Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · September 8–13, 1998
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 Frances (1998) was a tropical storm of the 1998 Atlantic season. It formed on September 8, 1998, 189 mi E of Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, reached its peak of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 990 mb on September 11, 1998, and made landfall 16 mi NE of Rockport, Texas on September 11, 1998 as a tropical storm (52 mph). The storm lasted 5.0 days and travelled about 949 miles (1,527 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 11, 1998 · 06:00 UTC | 16 mi NE of Rockport, Texas | TS 52 mph | 990 mb |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corpus Christi, Texas | 36 mi | Sep 11 · 09:00 UTC | TS 49 mph |
| Cypress, Texas | 67 mi | Sep 12 · 05:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Austin, Texas | 56 mi | Sep 12 · 07:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Arlington, Texas | 10 mi | Sep 13 · 16:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Grand Prairie, Texas | direct hit | Sep 13 · 16:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Dallas, Texas | 11 mi | Sep 13 · 17:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Fort Worth, Texas | 21 mi | Sep 13 · 17:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Garland, Texas | 21 mi | Sep 13 · 17:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Irving, Texas | direct hit | Sep 13 · 17:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Plano, Texas | 18 mi | Sep 13 · 18:00 UTC | TD 23 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 8 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1000 mb | 25.5°N 94.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1000 mb | 25.3°N 94.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 999 mb | 25.0°N 94.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 998 mb | 24.6°N 94.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 997 mb | 24.2°N 95.5°W | 171 mi SE of Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Sep 10 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 995 mb | 23.5°N 95.6°W | 168 mi ENE of Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Sep 10 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 995 mb | 24.2°N 95.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 996 mb | 25.3°N 95.2°W | 149 mi ESE of Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Sep 10 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 996 mb | 26.6°N 95.2°W | 151 mi ENE of Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Sep 11 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 27.2°N 95.9°W | 91 mi SE of Rockport, Texas |
| Sep 11 06:00 | TS LANDFALL | 52 mph | 990 mb | 28.2°N 96.9°W | 16 mi NE of Rockport, Texas |
| Sep 11 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 992 mb | 28.4°N 97.6°W | near Beeville, Texas |
| Sep 11 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 994 mb | 28.5°N 97.0°W | 21 mi S of Victoria, Texas |
| Sep 12 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 996 mb | 29.3°N 96.9°W | 35 mi N of Victoria, Texas |
| Sep 12 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 998 mb | 30.2°N 96.8°W | 24 mi W of Brenham, Texas |
| Sep 12 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1000 mb | 31.0°N 96.8°W | 33 mi ESE of Temple, Texas |
| Sep 12 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1001 mb | 31.3°N 96.8°W | 27 mi SE of Waco, Texas |
| Sep 13 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1002 mb | 31.5°N 96.8°W | 21 mi E of Waco, Texas |
| Sep 13 06:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1002 mb | 31.7°N 96.9°W | 18 mi NE of Waco, Texas |
| Sep 13 12:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1003 mb | 32.0°N 96.9°W | 27 mi S of Waxahachie, Texas |
| Sep 13 18:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1003 mb | 33.0°N 97.0°W | near Lewisville, Texas |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
Frances made landfall once: 16 mi NE of Rockport, Texas on September 11, 1998 at 06:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 52 mph winds.
At its peak on September 11, 1998, Frances was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a central pressure of 990 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.
5.0 days, from September 8, 1998 to September 13, 1998. It travelled about 949 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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