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Tropical Storm Charley (1998)

Tropical Storm Charley was a tropical storm at its peak, with 69 mph winds and a lowest pressure of 1000 mb, per NOAA's National Hurricane Center. Modeled winds reached tropical-storm force (39 mph) at one of the cities we track; the strongest was Corpus Christi, TX, with a modeled peak gust of 58 mph.

Peak strength69 mph winds (1-minute)
Tropical storm
Cities with tropical-storm-force windsModeled, of the cities we track
1
LandfallsFirst August 22, 1998
1
Lowest pressure
1000 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 Charley’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. August 22, 1998, tropical storm at 46 mph, about 5 miles from Corpus Christi, TX

Modeled winds at cities (1)

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

CityPeak gustSustainedClosest passPeak
Corpus Christi, TX58 mph47 mph5 milesAug 22, 1998, 1:00 AM CDT

Best track (13 positions)

TimeStatusWindPressurePosition
Aug 21, 06:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph1008 mb25.3°N, 92.3°W
Aug 21, 12:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1008 mb25.4°N, 93.8°W
Aug 21, 18:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph1008 mb26.0°N, 94.5°W
Aug 22, 00:00 UTCTropical storm52 mph1006 mb26.8°N, 95.4°W
Aug 22, 06:00 UTCTropical storm69 mph1002 mb27.5°N, 96.5°W
Aug 22, 10:00 UTC (landfall)Tropical storm46 mph1000 mb27.8°N, 97.1°W
Aug 22, 12:00 UTCTropical storm40 mph1001 mb27.9°N, 97.4°W
Aug 22, 18:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1003 mb28.3°N, 98.1°W
Aug 23, 00:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph1005 mb28.5°N, 98.7°W
Aug 23, 06:00 UTCTropical depression23 mph1006 mb28.7°N, 99.3°W
Aug 23, 12:00 UTCTropical depression23 mph1007 mb28.8°N, 99.9°W
Aug 23, 18:00 UTCTropical depression23 mph1008 mb29.1°N, 100.6°W
Aug 24, 00:00 UTCTropical depression23 mph1008 mb29.4°N, 101.2°W