&sq=&lang=&file=File:Karen_2019-09-24_1800Z.jpg) Tropical Storm Karen moving over the Spanish Virgin Islands on September 24 | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | September 22, 2019 |
| Dissipated | September 27, 2019 |
| Tropical storm | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS) | |
| Highest winds | 45 mph (75 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | 1003 mbar (hPa); 29.62 inHg |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | None reported |
| Damage | $3.53 million (2019 USD) |
| Areas affected | Windward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, US Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico |
| IBTrACS | |
Part of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season | |
Tropical Storm Karen was a weak tropical storm that impacted the Lesser Antilles, Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico in September 2019. The twelfth tropical cyclone and eleventh named storm of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season, it originated from a tropical wave which entered the tropical Atlantic on September 14. The wave quickly organized as it neared the Windward Islands on September 20, becoming a tropical depression just two days later. The depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Karen later that day, as it moved across the southern Windward Islands. By 18:00 UTC that day, Karen had reached its first peak intensity with 1-minute sustained winds of 45 mph (72 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1,003 millibars (29.6 inHg). Karen weakened back to a tropical depression at 06:00 UTC on September 23. However, just 12 hours later, Karen re-intensified into a tropical storm. It then entered the central Atlantic, early the next day. Karen began to degrade on September 27, when it weakened into a tropical depression, due to strong wind shear. The system subsequently degenerated into a surface trough later that day.[1]
Karen caused significant flooding and widespread power outages in Trinidad and Tobago. Damage on the island of Tobago reached $3.53 million (USD). Flooding and power outages also occurred in Puerto Rico where roughly 29,000 customers lost electricity. Only minimal impacts were reported in Venezuela, the remainder of the Windward Islands, and the British Virgin Islands.
- ^ John Cangialosi, Nelsie Ramos (December 16, 2019). "Tropical Cyclone Report - Tropical Storm Karen" (PDF). Miami, Florida: National Hurricane Center. Retrieved December 25, 2020.