Tropical Depression Seven was a tropical depression that did not reach tropical storm strength during the 2002 Atlantic hurricane season. It formed on September 7 in the Atlantic Ocean well to the northeast of the Leeward Islands. It dissipated on September 8 due to strong upper-level wind shear.
The depression caused no damage and no deaths.
|Formation||September 7, 2002|
|Dissipation||September 8, 2002|
|Highest winds||35 mph|
|Lowest pressure||1013 mbar|
On September 1, a tropical wave moved off the coast of Africa and began heading westward across the Atlantic Ocean. The wave was accompanied by a low-level circulation and a fairly well-organized area of convection. This convection soon dissipated, however, and the wave remained disorganized while moving to the west-northwest. The disorganization of the wave would last until September 7, when it acquired enough organization to be called Tropical Depression Seven. The depression was very short-lived, as strong vertical wind shear caused the depression to dissipate on September 8, while located about 850 miles southeast of the island of Bermuda.