&sq=&lang=&file=File:Nestor_2019-10-18_1905Z.jpg) Nestor shortly after being classified as a tropical storm on October 18 | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | October 18, 2019 |
| Extratropical | October 19, 2019 |
| Dissipated | October 21, 2019 |
| Tropical storm | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS) | |
| Highest winds | 60 mph (95 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | 996 mbar (hPa); 29.41 inHg |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 3 indirect |
| Damage | $150 million (2019 USD) |
| Areas affected | Central America, Yucatan Peninsula, Southeastern United States |
| IBTrACS | |
Part of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season | |
Tropical Storm Nestor was a large but short-lived and disorganized tropical storm which caused widespread tornadoes and heavy rain in the Southeastern United States during mid-October 2019. The sixteenth depression and fourteenth named storm of the erratic 2019 Atlantic hurricane season, Nestor originated from a broad area of low pressure over the Western Caribbean. It emerged in the Gulf of Mexico and began to organize slightly, becoming Potential Tropical Cyclone Sixteen due to its threat to the Southeastern United States. It gained a sufficient enough of a circulation to be designated Tropical Storm Nestor near the Florida Panhandle early on October 18, crawling to the northeast, and then finally transitioning into an extratropical cyclone due to strong shear from a nearby upper-level low before making landfall on the Florida Panhandle on October 19.