Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · September 27 – October 7, 2003
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01 · The story
Tropical Storm Larry (2003) was a tropical storm of the 2003 Atlantic season. It formed on September 27, 2003, 177 mi N of Iriona, Honduras, reached its peak of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 993 mb on October 3, 2003, and made landfall 19 mi W of Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico on October 5, 2003 as a tropical storm (58 mph). The storm lasted 10.0 days and travelled about 1,124 miles (1,809 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 5, 2003 · 10:00 UTC | 19 mi W of Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico | TS 58 mph | 996 mb |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico | direct hit | Sep 29 · 18:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico | 47 mi | Oct 5 · 10:00 UTC | TS 58 mph |
| Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico | 46 mi | Oct 5 · 23:00 UTC | TS 41 mph |
| Tuxtla, Chiapas, Mexico | 71 mi | Oct 6 · 10:00 UTC | TD 25 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 27 18:00 | TD low/wave | 17 mph | 1009 mb | 18.5°N 84.7°W | 177 mi N of Iriona, Honduras |
| Sep 28 00:00 | TD low/wave | 17 mph | 1009 mb | 18.7°N 84.9°W | 182 mi SE of Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Sep 28 06:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1008 mb | 19.0°N 85.3°W | 149 mi SE of Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Sep 28 12:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1008 mb | 19.3°N 86.0°W | 103 mi SE of Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Sep 28 18:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1008 mb | 19.7°N 86.9°W | 51 mi SE of Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Sep 29 00:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1007 mb | 20.0°N 87.5°W | 15 mi S of Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Sep 29 06:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1007 mb | 20.3°N 88.2°W | 27 mi S of Valladolid, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Sep 29 12:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1007 mb | 20.6°N 88.9°W | 22 mi WSW of Chichén-Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Sep 29 18:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1007 mb | 21.0°N 89.6°W | near Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Sep 30 00:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | 1007 mb | 21.2°N 90.5°W | 42 mi WNW of Hunucmá, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Sep 30 06:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | 1007 mb | 21.4°N 91.5°W | 108 mi WNW of Hunucmá, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Sep 30 12:00 | TD extratropical | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 21.3°N 92.1°W | 144 mi NW of Campeche, Campeche, Mexico |
| Sep 30 18:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 1006 mb | 21.2°N 92.5°W | 159 mi NW of Campeche, Campeche, Mexico |
| Oct 1 00:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 1006 mb | 20.9°N 92.9°W | 164 mi N of Frontera, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Oct 1 06:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 1005 mb | 20.9°N 92.9°W | 164 mi N of Frontera, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Oct 1 12:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 1004 mb | 21.0°N 93.0°W | 171 mi N of Frontera, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Oct 1 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1003 mb | 21.0°N 93.2°W | 174 mi NNW of Frontera, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Oct 2 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1002 mb | 20.9°N 93.4°W | 173 mi N of Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Oct 2 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 20.7°N 93.4°W | 159 mi N of Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Oct 2 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 998 mb | 20.5°N 93.4°W | 146 mi N of Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Oct 2 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 996 mb | 20.4°N 93.6°W | 140 mi N of Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Oct 3 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 993 mb | 20.5°N 94.0°W | 154 mi NNW of Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Oct 3 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 994 mb | 20.3°N 94.3°W | 143 mi ENE of Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Oct 3 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 994 mb | 20.1°N 94.5°W | 124 mi ENE of Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Oct 3 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 995 mb | 19.9°N 94.7°W | 106 mi ENE of Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Oct 4 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 995 mb | 19.6°N 94.5°W | 92 mi NNE of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Oct 4 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 994 mb | 19.5°N 94.0°W | 92 mi NW of Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Oct 4 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 994 mb | 19.3°N 93.8°W | 73 mi NNW of Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Oct 4 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 996 mb | 18.8°N 93.8°W | 47 mi NW of Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Oct 5 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 996 mb | 18.6°N 93.6°W | 29 mi WNW of Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Oct 5 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 996 mb | 18.5°N 93.5°W | 20 mi WNW of Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Oct 5 10:00 | TS LANDFALL | 58 mph | 996 mb | 18.4°N 93.5°W | 19 mi W of Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Oct 5 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 18.4°N 93.5°W | 19 mi W of Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Oct 5 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1000 mb | 18.2°N 93.7°W | 25 mi WNW of Cárdenas, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Oct 6 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1003 mb | 17.9°N 93.8°W | 20 mi E of Las Choapas, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Oct 6 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1005 mb | 17.5°N 93.9°W | 31 mi SSE of Las Choapas, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Oct 6 12:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1006 mb | 17.2°N 94.1°W | 44 mi NW of Cintalapa de Figueroa, Chiapas, Mexico |
| Oct 6 18:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1006 mb | 16.9°N 94.3°W | 41 mi WNW of Cintalapa de Figueroa, Chiapas, Mexico |
| Oct 7 00:00 | TD low/wave | 17 mph | 1007 mb | 16.6°N 94.5°W | 24 mi ENE of Unión Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Oct 7 06:00 | TD low/wave | 17 mph | 1007 mb | 16.3°N 94.7°W | 15 mi SE of Unión Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Oct 7 12:00 | TD low/wave | 17 mph | 1008 mb | 16.0°N 95.0°W | 18 mi SE of Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Oct 7 18:00 | TD low/wave | 17 mph | 1009 mb | 15.8°N 95.3°W | 27 mi SSW of Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico |
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Questions
Larry made landfall once: 19 mi W of Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico on October 5, 2003 at 10:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 58 mph winds.
At its peak on October 3, 2003, Larry was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a central pressure of 993 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.
10.0 days, from September 27, 2003 to October 7, 2003. It travelled about 1,124 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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