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Tropical Storm Josephine (1996)

Tropical Storm Josephine was a tropical storm at its peak, with 69 mph winds and a lowest pressure of 970 mb, per NOAA's National Hurricane Center. Modeled winds reached tropical-storm force (39 mph) at 2 of the cities we track; the strongest was Tallahassee, FL, with a modeled peak gust of 51 mph.

Peak strength69 mph winds (1-minute)
Tropical storm
Cities with tropical-storm-force windsModeled, of the cities we track
2
LandfallsFirst October 8, 1996
1
Lowest pressure
970 mb

Track, wind field and cities

Select a piece of the track or a city for details.

  • Depression or weaker
  • Tropical storm
  • Hurricane, Category 1 or 2
  • Major hurricane, Category 3 to 5
  • Landfall
  • City (larger ring, stronger modeled gust)
  • Modeled wind field, 39 to 111 mph sustained (darker, stronger; orange 111 mph+)
Source: NOAA/NWS National Hurricane Center best track (HURDAT2). City winds and the wind field are modeled.

The shaded areas are where our model puts Tropical Storm Josephine’s sustained winds over open land at 39 mph or more (tropical-storm force), 58, 74 (hurricane force) and 111 mph (major hurricane force) at some point along its track. Modeled, not measured. How we model hurricane winds

Landfalls

  1. October 8, 1996, tropical storm at 69 mph, about 38 miles from Tallahassee, FL

Modeled winds at cities (2)

Estimated peak winds for open, flat ground at each city’s center. Not measurements. How we model hurricane winds

CityPeak gustSustainedClosest passPeak
Tallahassee, FL51 mph41 mph38 milesOct 7, 1996, 11:15 PM EDT
Wilmington, NC50 mph41 mph29 milesOct 8, 1996, 9:30 AM EDT

Best track (47 positions)

TimeStatusWindPressurePosition
Oct 4, 18:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph1003 mb22.7°N, 96.2°W
Oct 5, 00:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1003 mb23.0°N, 96.1°W
Oct 5, 06:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1003 mb23.3°N, 96.0°W
Oct 5, 12:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1003 mb23.6°N, 95.8°W
Oct 5, 18:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1003 mb24.3°N, 95.5°W
Oct 6, 00:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1002 mb24.8°N, 95.0°W
Oct 6, 06:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1002 mb25.0°N, 94.5°W
Oct 6, 12:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1003 mb25.1°N, 93.5°W
Oct 6, 18:00 UTCTropical storm40 mph1001 mb25.1°N, 91.8°W
Oct 7, 00:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph996 mb25.5°N, 90.4°W
Oct 7, 06:00 UTCTropical storm58 mph992 mb25.9°N, 88.9°W
Oct 7, 12:00 UTCTropical storm69 mph981 mb26.9°N, 87.3°W
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