Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · October 28 – November 1, 1999
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01 · The story
Tropical Storm Katrina (1999) was a tropical storm of the 1999 Atlantic season. It formed on October 28, 1999, 98 mi SSE of San Andrés, Colombia, reached its peak of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 999 mb on October 29, 1999, and made landfall 16 mi S of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua on October 30, 1999 as a tropical storm (40 mph). The storm lasted 3.8 days and travelled about 944 miles (1,519 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 30, 1999 · 00:00 UTC | 16 mi S of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua | TS 40 mph | 999 mb |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico | 12 mi | Nov 1 · 10:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1001 mb | 11.4°N 80.9°W | 98 mi SSE of San Andrés, Colombia |
| Oct 29 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1001 mb | 11.6°N 81.6°W | 68 mi S of San Andrés, Colombia |
| Oct 29 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1001 mb | 12.0°N 82.0°W | 45 mi SSW of San Andrés, Colombia |
| Oct 29 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1000 mb | 12.6°N 82.6°W | 61 mi W of San Andrés, Colombia |
| Oct 29 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1000 mb | 13.2°N 82.9°W | 66 mi SSE of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua |
| Oct 30 00:00 | TS LANDFALL | 40 mph | 999 mb | 13.8°N 83.4°W | 16 mi S of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua |
| Oct 30 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1000 mb | 14.1°N 84.0°W | 41 mi W of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua |
| Oct 30 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1001 mb | 14.3°N 84.5°W | 43 mi NNE of Siuna, Nicaragua |
| Oct 30 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1003 mb | 14.7°N 85.2°W | 35 mi SE of Dulce Nombre de Culmí, Honduras |
| Oct 31 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1005 mb | 16.0°N 86.6°W | 21 mi NE of La Ceiba, Honduras |
| Oct 31 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1007 mb | 17.2°N 87.4°W | 57 mi ESE of Belize City, Belize |
| Oct 31 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 18.4°N 88.0°W | 22 mi ESE of Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Oct 31 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 19.4°N 88.7°W | 24 mi S of José María Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Nov 1 00:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1010 mb | 19.9°N 89.6°W | 29 mi SW of Tecax, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Nov 1 06:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1011 mb | 20.4°N 89.8°W | near Muna, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Nov 1 12:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1011 mb | 21.2°N 89.8°W | 20 mi NW of Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
Katrina made landfall once: 16 mi S of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua on October 30, 1999 at 00:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 40 mph winds.
At its peak on October 29, 1999, Katrina was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a central pressure of 999 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.
3.8 days, from October 28, 1999 to November 1, 1999. It travelled about 944 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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