▁fault ▁on ▁the ▁island . ▁Otherwise , ▁damage ▁was ▁relatively ▁minor . ▁S ust ained ▁wind s ▁of ▁ ▁and ▁g ust s ▁to ▁over ▁ ▁were ▁observed , ▁along ▁with ▁ ▁of ▁ra inf all ; ▁this ▁contributed ▁to ▁the ▁wet test ▁September ▁on ▁record ▁in ▁B erm uda . ▁Long - period ▁sw ells ▁from ▁Karl ▁reached ▁the ▁East ▁Coast ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁as ▁the ▁storm ▁moved ▁out ▁to ▁sea . ▁ ▁Trop ical ▁Storm ▁Lisa ▁ ▁On ▁September   1 4 , ▁the ▁N HC ▁noted ▁the ▁potential ▁for ▁tropical ▁cy clone ▁development ▁in ▁the ▁East ▁Atlantic ▁later ▁in ▁the ▁week . ▁A ▁tropical ▁wave ▁moved ▁off ▁the ▁west ▁coast ▁of ▁Africa ▁on ▁September   1 6 , ▁developing ▁into ▁a ▁tropical ▁de pression ▁by ▁ 1 2 : 0 0   UTC ▁on ▁September   1 9 , ▁about ▁ 2 2 5   mi ▁( 3 6 0   km ) ▁west - s outh west ▁of ▁the ▁southern most ▁Cab o ▁Ver de ▁Islands . ▁On ▁September   2 0 , ▁the ▁de pression ▁strength ened ▁to ▁Trop ical ▁storm ▁Lisa . ▁Ar ound ▁ 1 2 : 0 0   UTC ▁on ▁September   2 2 , ▁Lisa ▁pe aked ▁with ▁sust ained ▁wind s ▁of ▁ 5 0   m ph ▁( 8 5   km / h ) ▁and ▁a ▁minimum ▁pressure ▁of ▁. ▁The ▁storm ▁soon ▁began ▁weak ening ▁due ▁increasing ▁wind ▁she ar , ▁but ▁Lisa ▁briefly ▁rest r ength ened