page_title: Timeline of the 1982 Atlantic hurricane season
section_title: September
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of the 1982 Atlantic hurricane season / Timeline of storms / September
context_page_description: The 1982 Atlantic hurricane season was an event in the annual tropical cyclone season in the north Atlantic Ocean. It was an inactive Atlantic hurricane season, during which only five tropical cyclones formed. The season officially began on June 1, 1982 and ended November 30, 1982. These dates, adopted by convention, historically describe the period in each year when most systems form. this year, however, most tropical activity was constrained to the month of September.
  This season produced eight tropical depressions, of which five became named storms; two attained hurricane status, of which one became a major hurricane, a storm that ranks as a Category 3 or higher on the Saffir–Simpson scale. Hurricane Alberto, the season's first named storm, was one of four storms on record to attain hurricane status in the Gulf of Mexico that not make landfall. The other three were Laurie of 1969, Henri of 1979, and Jeanne of 1980. None the less, rains from Alberto caused severe flooding, which killed 23 people in Cuba. The season's only major hurricane, Debby, reached peak intensity as a weak Category 4 over the open waters of the Atlantic.
context_section_description: September 2
  2 p.m. AST (1800 UTC) - Tropical Storm Beryl weakens to a tropical depression.
  September 5
  8 p.m. AST (0000 UTC September 6) - Tropical Depression Three forms 560 miles (900 km) east of Guadeloupe.
  September 6
  2 p.m. AST (1800 UTC) - Tropical Depression Beryl dissipates over open waters.
  September 8
  7 p.m. CDT (0000 UTC September 9) - Subtropical Depression Two forms 265 miles (425 km) south-southeast of New Orleans, Louisiana.
  September 9
  8 a.m. AST (1200 UTC) - Tropical Depression Three dissipates over open waters.
  7 p.m. CDT (0000 UTC September 10) - Subtropical Depression Two transitions into a tropical cyclone, but is not given a number.
  September 10
  7 a.m. CDT (1200 UTC) - The Unnumbered Tropical Depression strengthens into Tropical Storm Chris.
  September 11
  7 a.m. CDT (1200 UTC) - Tropical Storm Chris makes landfall near Sabine Pass, Texas with winds of 65 mph (100 km/h).
  7 p.m. CDT (0000 UTC September 12) - Tropical Storm Chris weakens to a tropical depression.
  September 12
  7 p.m. CDT (0000 UTC September 13) - Tropical Depression Chris dissipates over Arkansas.
  September 13
  8 a.m. AST (1200 UTC) - Tropical Depression Five forms 95 miles (150 km) north-northeast of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
  September 14
  8 a.m. AST (1200 UTC) - Tropical Depression Five strengthens into Tropical Storm Debby.
  8 p.m. AST (0000 UTC September 15) - Tropical Storm Debby strengthens into a hurricane.
  September 15
  2 p.m. AST (1800 UTC) - Hurricane Debby strengthens into a Category 2 hurricane.
  September 16
  exact time unknown - Tropical Depression Six forms 900 miles (1,400 km) west of the Cape Verde Islands.
  September 17
  2 p.m. AST (1800 UTC) - Hurricane Debby strengthens into a major hurricane—a storm with winds of 111 mph (178 km/h) or higher.
  8 p.m. AST (0000 UTC September 18) - Hurricane Debby strengthens into a Category 4 hurricane.
  September 18
  2 a.m. AST (0600 UTC) - Hurricane Debby weakens to a Category 3 hurricane.
  8 p.m. AST (0000 UTC September 19) - Hurricane Debby weakens to a Category 2 hurricane and makes its closest approach to Newfoundland, passing within 95 miles (150 km) of the southeastern shore with winds of 105 mph (165 km/h).
  September 19
  2 a.m. AST (0600 UTC) - Hurricane Debby weakens to a Category 1 hurricane.
  September 20
  2 a.m. AST (0600 UTC) - Hurricane Debby weakens to a tropical storm.
  2 p.m. AST (1800 UTC) - Tropical Storm Debby transitions into an extratropical cyclone over open waters.
  exact time unknown - Tropical Depression Six dissipates 750 miles (1,210 km) east of the Leeward Islands.
  September 23
  8 p.m. AST (0000 UTC September 24) - Tropical Depression Seven forms 365 miles (590 km) west of Nassau, Bahamas.
  September 27
  8 a.m. AST (1200 UTC) - Tropical Depression Seven dissipates over open waters.
  September 30
  8 a.m. AST (1200 UTC) - Tropical Depression Eight forms 445 miles (720 km) northeast of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
caption: Tropical Storm Chris making landfall on September 11
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