Rules and Regulations

Landfall Announcements

Here you can find information about the 2019 Atlantic Basin tropical storm season, including a list of Qualifying Atlantic Landfall (QALs).

Please refer to this page for updates related to Atlantic Named Storm Landfall Swaps (ANSLS) Contract settlements, as determined by occurrence of a QAL. If a QAL occurs1, details will be provided for any related ANSLS contract currently listed for trading.

Note: The 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season is over. Please visit us again in time for 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season which starts June 01, 2020

Recent National Hurricane Center Advisories on Active Storms

Tropical Storm __________ Forecast Advisory #__

2019 Qualifying Atlantic Landfall (QAL) Summary

ANSLS Contract Storm Name QAL Date and Time QAL Location(Lat./Lon.)
 WXANSLS19A  Andrea  May 21,2019 22:00 ET  No Landfall
 WXANSLS19B  Barry  July 13, 2019 14:00 ET  29.8N 92.1W
 WXANSLS19C  Chantal  No Landfall  N/A
 WXANSLS19D  Dorian  September 9, 2019 8:35 ET  35.3N 75.5W
 WXANSLS19E  Erin  No Landfall  N/A
 WXANSLS19F  Fernand  No Landfall*
 N/A*
 WXANSLS19G  Gabrielle  No Landfall  N/A
 WXANSLS19H  Humberto  No Landfall  N/A
 WXANSLS19I  Imelda  September 17, 2019 14:00 ET  29.0N 95.3W
 WXANSLS19J  Jerry  No Landfall  N/A
WXANSLS19K  Karen  No Landfall  N/A
WXANSLS19L  Lorenzo  No Landfall  N/A
WXANSLS19M  Melissa  No Landfall  N/A
WXANSLS19N  Nestor  October 19 2019   14:00 29.7N 85.1W
WXANSLS19O  Olga  October 26 2019, 14:15   29.2N 91.0W
WXANSLS19P  Pablo  No Landfall  N/A
WXANSLS19R  Rebekah  No Landfall  N/A
WXANSLS19S  Sebastien  No Landfall  N/A
WXANSLS19T  Tanya  Never Formed  N/A

* Tropical Storm Fernand made landfall over northeastern Mexico at 24.3N 97.7W as per the NHC Update Advisory at 12:35pm ET on September 4, 2019. This location is not listed in Appendix A of the ANSLS contract rules because it is not within 75 miles of a US Zip Code and thus this landfall is not considered a Qualifying Atlantic Landfall for the ANSLS Contract.

2019 Atlantic Basin Tropical Storm Season General Summary

Below is a list of all named storms that have occurred during the 2019 Atlantic Basin tropical storm season thus far. For each storm, we have provided information about when the storm was active, whether the storm made landfall and if the storm made landfall, the date and time it made landfall and the landfall location.

Storm Name Dates Storm Active Landfall? (Yes/No) Landfall Date and Time Landfall Location (Lat./Lon.)
Andrea* May 20 – 21, 2019 No Landfall* N/A N/A
Barry Jul 11 – 13, 2019 Yes  July 13, 2019 14:00 ET 29.8 N 92.1 W
Chantal Aug 20 – 23, 2019 No Landfall N/A N/A
Dorian Aug 24 – Sep 6, 2019 Yes Sept 9, 2019 8:35 ET 35.3N 75.5W
Erin Aug 27 – 29, 2019 No Landfall N/A N/A
Fernand Aug 27 – Sep 04, 2019 No Landfall** N/A** N/A**
Gabrielle Sep 04 – 10, 2019 No Landfall N/A N/A
Humberto Sep 13 – 20, 2019 No Landfall N/A N/A
Imelda Sep 17 – 18, 2019 Yes Sept 17, 2019 14:00 ET 29.0N 95.3W
Jerry Sep 18 – 25, 2019 No Landfall N/A N/A
Karen Sep 22 – 27, 2019 No Landfall N/A N/A
Lorenzo Sep 23 – Oct 2, 2019 No Landfall N/A N/A
Melissa Oct 11 – 14 2019 No Landfall N/A N/A
Nestor Oct 18, 2019 – Oct 19,2019 Yes N/A 29.7N 85.1W
Olga Oct 25, 2019 – Oct 26, 2019 Yes N/A 29.2N 91.0W
Pablo Oct 25,2019 – Oct 28, 2019 No Landfall N/A N/A
Rebekah Oct 30, 2019 – Nov 01, 2019 No Landfall N/A N/A
Sebastien Nov 19, 2019 – Nov 25, 2019 No Landfall N/A N/A
Tanya  Never Formed  N/A N/A N/A

* Subtopical Storm Andrea dissipated without making landfall on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, before the formal start of the 2019 Atlantic Tropical Storm Season, and before the start of trading for the ANSLS contract on CX. For this reason, contracts for the Barry storm were the first ANSLS contracts that were tradable on CX for the 2019 season).

** Tropical Storm Fernand made landfall over northeastern Mexico at 24.3N 97.7W as per the NHC Update Advisory at 12:35pm ET on September 4, 2019. This location is not listed in Appendix A of the ANSLS contract rules because it is not within 75 miles of a US Zip Code and thus this landfall is not considered a Qualifying Atlantic Landfall for the ANSLS Contract.

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Archives of prior years’ storms: 2018

All landfall information is confirmed with the NOAA National Hurricane Center (NHC) or AccuWeather.