Lee became a tropical storm on September 2, 2011.
Lee became a tropical storm on September 2, 2011.
So far one actual hurricane, Irene, has hit the U.S. in 2011. The U.S. also got Tropical Storm Lee and the remnants of Tropical Storm Don, but neither of these reached hurricane strength.
Current forecasts show Tropical Storm Lee making landfall on the Gulf Coast on Sunday morning, September 4.
Tropical storm Lee had peak sustained winds of 60 mph. Winds much reach at least 74 mph to be considered a hurricane. Lee formed fairly close to land and made landfall withing a week of forming. This, combined with wind shear gave the storm little opportunity to strengthen into a hurricane.
There was an L-named storm in 2017. It was Tropical Storm Lee. Lee was a rather weak tropical storm that never directly threatened land. As a result it did not receive much media attention.
No. The center of Tropical Storm Lee is passing to the west of New Orleans. However, Lee still dropped enough rain to cause some flooding within the city.
The precursor to Tropical Storm Lee started out in an area of disturbed weather over the Caribbean Sea. A low pressure system called a tropical wave then emerged from this and traveled into the Gulf of Mexico. There this system gradually became better organized until it was classified as Tropical Depression Thirteen. The depression then fed of the moist air over the Gulf, eventually becoming a strong tropical storm named Lee.
Lee was never a hurricane. Tropical Storm Lee made landfall at peak intensity with sustained winds winds of 60 mph. These winds much reach at least 74 mph for a tropical storm to become a hurricane.
It depends on what you mean by "one". Irene was not the only tropical cyclone to make landfall in the US in 2011. Tropical Storm Lee made landfall in Louisiana. IF you're talking about hurricanes, that's pure coincidence.
"No", would be the short answer.
The precursor to Tropical Storm Lee started out in an area of disturbed weather over the Caribbean Sea. A low pressure system called a tropical wave then emerged from this and traveled into the Gulf of Mexico. There this system gradually became better organized until it was classified as Tropical Depression Thirteen. The depression then fed of the moist air over the Gulf, eventually becoming a strong tropical storm named Lee.