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Tropical-cyclone track and wind extent

What final or provisional track, intensity, and threshold wind-radius extent were recorded for this tropical cyclone?

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HURDAT2 Best Track Datasets

NHC HURDAT2 supplies official post-storm Atlantic/central/eastern Pacific cyclone identity, UTC track positions, system status, maximum one-minute sustained wind, pressure and threshold wind radii with documented format and file vintage. It answers cyclone track/intensity/wind extent, not point gust or building damage.

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International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS) v04r01

IBTrACS v04r01 supplies global best and provisional cyclone tracks with storm identity, UTC time, center coordinates, storm nature, responsible agency, maximum sustained wind, pressure and threshold wind radii. Dataset version, agency and track status pin the event-scale answer; it is not a property-level gust or damage footprint.

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