Track map & timeline · Atlantic · October 4–10, 2000
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 Leslie (2000) was a tropical storm of the 2000 Atlantic season. It formed on October 4, 2000, near DeLand, Florida, reached its peak of 69 mph (111 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 973 mb on October 10, 2000, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 6.3 days and travelled about 4,117 miles (6,625 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orlando, Florida | 32 mi | Oct 4 · 12:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Gainesville, Florida | 72 mi | Oct 4 · 12:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Lakeland, Florida | 74 mi | Oct 4 · 12:00 UTC | TD 35 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 4 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1012 mb | 29.0°N 81.4°W | near DeLand, Florida |
| Oct 4 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1012 mb | 29.5°N 80.8°W | 21 mi NE of Ormond Beach, Florida |
| Oct 5 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 29.7°N 79.9°W | 76 mi ENE of Daytona Beach, Florida |
| Oct 5 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 29.8°N 78.6°W | 151 mi ENE of Daytona Beach, Florida |
| Oct 5 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1009 mb | 29.9°N 77.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1009 mb | 30.2°N 75.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1010 mb | 30.3°N 74.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1006 mb | 30.6°N 73.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1007 mb | 30.9°N 72.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1007 mb | 31.3°N 71.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1006 mb | 32.1°N 70.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1006 mb | 33.1°N 69.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1006 mb | 35.4°N 68.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 18:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 1005 mb | 37.4°N 66.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 00:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 1004 mb | 40.0°N 64.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 06:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 43.0°N 60.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 12:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 46.0°N 57.0°W | 142 mi E of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Oct 8 18:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 49.0°N 54.0°W | 28 mi E of Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
| Oct 9 00:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 1007 mb | 51.0°N 50.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 06:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 1006 mb | 53.0°N 46.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 12:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 55.0°N 41.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 18:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 1003 mb | 56.0°N 36.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 00:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 999 mb | 56.0°N 30.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 06:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | 987 mb | 55.0°N 24.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 12:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | 980 mb | 54.0°N 17.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 18:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | 973 mb | 53.0°N 10.0°W | 44 mi WSW of Galway, Ireland |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Leslie. Its closest approach to a major city was 32 miles from Orlando, Florida.
At its peak on October 10, 2000, Leslie was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 69 mph (111 km/h) and a central pressure of 973 mb.
6.3 days, from October 4, 2000 to October 10, 2000. It travelled about 4,117 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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