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Hurricane Lili 2002

Category 4 hurricane · Atlantic · September 21 to October 4, 2002

Lili has landfall records in 3 different places: the Cayman Islands, Cuba and Louisiana. No other storm of the 2002 Atlantic season matched its 145 mph peak; the season had 14 storms. It made landfall in Cuba as a Category 2 hurricane on October 1, 2002, with 105 mph winds. The name Lili is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired Atlantic hurricane names.

Track of Lili (2002) from the best-track record, coloured by strength10°N20°N30°N90°W80°W70°W60°W50°WMemphisCayman Islands, 75 mphCuba, 105 mphLouisiana, 90 mphPeak 145 mphFirst recordNot tropicalDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 3Category 400 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Lili (2002) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 504080120160Sep 22Sep 24Sep 26Sep 28Sep 30Oct 2Oct 4mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) 785 miles east-northeast of Paramaribo, Suriname
  2. Tropical storm 345 miles east of Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados
  3. Hurricane 135 miles northwest of Montego Bay, Saint James, Jamaica
  4. Landfall Cayman Islands: Category 1, 75 mph, 986 mb
  5. Landfall Cuba
  6. Landfall Cuba: Category 2, 105 mph, 971 mb
  7. Major hurricane 170 miles north of Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Mexico
  8. Peak 260 miles south-southeast of Houma, Louisiana; lowest pressure 938 mb
  9. Landfall Louisiana: Category 1, 90 mph, 963 mb
  10. Last record (tropical depression) 35 miles east-southeast of Paragould, Arkansas

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind145 mph · tied 85th of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure938 mb · tied 98th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy16.5 · tied 318th of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone12.8 days · tied 103rd of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 2002 season

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Storm 13 of 14 in 2002, hurricane 4 of 4; it formed after Kyle and before Storm 14 of 2002. Lili produced 25% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. 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
Alexandria, Louisiana13 mi60 mphOctober 3
Monroe, Louisiana16 mi40 mphOctober 4
Saint Ann's Bay, Saint Ann, Jamaica18 mi50 mphSeptember 29
Lafayette, Louisiana19 mi75 mphOctober 3
Greenville, Mississippi20 mi35 mphOctober 4
Memphis, Tennessee21 mi30 mphOctober 4
Montego Bay, Saint James, Jamaica25 mi60 mphSeptember 29
Southaven, Mississippi25 mi30 mphOctober 4

Every storm within 50 miles of Memphis, Tennessee

Similar landfalls in Cuba

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Cuba came closest to Lili's 105 mph:

  • Alma (1966)105 mph, June 8, 1966
  • Paloma (2008)100 mph, November 9, 2008
  • Lili (1996)100 mph, October 18, 1996
  • Camille (1969)110 mph, August 15, 1969

All 56 storms with a landfall record in Cuba

Also peaked at 145 mph

Of 24 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time: