Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · September 15–25, 2000
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01 · The story
Tropical Storm Helene (2000) was a tropical storm of the 2000 Atlantic season. It formed on September 15, 2000, reached its peak of 69 mph (111 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 986 mb on September 21, 2000, and made landfall near Wright, Florida on September 22, 2000 as a tropical storm (40 mph). It rapidly intensified by 40 mph in 24 hours (to 69 mph on September 21, 2000). The storm lasted 10.3 days and travelled about 5,165 miles (8,311 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 22, 2000 · 12:00 UTC | near Wright, Florida | TS 40 mph | 1006 mb |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston, Jamaica | 30 mi | Sep 19 · 07:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| New Kingston, Jamaica | 29 mi | Sep 19 · 07:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Columbus, Georgia | 32 mi | Sep 22 · 20:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Charlotte, North Carolina | 74 mi | Sep 23 · 11:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Raleigh, North Carolina | 41 mi | Sep 23 · 17:00 UTC | TD 38 mph |
| West Raleigh, North Carolina | 43 mi | Sep 23 · 17:00 UTC | TD 38 mph |
| Durham, North Carolina | 61 mi | Sep 23 · 17:00 UTC | TD 38 mph |
| Virginia Beach, Virginia | 23 mi | Sep 24 · 01:00 UTC | TS 47 mph |
| Norfolk, Virginia | 32 mi | Sep 24 · 01:00 UTC | TS 47 mph |
| Chesapeake, Virginia | 30 mi | Sep 24 · 01:00 UTC | TS 47 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 15 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 14.9°N 52.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 15.3°N 53.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 15.6°N 53.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 15.8°N 54.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 16.1°N 55.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 18:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 16.4°N 58.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 00:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 16.6°N 59.9°W | 94 mi ENE of Saint-François, Guadeloupe |
| Sep 17 06:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 16.6°N 61.7°W | 18 mi N of Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe |
| Sep 17 12:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 16.4°N 63.6°W | 85 mi SW of Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Sep 17 18:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 16.7°N 65.6°W | 91 mi SW of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands |
| Sep 18 00:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 17.0°N 67.1°W | 77 mi SSW of Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Sep 18 06:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 17.1°N 68.7°W | 93 mi S of La Romana, Dominican Republic |
| Sep 18 12:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 17.2°N 70.6°W | 77 mi SSW of Baní, Dominican Republic |
| Sep 18 18:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 17.4°N 72.5°W | 58 mi S of Jacmel, Haiti |
| Sep 19 00:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 17.6°N 74.4°W | 59 mi SW of Les Cayes, Haiti |
| Sep 19 06:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 18.3°N 76.3°W | 13 mi NE of Port Antonio, Jamaica |
| Sep 19 12:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 18.9°N 78.3°W | 39 mi NW of Montego Bay, Jamaica |
| Sep 19 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 19.4°N 79.6°W | 103 mi E of Frank Sound, Cayman Islands |
| Sep 20 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 19.9°N 81.0°W | 41 mi NNE of Further Ground, Cayman Islands |
| Sep 20 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 20.7°N 82.6°W | 83 mi S of Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba |
| Sep 20 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 21.8°N 84.3°W | 31 mi SSW of Guane, Pinar del Río, Cuba |
| Sep 20 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 23.0°N 85.4°W | 86 mi NW of Mantua, Pinar del Río, Cuba |
| Sep 21 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 23.9°N 86.1°W | 160 mi NW of Mantua, Pinar del Río, Cuba |
| Sep 21 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1007 mb | 24.9°N 86.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1006 mb | 26.1°N 87.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 999 mb | 27.1°N 87.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 996 mb | 28.4°N 87.2°W | 131 mi SSE of Gulf Shores, Alabama |
| Sep 22 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1001 mb | 29.5°N 87.2°W | 64 mi S of Pensacola, Florida |
| Sep 22 12:00 | TS LANDFALL | 40 mph | 1006 mb | 30.5°N 86.6°W | near Wright, Florida |
| Sep 22 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 31.6°N 85.4°W | 17 mi NE of Ozark, Alabama |
| Sep 23 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 32.9°N 83.5°W | near Macon, Georgia |
| Sep 23 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1012 mb | 33.6°N 81.7°W | near Aiken, South Carolina |
| Sep 23 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 34.4°N 80.0°W | 20 mi NW of Florence, South Carolina |
| Sep 23 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1010 mb | 35.4°N 78.0°W | near Goldsboro, North Carolina |
| Sep 24 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1008 mb | 36.4°N 76.1°W | 11 mi NE of Elizabeth City, North Carolina |
| Sep 24 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1005 mb | 37.2°N 74.7°W | 74 mi ENE of Virginia Beach, Virginia |
| Sep 24 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1001 mb | 38.0°N 72.5°W | 140 mi SE of Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| Sep 24 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 997 mb | 39.2°N 70.1°W | 174 mi SSE of New Bedford, Massachusetts |
| Sep 25 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 993 mb | 40.1°N 66.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 986 mb | 41.6°N 62.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 988 mb | 44.0°N 55.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 990 mb | 46.1°N 48.8°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
Helene made landfall once: near Wright, Florida on September 22, 2000 at 12:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 40 mph winds.
At its peak on September 21, 2000, Helene was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 69 mph (111 km/h) and a central pressure of 986 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.
10.3 days, from September 15, 2000 to September 25, 2000. It travelled about 5,165 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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