Atlantic 2017 season
Tropical Storm Emily (2017)
Tropical Storm Emily never reached hurricane strength — it peaked at 58 mph sustained winds and was active from Jul 30, 2017 to Aug 2, 2017, with 1 documented landfall.
Storm facts
| Peak status | Tropical storm |
|---|---|
| Max sustained winds | 50 kt / 58 mph / 93 km/h |
| Minimum central pressure | 1001 mb |
| Active dates | Jul 30, 2017 – Aug 2, 2017 |
| Accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) | 0.9 |
| Documented landfalls | 1 |
Every value on this page is taken directly from the NHC HURDAT2 best-track record for Emily 2017. Nothing is estimated. The best-track table below shows one entry per day at 00:00 UTC; the full six-hourly record lives in the HURDAT2 database.
Best-track table (daily, 00:00 UTC)
| Date | Status | Max winds | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2017 | Tropical storm | 35 kt (65 km/h) | 28.0N 84.6W |
| Aug 1, 2017 | Tropical depression | 30 kt (56 km/h) | 27.5N 81.3W |
| Aug 2, 2017 | Post-tropical low | 30 kt (56 km/h) | 30.7N 78.1W |
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Wind speeds above are in knots, the unit NHC uses in HURDAT2. For what a Category 1 wind field actually does, see hurricane categories explained; for why the wind number alone never tells the danger story, see storm surge vs. flooding.