So, you’re looking for Priscilla. If you’ve been scrolling through weather apps or panicking about a sudden Pacific surge, here is the honest truth: Hurricane Priscilla is gone. Honestly, it hasn’t been a "hurricane" for quite some time now.
By the time you’re reading this in mid-January 2026, the storm has long since dissipated into the history books of the 2025 Pacific season. But that doesn’t mean the story ended quietly. Most people assume these storms just vanish into thin air once the wind stops howling, but Priscilla left a soggy, complicated footprint across the Southwest that folks are still talking about.
Where is Hurricane Priscilla Now? The Actual Location
Right now, there is no active center of circulation. There is no eye. There aren't even any lingering "remnants" in the way meteorologists usually define them.
The storm officially "died" back in October 2025. Specifically, on October 11, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued its final advisory, essentially saying, "That's all, folks." The system lost its tropical characteristics near the west coast of Baja California and was downgraded to a remnant low before basically falling apart.
If you’re seeing current news reports about a "Priscilla," you might be looking at archived data or perhaps a localized storm that someone has nicknamed (though the World Meteorological Organization hasn't assigned that name to anything in 2026 yet). The 2025 version peaked as a Category 2 hurricane with winds near 105 mph, but it eventually ran into the "graveyard" of cold water and high wind shear that kills most storms trying to climb up the coast toward California.
What Really Happened With Priscilla's "Ghost"
The weirdest thing about where Hurricane Priscilla is now involves its moisture. Even after a hurricane is declared "dead," the water it dragged up from the tropics has to go somewhere.
In Priscilla’s case, it teamed up with another system—Tropical Storm Raymond—and created a massive "atmospheric bridge." This wasn't a spinning hurricane hitting the coast; it was more like a giant, invisible river of steam flowing into the Desert Southwest.
- Arizona and Utah: They got slammed. We're talking 2 to 4 inches of rain in places that usually see less than an inch all month.
- The "Remnant Phase": While the hurricane's center was technically off the coast of Ensenada, its impact was felt in slot canyons in Zion National Park and suburban streets in Phoenix.
- Flash Floods: This is where the danger actually lived. The storm wasn't a wind threat by the time it reached the U.S.; it was a drowning threat.
Why the Name Still Keeps Popping Up
You might be wondering why people are still searching for the location of a storm that finished months ago. Part of it is the "zombie storm" phenomenon. In recent years, we've seen systems like Hurricane Ivan or more recently in the 2020s where a storm dissipates, moves back over water, and "re-generates."
Priscilla didn't do that. Once she hit those cold Pacific waters near the 26th parallel, the engine cut out for good.
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Another reason is the 2025 season was a bit of a monster. With 18 named storms in the Eastern Pacific, Priscilla stood out because she actually made a run for the Baja peninsula, which always puts Southern California and the Southwest on high alert. When a storm gets that close to the U.S. border, the search traffic lingers for months as people look for insurance claim info or disaster relief updates.
Survival Insights: What We Learned From the 2025 Season
If you were tracking Priscilla because you live in a flood-prone area, the takeaway is pretty clear. The "H" on the map doesn't matter as much as the "moisture plume" behind it.
The National Weather Service (NWS) offices in Flagstaff and Las Vegas were screaming about this storm even after the NHC stopped tracking it. They were right. The real damage happened when the "remnants" hit the mountains and dumped months of rain in 48 hours.
Next steps if you're tracking future storms:
Check the "Quantitative Precipitation Forecast" (QPF) rather than just the hurricane track. It’ll tell you where the water is going, even if the wind has died down. Also, if you’re in a recently burned area, those "dead" hurricanes like Priscilla are actually more dangerous because they trigger mudslides on scorched earth. Keep an eye on the 2026 season starting in May; until then, the Pacific is officially quiet.