The Atlantic Basin's tropical storms and hurricanes in 2019
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A pile of debris near the remains of a home destroyed by Hurricane Michael in Florida. Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images
Hurricane Dorian became the first major hurricane of the 2019 Atlantic season when it made landfall as a Category 5 hurricane on Sept. 1 in the Bahamas. At least 43 people in the Bahamas were killed with many others left missing. This season has, so far, seen four named hurricanes.
The big picture: NOAA's Climate Prediction Center is forecasting a "near normal" season this year. It's also predicting a range of 9 to 15 named storms — 4 to 8 of which could become hurricanes.
The full list of 2019's named storms:
1. Andrea
- Formed: May 20
- Dissipated: May 22
- Location: South of Bermuda
- Highest classification: Subtropical storm
- Maximum sustained winds: 40 mph
- Andrea formed before the official beginning of hurricane season, making 2019 the fifth consecutive year in which a named tropical storm has formed before June 1, per the Washington Post.
2. Barry
3. Chantal
- Formed: Aug. 20
- Dissipated: Aug. 23
- Location: 455 miles south of Newfoundland
- Highest classification: Tropical storm
- Maximum sustained winds: 40 mph
4. Dorian
- Formed: Aug. 24
- Dissipated: Sept. 8
- Location: Southeastern U.S., Northwestern Bahamas
- Highest classification: Category 5 hurricane
- Maximum sustained winds: 185 mph
- First major hurricane of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season. Dorian is tied with a 1935 hurricane as the strongest Atlantic hurricane on record.
- Dorian caused the most devastation in the Bahamas, killing at least 43 people and leaving many missing.
5. Erin
- Formed: Aug. 26
- Dissipated: Aug. 29
- Location: Midway between Bermuda and southeast U.S.
- Highest classification: Tropical storm
- Maximum sustained winds: 40 mph
6. Fernand
- Formed: Sept. 3
- Dissipated: Sept. 4
- Location: Northeastern coast of Mexico
- Highest classification: Tropical storm
- Maximum sustained winds: 50 mph
- Fernand made landfall along the coast of northeastern Mexico on Sept. 4 around 11:15 AM CDT about 35 miles north of La Pesca with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph, per the NHC.
7. Gabrielle
- Formed: Sept. 3
- Dissipated: Sept. 12
- Location: Eastern tropical Atlantic (moved northwest)
- Highest classification: Extratropical cyclone
- Maximum sustained winds: 65 mph
8. Humberto
- Formed: Sept. 12
- Location: Bahamas, Bermuda, southeastern U.S.
- Highest classification: Category 3 hurricane
- Maximum sustained winds: 125 mph
9. Imelda
- Formed: Sept. 17
- Dissipated: Sept. 19
- Location: Texas
- Highest classification: Tropical storm
- Maximum sustained winds: 40 mph
10. Jerry
- Formed: Sept. 17
- Location: The Leeward Islands, Virgin Islands
- Highest classification: Category 2 hurricane
- Maximum sustained winds: 105 mph
11. Karen
- Formed: Sept. 22
- Location: Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
- Highest classification: Tropical storm
- Maximum sustained winds: 40 mph
12. Lorenzo
13. Melissa
14. Nestor
15. Olga
16. Pablo
17. Rebekah
18. Sebastien
19. Tanya
20. Van
21. Wendy
Be smart: Names are given to tropical storms when they have sustained wind speeds higher than 39 mph. Once a storm reaches sustained winds of 74 mph or higher, it's considered a hurricane, and it maintains the same name it was given when it became a tropical storm.
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