Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Tropical Storm Hernan (2020)

Tropical Storm Hernan (2020)

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/May 18, 2024  by Gog the Mild (talk) 18:20, 23 March 2024 (UTC)



Tropical Storm Hernan was a short-lived tropical cyclone that caused widespread flooding and destructive mudslides across southwestern Mexico in late August 2020. The eighth named storm of the 2020 Pacific hurricane season, Hernan formed to the southwest of Mexico on August 26. The cyclone peaked with maximum sustained winds of 75 km/h and a minimum atmospheric pressure of 1001 millibars, before passing just offshore western Mexico and dissipating in the Gulf of California. Hernan, despite not making landfall, dropped extremely heavy rainfall across several states, peaking at nearly 610 millimeters (24 inches) in Jalisco. Over 305 millimeters (12 inches) of rain fell across the Costa Grande of Guerrero from August 24–27. 1,674 homes and 9 schools all suffered severe damage. A man died after falling off his roof checking damages from Hernan. The cyclone caused a total of MXN$594.05 million (USD$26.91 million) in damages across seven states along the Pacific coast of Mexico.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Hurricane Erika (2003) on December 5, 2023
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 * Promoted: January 7, 2024
 * Reasons for nomination: Recently got the article promoted and would like to see it through to TFA. I believe that a costly storm that dropped nearly 2 feet worth of rainfall would be of interest to most readers, especially weather enthusiasts, which there are plenty of on Wikipedia.
 * Support as nominator. Jay  Tee ⛈️ 15:43, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Coordinator comment: the blurb is too short, at 918 characters including spaces. It needs to be in the range 925 - 1,025. Thanks. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:17, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Just expanded, thanks for catching that. Jay  Tee ⛈️ 18:09, 16 March 2024 (UTC)