page_title: Timeline of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season / Timeline of events / August
caption_attribution_description: English: Tropical Storm Emily in the Caribbean on August 2, 2011.
context_page_description: The 2011 Atlantic hurricane season was an event in the annual hurricane season in the north Atlantic Ocean. It was well above average in the number of tropical cyclones that formed, at 19. Even so, it was the first season on record in which the first eight storms failed to attain hurricane strength. The season officially began on June 1, 2011, and ended on November 30, 2011, dates that conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones develop in the Atlantic basin. The season's first storm, Tropical Storm Arlene did not form until June 28. The final storm to develop, Tropical Storm Sean, dissipated on November 11.
  There were 19 named storms altogether during the season, including seven hurricanes of which three intensified into major hurricanes. Overall, 2011 tied 1887, 1995 and 2010 for the third most-active hurricane season since record keeping began in 1851; only 1933 and 2005 were more active. The two most significant storms, in terms of loss of life and damage, were Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee.
context_section_description: August 2
  0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST August 1) – Tropical Storm Emily develops from an area of low pressure roughly 30 mi (55 km) northwest of Martinique.
  August 3
  0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Storm Emily reaches its peak intensity with winds of 50 mph (85 km) and a minimum barometric pressure of 1003 mbar (hPa; 29.62 inHg).
  August 4
  1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Emily degenerates into an open tropical wave south of Haiti.
  August 6
  1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) – The remnants of Tropical Storm Emily regenerate into Tropical Depression Emily.
  August 7
  0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT August 6) – Tropical Depression Emily regains tropical storm status north of Grand Bahama.
  1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Emily degenerates into a non-convective remnant area of low pressure.
  August 12
  1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) – Tropical Depression Six develops from an area of low pressure roughly 200 mi (320 km) north of Bermuda.
  August 13
  0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Depression Six intensifies into Tropical Storm Franklin roughly 450 mi (725 km) south-southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Storm Franklin reaches its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 1004 mbar (hPa; 29.65 inHg).
  1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) – Tropical Depression Seven develops from an area of low pressure roughly 370 mi (595 km) southeast of Bermuda.
  1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) – Tropical Storm Franklin transitions into an extratropical cyclone.
  August 14
  0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Depression Seven intensifies into Tropical Storm Gert.
  August 15
  1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Storm Gert reaches its peak intensity with winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 1000 mbar (hPa; 29.53 inHg).
  August 16
  1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Storm Gert degenerates into a non-convective remnant area of low pressure.
  August 19
  0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT August 18) – Tropical Depression Eight develops from an area of low pressure roughly 70 mi (110 km) northeast of Cabo Gracias a Dios on the border of Nicaragua and Honduras.
  1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Depression Eight intensifies into Tropical Storm Harvey.
  August 20
  0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Harvey reaches its peak intensity with a minimum barometric pressure of 994 mbar (hPa; 29.35 inHg).
  1730 UTC (12:30 p.m. CDT) – Tropical Storm Harvey reaches its peak intensity with winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and simultaneously makes its first landfall near Dangriga, Belize.
  August 21
  0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST August 20) – Tropical Storm Irene develops from an area of low pressure roughly 120 mi (195 km) east of Martinique.
  0600 UTC (1:00 a.m. CDT) – Tropical Storm Harvey weakens to a tropical depression.
  2300 UTC (7:00 p.m. AST August 20) – Tropical Storm Irene makes its first landfall on Saint Croix with winds of 70 mph (110 km/h).
  August 22
  0000 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT August 21) – Tropical Depression Harvey regains tropical storm status in the Bay of Campeche.
  0200 UTC (9:00 p.m. CDT August 21) – Tropical Storm Harvey makes its second and final landfall near Punta Roca Partida, Mexico, with winds of 40 mph (65 km/h).
  0525 UTC (1:25 a.m. AST) – Tropical Storm Irene makes its second landfall near Punta Santiago, Puerto Rico, with winds of 70 mph (110 km/h).
  0600 UTC (1:00 a.m. CDT) – Tropical Storm Harvey weakens to a tropical depression.
  0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) – Tropical Storm Irene intensifies into a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale, becoming the first hurricane of the 2011 season.
  1800 UTC (1:00 p.m. CDT) – Tropical Depression Harvey dissipates roughly 85 mi (140 km) southwest of Veracruz, Mexico.
  August 24
  0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) – Hurricane Irene intensifies into a Category 2 hurricane north of Haiti.
  1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) – Hurricane Irene intensifies into a Category 3 hurricane, the first major hurricane of the 2011 season, and simultaneously reaches its peak intensity with winds of 120 mph (195 km/h).
  1600 UTC (12:00 p.m. EDT) – Hurricane Irene mak
caption: Tropical Storm Emily crossing the Windward Islands on August 2
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