Three (2019)

A short-lived tropical cyclone formed as Tropical Depression Three at 1200 UTC on 22 July 2019 about 35 nautical miles east of Andros Island in the northwestern Bahamas. The system moved northward, crossed Andros Island, and accelerated northward just east of the Florida coast before losing organized convection and degenerating into a trough shortly after 1200 UTC on 23 July. The depression’s center dissipated about 30 n mi east-northeast of Cape Canaveral, Florida.

There were no tropical-storm- or hurricane‑force landfalls. The circulation moved across Andros Island on 22 July while still a depression, then tracked northward offshore of Florida on 23 July and dissipated without making a separate U.S. landfall.

The depression’s peak intensity was estimated at 30 knots (about 35 mph) with a minimum central pressure near 1013 mb. It remained a tropical depression for its entire lifespan and never reached tropical-storm strength.

Rainfall and surge impacts were limited. Freeport, Grand Bahama, reported 1.53 inches of rain on 22 July. A NOAA buoy (41010) recorded a brief maximum 1‑minute wind of 31 kt (gust 39 kt) on 23 July associated with an outflow boundary; an unofficial gauge on Elbow Cay reported a 38 kt gust in a thunderstorm. No specific storm surge heights of consequence were reported in the official record.

There were no reports of damage or casualties tied to Tropical Depression Three. The depression produced periodic heavy showers across parts of the central and northern Bahamas but caused no confirmed impacts elsewhere.

Noteworthy aspects include the short notice of genesis—the precursor wave was mentioned in the NHC Tropical Weather Outlook only about 30 hours before formation—and the generally good short-term forecasts that correctly anticipated a weak system tracking northward east of Florida. The depression dissipated sooner than post‑analysis forecasts expected, but the limited 12‑hour forecasts that verified had small errors in both track and intensity.