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Tropical Storm Bill (2003)

Tropical Storm Bill was a tropical storm at its peak, with 58 mph winds and a lowest pressure of 997 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 New Orleans, LA, with a modeled peak gust of 52 mph.

Peak strength58 mph winds (1-minute)
Tropical storm
Cities with tropical-storm-force windsModeled, of the cities we track
2
LandfallsFirst June 30, 2003
1
Lowest pressure
997 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 Bill’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. June 30, 2003, tropical storm at 58 mph, about 82 miles from New Orleans, LA

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
New Orleans, LA52 mph42 mph31 milesJun 30, 2003, 6:00 PM CDT
Slidell, LA51 mph41 mph30 milesJun 30, 2003, 6:45 PM CDT

Best track (21 positions)

TimeStatusWindPressurePosition
Jun 28, 06:00 UTCLow23 mph1009 mb19.5°N, 89.0°W
Jun 28, 12:00 UTCLow23 mph1008 mb20.0°N, 89.3°W
Jun 28, 18:00 UTCLow23 mph1008 mb20.3°N, 89.4°W
Jun 29, 00:00 UTCLow23 mph1008 mb21.0°N, 89.8°W
Jun 29, 06:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1007 mb22.0°N, 90.0°W
Jun 29, 12:00 UTCTropical storm40 mph1007 mb23.4°N, 90.5°W
Jun 29, 18:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph1009 mb24.6°N, 91.1°W
Jun 30, 00:00 UTCTropical storm52 mph1008 mb25.9°N, 91.3°W
Jun 30, 06:00 UTCTropical storm52 mph1007 mb27.1°N, 91.5°W
Jun 30, 12:00 UTCTropical storm58 mph1002 mb28.2°N, 91.5°W
Jun 30, 18:00 UTCTropical storm58 mph997 mb29.1°N, 91.0°W
Jun 30, 19:00 UTC (landfall)Tropical storm58 mph997 mb29.3°N, 91.0°W
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