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Hurricane Keith 2000

Category 4 hurricane · Atlantic · September 28 to October 6, 2000

In the 24 hours to October 3, Keith's center moved only 9 miles while at tropical-storm strength or more, tied for the eighth-slowest day of movement in the Atlantic record. Its winds climbed 75 mph in the 24 hours to October 1. Its 90 mph landfall in Tamaulipas on October 5, 2000 ranks the 11th-strongest of the 26 storms with a landfall record there. The name Keith is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired Atlantic hurricane names.

Track of Keith (2000) from the best-track record, coloured by strength15°N20°N25°N100°W95°W90°W85°WBelize, 75 mphTamaulipas, 90 mphPeak 140 mphFirst recordDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 3Category 400 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Keith (2000) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 504080120160Sep 29Sep 30Oct 1Oct 2Oct 3Oct 4Oct 5Oct 6mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) 145 miles north-northeast of Bilwi, Atlántico Norte, Nicaragua
  2. Tropical storm 175 miles northeast of La Ceiba, Atlántida, Honduras
  3. Hurricane 120 miles east-northeast of Belize City, Belize, Belize
  4. Major hurricane 90 miles east-northeast of Belize City, Belize, Belize
  5. Peak, 140 mph 70 miles east-northeast of Belize City, Belize, Belize; lowest pressure 939 mb
  6. Landfall Belize: Category 1, 75 mph, 988 mb
  7. Landfall Belize: tropical storm, 70 mph, 990 mb
  8. Landfall Tamaulipas
  9. Last record (tropical depression) 25 miles west-northwest of Matehuala, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind140 mph · tied 110th of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure939 mb · tied 111th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy12.2 · 438th of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone7.8 days · tied 461st of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 2000 season

04080120160Keith

Storm 15 of 19 in 2000, hurricane 7 of 8; it formed after Joyce and before Leslie. Keith produced 11% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy and ranks joint first by peak wind. See the season.

Places the center passed

The center came within 50 miles of at least 8 towns or cities of 10,000 people or more while the system was tropical. Distances are to the interpolated track line, not the storm's edge.

PlaceClosestWind thenDate
Orange Walk, Belize2 mi45 mphOctober 3
Matehuala, San Luis Potosí, Mexico2 mi30 mphOctober 6
Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico11 mi90 mphOctober 5
Champotón, Campeche, Mexico12 mi30 mphOctober 4
Aldama, Tamaulipas, Mexico14 mi80 mphOctober 5
Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico14 mi90 mphOctober 5
Belize City, Belize, Belize24 mi75 mphOctober 2
Ciudad Mante, Tamaulipas, Mexico26 mi65 mphOctober 5

Every storm within 50 miles of Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Similar landfalls in Tamaulipas

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Tamaulipas came closest to Keith's 90 mph:

  • Barry (1983)80 mph, August 28, 1983
  • Alex (2010)110 mph, July 1, 2010
  • Erika (2003)75 mph, August 16, 2003
  • Gladys (1955)75 mph, September 5, 1955

All 26 storms with a landfall record in Tamaulipas

Also peaked at 140 mph

Of 34 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Cindy (1999)942 mb, no landfall record
  • Michelle (2001)933 mb, landfall in Cuba
  • Hortense (1996)935 mb, landfall in Puerto Rico
  • Felix (1995)929 mb, no landfall record