Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · July 17–21, 1983
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 Flossie (1983) was a tropical storm of the 1983 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on July 17, 1983, 67 mi SSW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico, reached its peak of 58 mph (93 km/h) on July 19, 1983, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 4.5 days and travelled about 1,054 miles (1,696 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 18.3°N 104.9°W | 67 mi SSW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| Jul 17 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 18.0°N 104.9°W | 85 mi SSW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| Jul 17 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 17.7°N 105.0°W | 107 mi SSW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| Jul 17 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 17.5°N 105.1°W | 122 mi SSW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| Jul 18 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 17.6°N 106.1°W | 151 mi SW of Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Jul 18 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 18.0°N 107.1°W | open ocean |
| Jul 18 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 18.5°N 108.0°W | open ocean |
| Jul 18 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 18.9°N 108.8°W | open ocean |
| Jul 19 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 19.3°N 109.5°W | open ocean |
| Jul 19 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 19.7°N 110.5°W | open ocean |
| Jul 19 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 20.0°N 111.3°W | open ocean |
| Jul 19 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 20.3°N 112.2°W | open ocean |
| Jul 20 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 20.5°N 113.2°W | open ocean |
| Jul 20 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 20.5°N 114.4°W | open ocean |
| Jul 20 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 20.5°N 115.5°W | open ocean |
| Jul 20 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 20.5°N 116.6°W | open ocean |
| Jul 21 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 20.6°N 117.6°W | open ocean |
| Jul 21 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 20.8°N 118.6°W | open ocean |
| Jul 21 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 20.8°N 119.7°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Flossie.
At its peak on July 19, 1983, Flossie was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 58 mph (93 km/h).
4.5 days, from July 17, 1983 to July 21, 1983. It travelled about 1,054 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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