1998 season

Tropical Storm Alex (1998)

Jul 27, 12:00 PM UTC – Aug 2, 6:00 PM UTC (6.3 days)

Peak
Tropical Storm
Max sustained wind
50 mph (45 kt)
Lowest pressure
1002 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (26)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1998-07-27 12:00TD11.3°N 25.4°W251009
1998-07-27 18:00TD11.7°N 27.2°W251009
1998-07-28 00:00TD12.2°N 29.2°W251009
1998-07-28 06:00TD12.6°N 31.3°W251008
1998-07-28 12:00TD12.9°N 33.3°W301007
1998-07-28 18:00TD13.1°N 35.1°W301006
1998-07-29 00:00TS13.3°N 36.8°W351005
1998-07-29 06:00TS13.5°N 38.5°W351005
1998-07-29 12:00TS13.7°N 40.0°W351005
1998-07-29 18:00TS13.9°N 41.3°W351005
1998-07-30 00:00TS14.2°N 42.6°W351005
1998-07-30 06:00TS14.4°N 43.9°W401003
1998-07-30 12:00TS14.7°N 45.0°W401003
1998-07-30 18:00TS15.1°N 46.1°W451003
1998-07-31 00:00TS15.4°N 47.1°W451002
1998-07-31 06:00TS15.6°N 48.1°W451003
1998-07-31 12:00TS15.7°N 49.2°W451003
1998-07-31 18:00TS15.8°N 50.4°W401005
1998-08-01 00:00TS15.9°N 51.7°W351007
1998-08-01 06:00TS16.3°N 53.1°W351009
1998-08-01 12:00TS16.9°N 54.3°W401009
1998-08-01 18:00TS17.7°N 55.4°W401012
1998-08-02 00:00TS18.4°N 56.5°W351012
1998-08-02 06:00TS19.0°N 57.7°W351012
1998-08-02 12:00TS19.9°N 58.6°W351012
1998-08-02 18:00TD21.0°N 59.3°W301014

From the National Hurricane Center's best-track archive (HURDAT2), its post-season reanalysis; values can differ from the advisories issued at the time. Source: hurdat2-1851-2025-092326.txt, hurdat2-nepac-1949-2025-092926.txt.