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All About Hurricane Nestor

Reported by Convoy of Hope

Do you like to study the history of hurricanes? Maybe compare the different levels of impact of hurricanes with the same name?

Just how do those storms get named anyway?

The hurricanes and tropical storms you hear about each Atlantic hurricane season get their names from six lists originated and recycled every six years by the World Meteorological Organization.

A name is retired and replaced when a storm with that name causes extreme property damage and loss of life. Nestor is the 14th name on the list for 2025.

Nestor making landfall on the Florida Panhandle on October 19, 2019.

Nestor is a relatively new addition to the list. It replaced Noel after Hurricane Noel killed at least 160 people (at least 87 in the Dominican Republic and at least 73 in Haiti) in 2007.

Noel only reached Category 1 strength, with a peak intensity of 80 mph winds. But the torrential rainfall it brought to the island of Hispaniola created deadly flooding and mudslides. Noel’s devastation, even as an entry-level hurricane, is a reminder that every hurricane warning should be taken seriously.

Nestor’s potential formation in 2025 as a tropical storm or hurricane connects directly to its wind speed.

Phases of Tropical Cyclones

All named storms are a form of tropical cyclone — a rotating, organized system of clouds and thunderstorms that originates over tropical or subtropical waters and has a closed low-level circulation.

Phase 1: Tropical Depression

Early in a cyclone’s development, as a tropical depression, wind speeds are less than 39 mph.

Tropical depressions are not given names but are numbered and tracked in case they grow into tropical storms or hurricanes.

Phase 2: Tropical Storm

Should a sufficiently powerful weather system develop late in the season with a sustained wind speed of 39 mph, Tropical Storm Nestor will make its debut.

Phase 3: Hurricane

If that speed reaches 74 mph, Hurricane Nestor will enter the record books.

If you live in an area where such a storm system is expected, take all necessary precautions, keep up to date on reports of the storm’s path, and don’t underestimate the potential impact to your community.

When Was Hurricane Nestor?

Nestor was not applied to a storm during the shorter 2013 Atlantic hurricane season, which noted Tropical Storm Melissa as its final named storm.

In 2019, Nestor grew to tropical storm strength, but did not continue to grow into a hurricane.

Although Nestor has never been a major storm in the Atlantic, in 1997 Typhoon Nestor became a Category 5 super typhoon in the Western Pacific and impacted the Northern Mariana Islands.

Where Did Hurricane Nestor Hit?

There has yet to be a Hurricane Nestor. But even when a weather system remains at tropical storm strength, it can do great damage.

Destruction caused by Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu.

In 2019, Tropical Storm Nestor was named and achieved 60 mph winds.

As Nestor crossed from the Gulf of Mexico into Florida and the Southeastern United States, it spawned a tornado outbreak. Three people died as a result.

What Category Was Hurricane Nestor?

When you hear reports of a hurricane’s category, you are hearing a description of wind speed on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.

A storm named Nestor has yet to grow into a hurricane category.

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What Time Will Hurricane Nestor Make Landfall?

There is no correlation between similarly named hurricanes in history, as the records of the previous storms named Nestor.

Researching, “What time did Hurricane Nestor make landfall?” will not help you prepare for a potential Hurricane Nestor in 2025.

With any current storm predicted to reach your region, stay up to date on weather forecasts and be aware of that specific storm’s estimated landfall.

With any severe storm, don’t make the mistake of waiting until the last minute to reach a safe area.

This article will be updated should more details about Nestor become available in 2025.

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How Many People Died in Hurricane Nestor?

The name Nestor is on the list of Atlantic hurricanes in 2025 because of the massive damage and more than 160 lives lost due to Hurricane Noel in 2007.

Nestor has yet to become a named hurricane, but Tropical Storm Nestor caused three deaths indirectly in 2019.

What Was the Path of Hurricane Nestor?

Nestor has not reached hurricane status.

In 2019, Tropical Storm Nestor formed off the coast of Mexico in the Gulf Mexico and traversed the Gulf in a northeasterly direction before impacting Florida and the Southeastern United States.

Convoy of Hope & Hurricanes

Convoy of Hope, a faith-based nonprofit serving the poor in dozens of program countries around the world, responded to its first disaster in 1998 when flooding in Del Rio, Texas, followed that year’s Tropical Storm Charley.


Hurricane response continues to be an annual priority for Convoy.


Convoy’s 2024 response to Hurricane Helene.

Convoy’s 2024 Major Responses

In the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, Hurricane Beryl broke two records — becoming the earliest Category 4 storm on June 30 and the earliest Category 5 on July 1.

Convoy quickly began meeting the needs of communities in Beryl’s path. Beryl’s first effects were felt in the Caribbean, where Convoy served more than 43,000 meals and distributed family food kits, hygiene kits, water filters, solar lamps, and generators.

To view Convoy’s response to Hurricane Ian, watch the video above.

On September 26, Category 4 Hurricane Helene became the strongest recorded hurricane to strike Florida’s Big Bend region.

It was the deadliest hurricane since 2005’s Katrina, with more than 230 fatalities.

By November, Convoy had distributed more than 4 million pounds of resources in 85 communities across Florida and five other impacted states.

Hurricane Milton was the final major storm of the 2024 season and hit Florida with heavy rain and flooding even as the state continued to recover from Helene.


Convoy continued its regional response to include 27 communities recovering from Milton. Nearly 1 million pounds of resources were distributed.


Convoy of Hope Disaster Services responds to natural disasters around the world, offering help and hope to people facing some of the most challenging circumstances in their lives.

Convoy of Hope is a nonprofit, faith-based organization with a driving passion to feed the world through children’s feeding initiatives, community outreach, and disaster response.

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