page_title: Timeline of the 2000 Atlantic hurricane season
section_title: September
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of the 2000 Atlantic hurricane season / Timeline / September
caption_attribution_description: This image shows Tropical Storm Ernesto in the Tropical Atlantic with winds of 40 mph. Ernesto would dissipate the next day.
context_page_description: The 2000 Atlantic hurricane season was an event in the annual tropical cyclone season in the north Atlantic Ocean. There was above-normal activity during the season, with nearly all its activity occurring during a three-month period, August–October. The season officially began on June 1, 2000 and ended on November 30, 2000. These dates, adopted by convention, historically describe the period in each year when most tropical systems form. Although two tropical depressions formed in June, the first named storm, Alberto, did not arise until August 4. The season's final storm, an unnamed subtropical storm, became extratropical on October 29.
  The 2000 season produced 15 cyclones of at least tropical or subtropical storm strength. Four of the tropical storms became hurricanes, of which three developed into major hurricanes. There were also four depressions that failed to reach tropical storm strength. The two most significant storms of the season, in terms of loss of life and damage, were Hurricanes Gordon and Keith. Gordon made land fall in the eastern Yucatán Peninsula, traversed the Gulf of Mexico, and made landfall along the Gulf Coast of the United States.
context_section_description: September 1
  12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) near 14.8°N 45.2°W – Tropical Depression Eight develops about midway between the Lesser Antilles and Africa.
  September 2
  06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) near 16.2°N 49.5°W – Tropical Depression Eight intensifies into Tropical Storm Ernesto east of the Leeward Islands and simultaneously attains its peak intensity with winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1008 mbar (hPa; 29.77 inHg).
  September 3
  18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) near 20.0°N 58.0°W – Tropical Storm Ernesto weakens to a tropical depression.
  21:00 UTC (5:00 p.m. AST) near 20.0°N 59.0°W – Tropical Depression Ernesto dissipates into a tropical wave about 300 miles (480 km) east-northeast of the northern Leeward Islands.
  September 8
  18:00 UTC (1:00 p.m. CDT) near 27.5°N 93.5°W – Tropical Depression Nine develops in the Gulf of Mexico about 180 mi (300 km) south of Lake Charles, Louisiana.
  21:00 UTC (4:00 p.m. CDT) near 28.0°N 93.5°W – Tropical Depression Nine attains its peak intensity with sustained winds of 30 mph (48 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 1008 mbar (hPa; 29.77 inHg) south of Lake Charles, Louisiana.
  September 9
  10:00 UTC (4:00 a.m. CDT) near 29.9°N 93.9°W – Tropical Depression Nine makes landfall near Sabine Pass, Texas, and dissipates over land later that day.
  September 10
  18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) near 30.9°N 70.9°W – A subtropical depression develops about 375 miles (605 km) west-southwest of Bermuda.
  September 11
  06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) near 30.7°N 71.8°W – The subtropical storm acquires tropical characteristics and is re-classified as Tropical Depression Ten.
  12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) near 30.4°N 72.2°W – Tropical Depression Ten intensifies into Tropical Storm Florence.
  18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) near 30.1°N 72.6°W – Tropical Storm Florence intensifies into Category 1 hurricane about 489 mi (787 km) west-southwest of Bermuda.
  September 12
  06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) near 30.2°N 72.8°W – Hurricane Florence weakens to a tropical storm.
  18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) near 30.6°N 73.3°W – Tropical Storm Florence re-intensifies into a hurricane.
  September 13
  12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) near 30.7°N 73.8°W – Hurricane Florence weakens to a tropical storm.
  September 14
  12:00 UTC (7:00 a.m. CDT) near 19.8°N 87.3°W – Tropical Depression Eleven develops midway between Cozumel and Chetumal just off the Caribbean coast of Mexico.
  21:00 UTC (4:00 p.m. CDT) near 20.3°N 87.9°W – Tropical Depression Eleven is inland over the Yucatan Peninsula about 65 mi (105 km) west-southwest of Cozumel.
  September 15
  12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) near 14.9°N 52.2°W – Tropical Depression Twelve develops about 580 mi (930 km) east of the Lesser Antilles.
  September 16
  00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST September 15) near 30.8°N 67.5°W – Tropical Storm Florence attains hurricane strength for a third time about 201 mi (324 km) west-southwest of Bermuda.
  00:00 UTC (7:00 pm CDT September 15) near 22.5°N 86.7°W – Tropical Depression Eleven intensifies into Tropical Storm Gordon after emerging into the southeastern Gulf of Mexico.
  17:00 UTC (1:00 p.m. AST) near 16.0°N 58.0°W – Tropical Depression Twelve degenerates into a tropical wave 230 mi (370 km) east of the Windward Islands.
  18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) near 36.1°N 61.8°W – Hurricane Florence attains its peak intensity northeast of Bermuda with winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 985 mbar (hPa; 29.01 inHg).
  September 17
  00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST September 16) near37.9°N 59.5°W – Hurricane Florence again weakens to a tropical storm about 489 mi (787 km) northeast of Bermuda.
  00:00 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT September 16) near 25.2°N 85.5°W – Tropical Storm Gordon intensifies into a Category 1 hurricane about 265 mi (426 km) southwest of Tampa, Florida.
  06:00 UTC (1:00 a.m. CDT) near 26.1°N 84.9°W – Hurricane Gordon attains its peak intensity about 190 mi (306 km) southwest of Tampa, with winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 981 mbar (hPa; 28.96 inHg).
  18:00 UTC (1:00 p.m. CDT) near 22.5°N 86.7°W – Hurricane Gordon weakens to a tropical storm.
  21:00 UTC (5:00 p.m. PM AST) near 47.2°
caption: Tropical Storm Ernesto on September 2, 2000
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