Track map & timeline · Atlantic · October 17–21, 2019
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. During the replay the shaded rings show the storm’s wind field as analysed by NHC — 39+, 58+ and 74+ mph winds, quadrant by quadrant. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Tropical Storm Nestor (2019) was a tropical storm of the 2019 Atlantic season. It formed on October 17, 2019, 137 mi E of Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico, reached its peak of 58 mph (93 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 996 mb on October 18, 2019, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 3.5 days and travelled about 1,663 miles (2,676 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tallahassee, Florida | 35 mi | Oct 19 · 22:00 UTC | TS 42 mph |
| Charlotte, North Carolina | 74 mi | Oct 20 · 10:00 UTC | TS 46 mph |
| Fayetteville, North Carolina | 13 mi | Oct 20 · 12:00 UTC | TS 46 mph |
| Raleigh, North Carolina | 19 mi | Oct 20 · 14:00 UTC | TS 46 mph |
| West Raleigh, North Carolina | 21 mi | Oct 20 · 14:00 UTC | TS 46 mph |
| Durham, North Carolina | 38 mi | Oct 20 · 14:00 UTC | TS 46 mph |
| Richmond, Virginia | 57 mi | Oct 20 · 18:00 UTC | TS 46 mph |
| Norfolk, Virginia | 17 mi | Oct 20 · 19:00 UTC | TS 46 mph |
| Chesapeake, Virginia | 19 mi | Oct 20 · 19:00 UTC | TS 46 mph |
| Virginia Beach, Virginia | 22 mi | Oct 20 · 20:00 UTC | TS 46 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 17 12:00 | TS low/wave | 40 mph | 1007 mb | 22.2°N 95.7°W | 137 mi E of Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Oct 17 18:00 | TS low/wave | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 22.6°N 95.2°W | 170 mi E of Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Oct 18 00:00 | TS low/wave | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 23.2°N 94.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 18 06:00 | TS low/wave | 52 mph | 1002 mb | 24.1°N 93.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 18 12:00 | TS low/wave | 58 mph | 1001 mb | 25.2°N 91.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 18 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1000 mb | 26.4°N 89.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 19 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 996 mb | 27.8°N 87.8°W | 169 mi S of Gulf Shores, Alabama |
| Oct 19 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 996 mb | 28.6°N 87.1°W | 119 mi SSE of Gulf Shores, Alabama |
| Oct 19 12:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 996 mb | 29.3°N 86.4°W | 70 mi SSW of Panama City Beach, Florida |
| Oct 19 18:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 999 mb | 30.2°N 85.4°W | 11 mi ENE of Callaway, Florida |
| Oct 20 00:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 1000 mb | 31.2°N 84.2°W | 26 mi S of Albany, Georgia |
| Oct 20 06:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 1002 mb | 33.1°N 81.7°W | 30 mi SSE of Augusta, Georgia |
| Oct 20 12:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 1002 mb | 35.1°N 79.1°W | near Fort Bragg, North Carolina |
| Oct 20 18:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 1002 mb | 37.0°N 76.7°W | 15 mi W of Newport News, Virginia |
| Oct 21 00:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 1001 mb | 37.5°N 74.5°W | 71 mi SSE of Ocean Pines, Maryland |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Nestor. Its closest approach to a major city was 13 miles from Fayetteville, North Carolina.
At its peak on October 18, 2019, Nestor was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 58 mph (93 km/h) and a central pressure of 996 mb.
3.5 days, from October 17, 2019 to October 21, 2019. It travelled about 1,663 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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