Tropical Storm Andrea (2019)

Tropical Storm Andrea was a large tropical storm that caused widespread flooding in the United States. The first tropical cyclone of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season, Andrea developed from a broad area of low pressure in the Caribbean Sea on June 7. Andrea meandered over the northwestern Caribbean Sea with little change in strength, making landfall in Cuba on June 9. After entering the Gulf of Mexico, where conditions were more favorable for intensification, Andrea began to gradually strengthen as it moved slowly northeastward. On June 10 at 18:00 UTC, Andrea reached its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 991 mbar (hPa; 29.26 inHg), and made landfall at that intensity a few hours later. Andrea then weakened as it moved inland, and on June 12 it became a remnant low while located over North Carolina.