The descriptions posted below are synopses of the lives of the various storms of the 2000 hurricane season, and are based on the actual reports sent out. The advisories and reports are from the National Hurricane Center.
Altantic name KEITH was replaced with KIRK for the 2006 hurricane name list due to its devastation in Central America.

The Eastern Pacific Tropical season runs from May 15 - November 15.
1. T.D. #1E later became Aletta , the Eastern Pacific's first hurricane for the 2000 season.
2. T.D. #2E became Bud , a tropical storm that moved northwest parallel to the Western Mexican coastline, then dissipated after bringing some showers to southern Baja California.
3. T.D. #3E eventually formed into Hurricane Carlotta that spawned Hurricane warnings along the immediate Mexican coast, before reaching winds of 150 mph (Category 4 - similar to 1992's Andrew), before weakening as it moved away from Mexico west of the Baja Peninsula.
4. T.D. #4E formed well southwest of Cabo San Lucas (the city at the tip of the Baja Peninsula), and moved westward, weakening as it encountered strong winds located well east of the Hawaiian islands.
5. T.D. #5E was rather short-lived. It was a low pressure system that moved of of the Mexican coast at about the Tropic of Cancer line (22.5°N lat). It never became a tropical storm because it moved slightly north of west into cooler ocean waters.
6. T.D. #6E (7/23) formed in the more "typical" areas of the East pacific, and strengthened into Hurricane Daniel, while moving north of west. At its peak, it had winds of 125 mph. As it headed toward Hawaii, it slowly weakened to tropical storm status. Though the strom offered a scare to the Hawaiians, the storm took a surprise turn and moved parallel to islands, missing them altogether, aside from some higher waves. By 8/3, it was well northwest of Hawaii and had weakened.
   1. (7/29) Tropical storm warnings were posted for the four southeasternmost islands - Lanai, Molokai, Maui, and Hawaii.
   2. (7/30) Tropical storm warnings replaced the previous watches, and included Oahu (Honolulu), while watches were posted for the remaining main islands. At 5P.M. EDT, Daniel was down to 60mph sustained winds.
   3. (7/31) Tropical storm warnings were dropped for the island of Hawaii, and raised for the central islands including Oahu, with watches for the northwestern islands (Lihue, etc.). By evening, all watches were dropped. Daniel had 50 mph.
7. T.D. #7E formed closer to the west coast of Mexico and strengthened to Tropical Storm Emilia . It quickly weakened as it moved northwestward into cooler water. Some showers were later spotted just off the southern California coast.
8. T.D. #8E (8/3) started in the east Pacific, and this low pressure system eventually strengthened to become the sixth named storm, Fabio . It only remained slightly above tropical storm's 40mph threshold and met its demise in the colder Pacific waters.
9. T.D. #9E (8/4) was a surprise and became Gilma . Unfortunately, this storm ran into problems when it was discovered that there was more than one low cell circulating, making it hard to discern where the center was located. Once it was found again, Gilma churned up some problems for Socorro and Las Islas Revillagigedas with 70 mph winds, just under the hurricane's 74 mph threshold. It briefly reached hurricane status, but then slowly met its demise in the cooler waters southwest of California.
10. T.D. #10E (8/11) formed about 350 miles south of Cabo San Lucas, MEX, and strengthened to become the Eastern Pacific's eighth named storm, Hector. It reached hurricane status on August 13th, while still moving in a general westward direction. It had encountered some trouble with cooler water, and weakened to a tropical storm by the evening of August 15, and dissipated by the end of the next day. The remnants of Hector made a surprising reappearance on August 19 and 20 as they brought some heavy rain to northern Hawaiian islands.
11. T.D. #11E (8/13) was so named after being watched for some days, turning just off the coast of Acapulco, MEX. Since the depression formed so close to land, advisories were posted. As of the 8PM PDT advisory, it was upgraded to Tropical Storm Ileana, and was forecasted to move toward Cabo San Lucas, MEX. As expected, it moved its way past the southern tip of Baja California as a strong 70 mph tropical storm. It quickly encountered cooler waters and weakened late August 16.
    1. (8/13 8pm EDT) Tropical storm warnings between Cabo Corrientes, MEX and Lázaro Cárdenas, MEX along the Pacific Ocean.
    2. (8/14AM) Hurricane warnings from la Paz, MEX to Todos Los Santos, MEX (S. tip of Baja CA)
    3. (8/14PM) Tropical storm warnings for all of Baja California south of 25°N latitude.
12. T.D. #12E formed between Mexico and Hawaii. It briefly strengthened to become tropical storm John. This storm encountered shear, and was ripped apart as it remained almost stationary in the Intertropical Convergence Zone.
13. T.D. #13E also formed in the east-central North Pacific Ocean, just east of where John was. Also briefly strengthening to tropical storm status, Kristy, it remained stationary and then met the same fate as John, becoming sheared apart well east of Hawaii.
14. T.D. #14E began just southwest of Acapulco, MEX. By September 6, it was upgraded to the East Pacific's twelfth named storm, Lane. For the next two days, it merely moved around aimlessly around 600 miles west-southwest of Acapulco, MEX. Upper level winds steered Lane to the west-northwest while it had winds of over 100 mph and an eye that was 70 miles in diameter by September 10. Two days later, Lane weakened back to a tropical storm. Three days later, it weakened to a tropical depression as it encountered cooler ocean waters about 400 miles west-southwest of San Diego, CA. On the 14th, Lane's remnants had moved into northern California.
15. T.D. #15E started its presence near Baja California in southwest Mexico. After being repositioned further south than originally posted, it strengthened into tropical storm Miriam, the thirteenth named strom in the Eastern Pacific. In the early morning hours of September 17, the center of Miriam was located near the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula, MEX. It moved into colder water thereafter and dissipated.
    1. (2PM 9/15) Tropical storm warnings for the Baja California Peninsula south of 24°N latitude, (just south of the Tropic of Cancer)
16. T.D. #16, on September 19, was already a threat to the southewestern portion of Mexico. By early the next morning, it was upgraded to tropical storm Norman. It lingered just off the Mexican coast bringing torrential rains and the threat of mudslides for the immediate area. The center moved inland that evening and continued to bring heavy rains at the storm quickly weakened into a depression. Thce center, though, moved back over the water where it could have reintensified had it not been for the proximity with land. Finally, on the afternoon of September 22, the center had moved back inland and over mountainous terrain, causing its demise, but not before raining itself out over the same area of western Mexico.
    1. (9/19 8PM PDT/11PM EDT) Tropical storm warning from Zihuatanejo to Manzanillo, MEX

The Atlantic Hurricane Season runs from June 1 to November 30.
1. T.D. #1A formed in the western Gulf of Mexico, but was downgraded to a tropical low before becoming absorbed into a storm system affecting northeastern Mexico. It brought some needed rain to that region.
2. T.D. #2A (6/24) formed in the eastern Atlantic ocean about 6 weeks earlier than normal.
3. It took T.D. #3A (8/4) to give the Atlantic its first named storm Alberto. It started just off the west coast of Africa (south of the Cape Verde Islands), and quickly surpassed tropical storm status to become the Atlantic's first hurricane on August 5. A day later, this very compact storm had maximum sustained winds of 90 mph. As it was drawn closer to Bermuda, it encountered strong winds, weakening it briefly to a tropical storm. Once it moved away from the hostile area of winds, it gained strength to a hurricane again while picking up speed and heading up the central Atlantic, well east of Bermuda. By then, it had winds of 125 mph, a Saffir-Simpson Category 3 Major Hurricane. As it approached the Azores Islands (Eastern Atlantic), it weakened again to tropical storm status on August 14. It took a strange turn to the southwest, though on August 15 as it only got within 650 miles of the group of islands. By then, it had winds of only 45 mph. On August 16, it took more of this southwestern direction and strengthened to 50 mph. By early morning August 17, it was headed west. At 11AM on August 18, Alberto was upgraded to a hurricane for the third time and was about to break the record for the longest-lasting tropical system in the Atlantic for the month of August (at 14 days). On August 20, Alberto still had winds of 105 mph and was slowly moving due north (a full loop in its path in the Atlantic), and was still over 1000 miles away from the Azores Islands. It moved slowly to the north until it encountered strongly easterly winds lifting it quickly to the north and east toward Keflavik, ISL (Iceland) on the morning of August 23. It is expected to become extratropical (losing its hurricane-like identity) later that day, but not before becoming the third longest-lived storm on Atlantic record. Finally, on August 23 at 11AM, it was declared extratropical as it quickly headed toward Reykjavik, ISL with 50 mph winds.
4. T.D. #4A (8/8) was a closed circulation center that appeared just 200 miles east of the Central Florida's Atlantic Coast. It did not have a great deal of power to it, though, and it succumbed to winds that pushed it east, away from land, and led to its final written advisory and subsequent dissipation on Aug. 10th.
5. T.D. #5A (8/13) was designated by Air Force reconnaisance aircraft flying into an area of storms in the western Gulf of Mexico just a few hundred miles southeast of Brownsville, TX. With an initial exposed, broad counter-clockwise circulation, it was unknown whether it would strengthen during the first 24 hours. The next morning, it did in fact strengthen to become Beryl, and the advisories soon followed. On the morning of August 15, it became the first storm to make landfall in North America: near La Pesca, MEX, where it quickly weakens to a tropical depression.
   1. (8/14PM) Hurricane warnings from Baffin Bay, TX to USA/MEX border, and from USA/MEX border to La Pesca, MEX.
   2. (8/14PM) Tropical storm warnings from La Pesca, MEX to Tampico, MEX.
   3. (8/15AM) Previous warnings downgraded to Tropical storm warnings from Port Mansfield, TX to Tampico, MEX
   4. (8/15AM) LANDFALL: Tropical storm warnings for USA/MEX border to Tampico, MEX. (discontinued as of 10AM CDT (8/15)
6. T.D. #6A was being watched for development some two days before it was declared a depression well east of the Lesser Antilles on August 17. At 11AM August 18, it was upgraded to become the Atlantic's third named storm, Chris, and was still 400+ miles east of Antigua and the Lesser Antilles. As it approached the chain of islands, it encountered strong winds that sheared it apart, leading to Chris' demise by the morning of August 19. It was still being watched for any chance of regeneration, though.
7. T.D. #7A formed on August 19 just to the southeast of where the remnants of Chris. It was, at this time, forecasted to become a hurricane by the 21st, and possibly affect the southeast U.S. by about the 24th. It was upgraded to Tropical Storm Debby on the morning of August 20. It strengthened to 70 mph winds, nearly developing an eye as it approached the island of Guadeloupe. It was soon upgraded to a hurricane on the morning of August 22 and moved parallel to the Puerto Rico coastline. As it moved by the Dominican Republic, the mountainous terrain caused the hurricane to weaken back to a tropical storm on August 23. Debby met the same fate as Chris, a weakening to a tropical low due to strong wind shear. All advisories were dropped. As of August 25, no redevelopment of the low was expected, and it moved toward Mexico.
   1. (8/21 8AM AST/EDT) Tropical storm watches for Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Nevis, and St. Kitts in the northern Leeward Island section.
      (8/21 8AM AST/EDT) Hurricane watches for Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, St. Maarten, Saba, and St. Eustatius.
   2. (8/21 11AM AST/EDT) Hurricane warnings for Antigua, French and Netherlands' Antilles - Guadeloupe to the British and U.S. Virgin Islands (replacing earlier advisories!). Hurricane watch for Dominica and Puerto Rico. Tropical Storm warnings also posted for Dominica (w/ the Hur. watch) Hurricane watch for the islands of St. Eustatius, St. Maarten, and Saba.
   3. (8/21 5PM AST/EDT) Tropical Storm watch for the islands of Antigua, Barbuda, and Anguilla (N and Cent. Leeward Islands).
   4. (8/21 11PM AST/EDT) Tropical storm warnings extended to Punta Palenque to Cabrera, DRP. Hurricane watch posted for areas north of Port-au-Prince, HAI. Tropical storm watch for Southeastern BAH islands.
   5. (8/22 5AM AST/EDT) Hurricane warnings extended to all of northern Leeward Islands, all Virgin Islands, and islands around Puerto Rico. Tropical storm warning for the island of Dominica.
   6. (8/22 8AM AST/EDT) All warnings discontinued for the Leeward Islands and Dominica. Hurricane watches added to Turks and Caicos Islands, and northern Haiti.
   7. (8/22 5PM AST/EDT) Hurricane warnings for Southeast BAH islands, Turks and Caicos islands, and northern coast of the Dominican Republic. Also, advisories issued for areas of Cuba.
   8. (8/23 8AM AST/EDT) Hurricane warnings added for the central Bahamas. Hurricane watches for Guantánamo, Holguin, and Las Tunas provinces in Cuba as well as the northwest Bahamas. A hurricane watch and tropical storm warning is up for areas north of Port au Prince, HAI.
   9. (8/23 8PM AST/EDT) Tropical storm warnings for the three provincs of Cuba mentioned above, the Central and Southeast Bahama islands, Haiti north of Port au Prince, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Tropical storm watches were posted for the provinces of Camagüey, Ciego de Ávila, Granma, and Santiago in Cuba.
8. T.D. #8A formed east of the Leeward Islands, and surprisingly was upgraded to Tropical Storm Ernesto. As it moved closer to the island, it ran into the same area of shear that tore Chris and Debby apart.
9. T.D. #9A formed in the northern Gulf of Mexico just south of Louisiana. It moved inland before it was able to strengthen.
10. T.D. #10A was sighted about 500 miles east of Jacksonville, FL on the morning of September 11 and quickly strengthened t become Tropical Storm Florence. By the afternoon of September 12, it had winds of 70 mph, but was not moving hardly at all (Stationary means less than 3 mph in any direction). For at least the next day, it remained stationary but hovered at 75 mph winds, the minimum speed for hurricane status. By September 14, some shearing winds caused Florence to weaken to just 60 mph winds, as it slowly headed toward Bermuda. As it did so, it briefly weakened to around 50 mph winds. It then made a surprise regaining of strength and was upgraded to a hurrican before the center came within 65 miles of the island of bermuda on the early morning of September 16. Within 36 hours, it would zoom into the North Atlantic and be within 500 miles of Halifax, NS, CAN late Septermber 16. At this time, it had just been downgraded to a tropical storm. It continued moving away from land and became extratropical by September 19.
    1. (9/14 11AM EDT/AST) Tropical storm watch posted for the island of Bermuda (BER).
    2. (9/15 5AM EDT/AST) The watch was replaced by a Tropical storm warning for Bermuda.
    3. (9/15 8PM EDT/AST) Hurricane warning posted for Bermuda.
11. T.D. #11A got its start as a wandering area of low pressure on September 14 between la Península Yucatán and Cuba. It actually made landfall, briefly crossing the peninsula before moving into the southern Gulf of Mexico, where it strengthened by late September 15 to become the Atlantic's seventh named storm, Gordon. It was upgraded to a hurricane as it approached the west coast (Gold Coast) of Florida on September 16. Beforemaking landfall around Cedar Key, FL, it was downgraded to a tropical storm. It quickly lost its tropical characteristics, meaning that it started to look like a regular storm. It moved up the Atlantic coast on September 18 and 19, dropping heavy rain in drought-stricken areas.
    1. (9/15 10PM CDT/11PM EDT) Tropical storm watch issued for Suwanee River, FL to Bonita Beach, FL
    2. (9/16 1AM CDT/2AM EDT) Hurricane watch from Suwanee River, FL to Bonita Beach, FL
    3. (9/16 10AM CDT/11AM EDT) Tropical storm warning added to the watch for Suwanee River, FL to Bonita Beach, FL
    4. (9/16 1PM CDT/2PM EDT) Hurricane watch added for areas between Bonita Beach, FL and Appalachicola, FL
    5. (9/16 10PM EDT/11PM EDT) Hurricane warnings from Anna Maria Island, FL to Ochlockonee River, FL; Tropical storm warnings and Hurrican watches from Bonita Beach, FL to Anna Maria Island, FL, and also Ochlockonee River, FL to Indian Pass, FL; Tropical storm watches from Flagler Beach, FL to Brunswick, GA
12. T.D. #12A had its first advisory issued on the afternoon of September 15. Poorly organized, it moved westward toward the Leeward Islands with the possibilty of becoming a tropical storm. However, the next afternoon, Air Force Reconnaisance Aircraft could not find a solid counterclockwise wind pattern, therefore the depression was de-classified to a tropical wave. It was being watched for regeneration during the next three days. As forecasted, it developed another closed counterclockwise circulation, and was re-classified as a tropical depression (with the same number), but was still considered weak. For a full six days, its "life" was unknown. But, on the 11A.M. advisory on September 21, it was declared a tropical storm, the eight named of the season, Helene. It turned northward in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico and strengthened as it moved toward the Florida panhandle. On the morning of the September 22, as it moved close to land, dry air had entered the storm from a cole front that swept throught the Ohio Valley and the Southeast earlier that day and weakened it to a minimal tropical storm. It moved inland near Ft. Walton Beach, FL and headed north-northeast toward Dothan, AL. The last adviosry issued, 5PM EDT September 22, had the remnants centered around Columbus, GA. During this time, the storm dumped heavy rain on an area that had just received rain from Gordon. Regardless, it fell in an area that has been suffering from a two-year drought. The remnant moved northeast toward North Carolina and by September 23, the area was being watched for possible redevelopment if the low center were to reemerge over the Atlantic water.
    1. (9/15 11PM EDT/AST) Tropical storm watch for the islands of St. Maarten, Saba, and St. Eustatius
    2. (9/16 5AM EDT/AST) Tropical storm watches added for the islands of Antigua, Anguilla, Barbuda, Montserrat, Nevis, and St. Kitts
    3. (9/20 8AM EDT/AST) Tropical storm warning for the Isle of Youth and the Havana, CUB area
    4. (9/21 11AM EDT/AST) Tropical storm warning from Pearl River Delta, LA/MS border to Aucilla River, FL -- southeast of Tallahassee, FL
    5. (9/21 5PM EDT/AST) Hurricane watch added for the same area under a tropical storm warning
    6. (9/21 11PM EDT/AST) All advisories west of Pascagoula, MS dropped
    7. LANDFALL: (9/22 5AM EDT/AST) Hurricane advisories dropped, tropical storm warnings remained for FL/AL border to Aucilla River, FL
13. T.D. #13A was spotted in the far Eastern Atlantic Ocean on the morning of September 21. It was described as "poorly organized" for twelve hours before it pulled itself together and became Isaac, the ninth named storm of the 2000 hurricane season. It's motion to the west slowed down and gave it time to spin and gather strength. Signs of an eye appeared on satellite images, giving the conclusion that Isaac had become a hurricane. At one time, Isaac had winds of 120 mph. This was later outdone as the hurricane approached Bermuda. It had winds of 140 mph (with gusts to 160+ mph - similar to 1992's Andrew) on the afternoon of September 28. It soon passed well east of Bermuda and continued to slowly weaken, heading toward the north Atlantic. At 5AM EDT/AST October 1, Isaac was downgraded to a tropical storm, and six hours later, declared extratropical. It was located about 770 miles west of the Azores Islands in the northeast Atlantic.
14. T.D. #14E started in about the same location as Isaac did on the afternoon of September 25, Six hours after its labeling as a tropical depression, it was upgraded to Tropical Storm Joyce. This storm means that the 2000 hurricane season will end with an above normal number of named storms. On the morning of September 27, Joyce upgraded to the Altantic's sixth hurricane (the normal number for the season as a whole). It was only able to keep hurricane status for two days before the storm became disorganized. Still, Joyce headed toward the Lesser Antilles islands. It passed over Grenada as a minimal tropical storm early on October 1, and after reconnaisance aircraft investigation, was downgraded to a tropical depression at 5PM EDT October 1 over the southeast Caribbean sea. For the next day , it moved westward, just north of Venezuela bringing the threat of heavy rain. On October 2, it was declassified when reconnaisance aircraft could not find a closed circulation, the main characteristic of a tropical system.
    1. (5AM EDT/AST 9/30) Tropical storm watch for Barbados, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, the Grenadines, Grenada, Trinidad, and Tobago.
    2. (11AM EDT/AST 9/30) Tropical storm warnings for Grenada, Trinidad, and Tobago.
    3. (5AM EDT/AST 10/1) Tropical storm warning for Trinidad downgraded to a watch.
15. T.D. #15A formed just off the coast of Honduras in the northwest Caribbean sea on the afternoon of September 28. One day later, it was upgraded (with reconnaisance aircraft) to the eleventh named storm, Keith . On the morning of September 30, it also became the Atlantic's seventh hurricane, making this count also above normal. It continued to strengthen rapidly, but did not move all that much, thus creating a threat for serious flooding in the southern Yucatán Peninsula. It developed an eye which remained close to shore (meaning the coastline received winds in excess of 120 mph - Category 3, and very large storm surge, winds pushing water onshore). The National Hurricane Center stated that extreme damage was likely due to Keith's wrath on the morning of October 1. With Keith's eye barely offshore, it still remained nearly stationary, but heading in the direction of northern Belize. As of the intermediate 7PM CDT/8PM EDT advisory on October 1, reports of winds sustained at 125+ mph were reported at San Pedro, BEL.
    1. (5PM EDT/AST 9/29) Hurricane watches posted from Chétumal, MEX to Cabo Catoche, MEX.
    2. (11AM EDT/AST 9/30) Hurricane warnings replacing previous watches with the extension to the MEX/BEL (Belize) border. Hurricane watch from Cabo Catoche, MEX west to Progreso, MEX.
    3. (4PM CDT/5PM EDT 9/30) The hurricane warnings extended south to Monkey River Town, BEL.
    
    
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