User:CooperScience/Tropical Storm Nestor (2019)
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Tropical Storm Nestor was a short-lived and asymmetric tropical cyclone which caused moderate damage in the Southeastern United States during October 2019. The fourteenth named storm of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season, Nestor developed from a broad area of low pressure which formed over the western Caribbean Sea on October 13. The low moved west-northwestward over Central America over the next couple of days, emerging over the Bay of Campeche on October 16. Gradual organization occurred thereafter as the system moved northeastward over the Gulf of Mexico, and it developed into Tropical Storm Nestor on October 18, simultaneously reaching its peak intensity with winds of 60 mph (95 km/h). Afterward, the cyclone quickly lost its tropical characteristics and became a post-tropical cyclone before making landfall on St. Vincent Island, Florida. The post-tropical cyclone continued northeastward up the East Coast of the United States, eventually dissipating over the western North Atlantic on October 23.
Tropical storm (SSHWS/NWS) | |
![]() Tropical Storm Nestor in the Gulf of Mexico on October 18 | |
Formed | October 18, 2019 |
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Dissipated | October 23, 2019 |
(Extratropical after October 19) | |
Highest winds | 1-minute sustained: 60 mph (95 km/h) |
Lowest pressure | 996 mbar (hPa); 29.41 inHg |
Fatalities | 3 indirect |
Damage | $150 million (2019 USD) |
Areas affected | Central America, Mexico, Southeastern United States |
Part of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season | |