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 (14) or subtropical (1) 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. Keith made landfall in Belize, crossed the Yucatán, moved over the Gulf, and made landfall in northeastern Mexico. Following the 2000 season, the name Keith was retired from reuse in the North Atlantic by the World Meteorological Organization.
This timeline documents tropical cyclone formations, strengthening, weakening, landfalls, extratropical transitions, and dissipations during the season. It includes information that was not released throughout the season, meaning that data from post-storm reviews by the National Hurricane Center, such as a storm that was not initially warned upon, has been included.
By convention, meteorologists one time zone when issuing forecasts and making observations: Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), and also use the 24-hour clock (where 00:00 = midnight UTC). In this time line, all information is listed by UTC first with the respective local time included in parentheses.
Timeline
June
June 1
The 2000 Atlantic hurricane season officially begins.
June 7
21:00 UTC (4:00 p.m. CDT) near Tropical Depression One develops in the southern Gulf of Mexico roughly 450 mi (720 km) southeast of Brownsville, Texas and simultaneously attains its peak intensity with winds of 30 mph (45 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 1008 mbar (hPa; 29.77 inHg).
June 8
21:00 UTC (4:00 p.m. CDT) near Tropical Depression One has dissipated into a broad area of low pressure roughly 250 mi (400 km) east-southeast of Tampico, Tamaulipas.
June 23
00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST June 22) near Tropical Depression Two develops about 350 mi (560 km) southeast of the Cape Verde Islands.
June 25
09:00 UTC (5:00 a.m. AST) near Tropical Depression Two attains its peak intensity with winds 35 mph (55 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 1006 mbar (hPa; 29.71 inHg) about 1675 mi (2700 km) east of the Windward Islands. 21:00 UTC (5:00 p.m. AST) near Tropical Depression Two has degenerated into a tropical wave about 1420 mi (2285 km) east of the southern Windward Islands.
July
No tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic Ocean during the month of July.
August
August 3
18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) near Tropical Depression Three develops west of Guinea-Bissau.
August 4
06:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. AST) near Tropical Depression Three intensifies into Tropical Storm Alberto south-southeast of the Cape Verde Islands.
August 6
00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST August 5) near Tropical Storm Alberto intensifies into a Category 1 hurricane west-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands.
August 8
12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) near Tropical Depression Four develops northeast of the Abaco Islands, Bahamas.
August 9
00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST August 8) near Hurricane Alberto weakens to a tropical storm over the mid-Atlantic.
August 10
00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST August 9) near Tropical Storm Alberto re-intensifies into a Category 1 hurricane over the mid-Atlantic. 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT August 9) near Tropical Depression Four attains its peak intensity with winds of 35 mph (55 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1009 mbar (hPa; 29.81 inHg) north of Freeport, Bahamas.
August 11
12:00 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) near Tropical Depression Four dissipates roughly 160 miles (260 km) east-northeast of Melbourne, Florida. 21:00 UTC (5:00 p.m. AST) near Hurricane Alberto intensifies into a Category 2 hurricane about 385 mi (615 km) east-northeast of Bermuda.