Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · August 30 – September 2, 2003
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 Grace (2003) was a tropical storm of the 2003 Atlantic season. It formed on August 30, 2003, 272 mi NW of Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico, reached its peak of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1007 mb on August 30, 2003, and made landfall 16 mi ENE of Freeport, Texas on August 31, 2003 as a tropical storm (40 mph). The storm lasted 2.8 days and travelled about 842 miles (1,355 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 31, 2003 · 11:00 UTC | 16 mi ENE of Freeport, Texas | TS 40 mph | 1007 mb |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston, Texas | direct hit | Aug 31 · 15:00 UTC | TD 37 mph |
| Cypress, Texas | 10 mi | Aug 31 · 17:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Dallas, Texas | 22 mi | Sep 1 · 12:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Fort Worth, Texas | 49 mi | Sep 1 · 12:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Arlington, Texas | 37 mi | Sep 1 · 12:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Irving, Texas | 30 mi | Sep 1 · 12:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Grand Prairie, Texas | 31 mi | Sep 1 · 12:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Plano, Texas | 26 mi | Sep 1 · 13:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Garland, Texas | 19 mi | Sep 1 · 13:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| McKinney, Texas | 29 mi | Sep 1 · 14:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 24.3°N 92.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1009 mb | 24.9°N 93.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1009 mb | 25.8°N 94.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1008 mb | 27.2°N 94.9°W | 124 mi SSE of Freeport, Texas |
| Aug 31 11:00 | TS LANDFALL | 40 mph | 1007 mb | 29.0°N 95.1°W | 16 mi ENE of Freeport, Texas |
| Aug 31 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1007 mb | 29.4°N 95.2°W | near Alvin, Texas |
| Aug 31 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 30.1°N 95.6°W | near Tomball, Texas |
| Sep 1 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 30.9°N 96.4°W | 16 mi N of Bryan, Texas |
| Sep 1 06:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1010 mb | 31.9°N 96.6°W | 16 mi SSW of Corsicana, Texas |
| Sep 1 12:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1010 mb | 32.6°N 96.5°W | near Seagoville, Texas |
| Sep 1 18:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1011 mb | 33.6°N 95.7°W | near Paris, Texas |
| Sep 2 00:00 | TD | 17 mph | 1011 mb | 34.1°N 95.0°W | 44 mi NE of Paris, Texas |
| Sep 2 06:00 | TD | 17 mph | 1013 mb | 34.6°N 94.5°W | 55 mi S of Fort Smith, Arkansas |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
Grace made landfall once: 16 mi ENE of Freeport, Texas on August 31, 2003 at 11:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 40 mph winds.
At its peak on August 30, 2003, Grace was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a central pressure of 1007 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.
2.8 days, from August 30, 2003 to September 2, 2003. It travelled about 842 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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