 mi ESE of Port Lavaca, Texas on September 7, 2002 as a tropical storm (58 mph). The storm lasted 5.3 days and travelled about 691 miles (1,112 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 7, 2002 · 09:00 UTC | 21 mi ESE of Port Lavaca, Texas | TS 58 mph | 999 mb |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio, Texas | 36 mi | Sep 7 · 18:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico | direct hit | Sep 9 · 23:00 UTC | TD 12 mph |
| Guadalupe, Nuevo León, Mexico | 64 mi | Sep 10 · 18:00 UTC | TD 12 mph |
| Ciudad Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico | 58 mi | Sep 10 · 18:00 UTC | TD 12 mph |
| Ciudad Benito Juárez, Nuevo León, Mexico | 69 mi | Sep 10 · 18:00 UTC | TD 12 mph |
| Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico | 63 mi | Sep 10 · 19:00 UTC | TD 12 mph |
| Ciudad General Escobedo, Nuevo León, Mexico | 56 mi | Sep 10 · 19:00 UTC | TD 12 mph |
| San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, Mexico | 59 mi | Sep 10 · 19:00 UTC | TD 12 mph |
| Santa Catarina, Nuevo León, Mexico | 62 mi | Sep 10 · 20:00 UTC | TD 12 mph |
| Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico | 74 mi | Sep 11 · 00:00 UTC | TD 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 28.0°N 93.8°W | 108 mi SE of Galveston, Texas |
| Sep 6 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1006 mb | 27.8°N 93.9°W | 117 mi SSE of Galveston, Texas |
| Sep 6 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1005 mb | 27.6°N 94.1°W | 121 mi SE of Freeport, Texas |
| Sep 6 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1001 mb | 27.7°N 94.5°W | 101 mi SSE of Freeport, Texas |
| Sep 6 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 999 mb | 27.8°N 94.7°W | 89 mi SSE of Freeport, Texas |
| Sep 7 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 998 mb | 27.9°N 95.0°W | 76 mi SSE of Freeport, Texas |
| Sep 7 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 999 mb | 28.1°N 95.6°W | 61 mi SSW of Freeport, Texas |
| Sep 7 09:00 | TS LANDFALL | 58 mph | 999 mb | 28.5°N 96.3°W | 21 mi ESE of Port Lavaca, Texas |
| Sep 7 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1002 mb | 29.1°N 96.9°W | 21 mi NNE of Victoria, Texas |
| Sep 7 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1002 mb | 28.9°N 98.5°W | 36 mi S of San Antonio, Texas |
| Sep 8 00:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1003 mb | 28.9°N 98.9°W | 44 mi SW of San Antonio, Texas |
| Sep 8 06:00 | TD low/wave | 17 mph | 1007 mb | 28.7°N 99.3°W | 46 mi SE of Uvalde, Texas |
| Sep 8 12:00 | TD low/wave | 12 mph | 1007 mb | 29.0°N 99.5°W | 23 mi SE of Uvalde, Texas |
| Sep 8 18:00 | TD low/wave | 12 mph | 1008 mb | 28.9°N 99.1°W | 51 mi SW of San Antonio, Texas |
| Sep 9 00:00 | TD low/wave | 12 mph | 1008 mb | 28.5°N 99.2°W | 61 mi SE of Uvalde, Texas |
| Sep 9 06:00 | TD low/wave | 12 mph | 1008 mb | 28.3°N 99.2°W | 58 mi NNE of Laredo, Texas |
| Sep 9 12:00 | TD low/wave | 12 mph | 1009 mb | 28.1°N 99.4°W | 42 mi N of Laredo, Texas |
| Sep 9 18:00 | TD low/wave | 12 mph | 1009 mb | 27.8°N 99.6°W | 21 mi NNW of Laredo, Texas |
| Sep 10 00:00 | TD low/wave | 12 mph | 1008 mb | 27.4°N 99.5°W | near Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Sep 10 06:00 | TD low/wave | 12 mph | 1008 mb | 27.0°N 99.3°W | 35 mi SSE of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Sep 10 12:00 | TD low/wave | 12 mph | 1008 mb | 26.8°N 99.8°W | 31 mi NE of Ciudad Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Mexico |
| Sep 10 18:00 | TD low/wave | 12 mph | 1008 mb | 26.6°N 100.4°W | 15 mi WNW of Ciudad Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Mexico |
| Sep 11 00:00 | TD low/wave | 12 mph | 1007 mb | 26.5°N 101.0°W | 38 mi SE of Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico |
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Questions
Fay made landfall once: 21 mi ESE of Port Lavaca, Texas on September 7, 2002 at 09:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 58 mph winds.
At its peak on September 6, 2002, Fay was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 58 mph (93 km/h) and a central pressure of 998 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.
5.3 days, from September 5, 2002 to September 11, 2002. It travelled about 691 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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