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Tropical Storm Eugene

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2005-07-19 00:00:00
July 19, 2005

Tropical Storm Eugene is the fifth named Pacific Ocean hurricane of the season. Eugene is shown here as observed by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite. These data were obtained at 17:50 UTC (10:50 Pacific Daylight Time) on July 19, 2005. At this time, Eugene was a well formed spiral storm, though well below hurricane strength with winds around 115 kilometers per hour (60 knots).

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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained courtesy of the MODIS Rapid Response team.

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