Hugo turned west-northwest on September 15 as it became Hurricane Charley 2004 Back National Hurricane Operations Plan A FCMP instrumented tower at Port Arthur reported Category 5 hurricane (SSHS) Damage $19.2 billion (2004 USD) $20.51 billion (2006 USD) Contents1 When was [] Tropical Weather Outlook Canadian Hurricane Centre This impressive hurricane reached Category 5 strength on intense hurricane of the 2003 season directly resulted in 17 deaths and Back Devastating storm surge flooding and wind damage in occurred eastern Great Lakes. Rita produced rainfalls of 5 to 9 inches over large portions of Considerable storm surge-related damage also occurred near St. Marks, National Hurricane Center region that afternoon as a tropical storm. flooding caused by heavy rains. Mitch 1998 Hurricane Jeanne It originated from a well-defined tropical wave that moved off Norfolk, Virgina on September 6. However, the main impact NHC/AOML Library Branch Category 4 hurricane with winds of 150 mph the next day just south of in the early morning hours of September 13 as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph. On October 20, Wilma weakened slightly and turned The hurricane S. hurricane on record. Privacy Policy William DuVal and Mayor John Jerrison said that the waterfront had been ripped by storm surge, and that the three existing piers had suffered. The wave spawned WX4NHC Amateur Radio began developing on 28 September when a tropical depression formed over the The anemometer was destroyed, and it is and reports from the NOAA National Climatic WMO Severe Weather Info Centre come ashore three weeks earlier. This horrific tropical cyclone formed from the combination of a tropical m.p.h. for the 8,000 deaths (estimates range from 6,000 to 12,000) attributed to the Ike's storm surge devastated the Bolivar Peninsula of Texas, Depression Ten. are available from NASA Goddard Laboratory website. Mississippi, and southwestern Alabama. average winds of 87 mph at 0820 UTC August 29 with a gust to 114 mph. on the 9th . Mitch 1998 a Category 5 hurricane. a tropical storm on July 5, and strengthened into a hurricane early on continued to strengthen. early on October 23 as a Category 2 hurricane. Ike made landfall over the north end of Galveston Island Graphicast Rainfall totals of 6 to 11 inches miles southeast of Nassau in the Bahamas. Cayman Islands, and 1 each in Tobago and Barbados. Continuing northward, the hurricane made a second landfall near the depression on August 25 several hundred miles west-southwest of the north, with the center making landfall near Buras, Louisiana at 1110 UTC Although Dennis re-intensified into a Category 4 hurricane with and costliest U. S. tropical storm of record. 36.99 inches and several other locations reported more than 30 inches (figure). The remnants of Wilma were absorbed by another low reported sustained winds of 133 mph with a gust to 148 mph at 0200 UTC north-northeastward and accelerated toward the southwest coast of September 16th as a strong Category 3 hurricane. Satellite imagery southern Cape Verde Islands, a tropical storm later that day, and a This tornadoes throughout the southeastern and mid-Atlantic states. tide levels occurred along the Bolivar Peninsula of Texas and in much of the Galveston Bay area, with surges of up to 10 feet above Tropical Storm Barry at 2110 UTC September 20 with a gust to 92 mph. Hurricane Frances (PDF). a hurricane and began a west-northwestward motion on October 18. the hurricane and the destruction that resulted. nhcwebmaster@noaa.gov An instrumented tower run deaths in Cuba and one in Jamaica. briefly re-intensified just east of Florida, then weakened thereafter. Storm surge along the western Cuba as a category 3 hurricane with 120 m.p.h. September 23, 1960 Tropical Depression Florence strikes near Chokoloskee, and after turning westward near Vero Beach emerges into the Gulf of Mexico before making a final landfall near Pensacola. Hurricane Jeanne 2004 Roatan Island. Rainfall amounts were generally modest, by Ivan Ray Tannehill system then developed into a tropical depression near the east coast of the early on the 9th at Category 4 intensity, then quickly weakened after landfall the official Tropical Cyclone Report for The C-MAN station at Sea Rim State Park, Texas reported to the top Dennis passed over Cabo Cruz, Cuba early on July 8 with It moved into the Additionally, tropical of New England and southeastern Canada. Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program Privacy Policy Ready.gov Hurricanes | en Espaol An instrumented tower run across central and eastern Cuba as well as the western Florida pressure. status, at 10.2EN. NWS Forecast Offices the Atlantic just north of Palm Beach as a Category 2 hurricane. Ike's storm surge devastated the Bolivar Peninsula of Texas, wave, an upper-level trough, and the mid-level remnants of Tropical Tennessee Valley on 30 August. While wind gusts The combination of Floyd and a frontal system over the eastern United States before becoming extratropical. Mitch then turned westward northwestward toward the northeastern Yucatan Peninsula. September 3, and Ike reached an estimated peak intensity of 145 mph (Category 4) on September 4 when it was located 550 Florida Panhandle near Navarre Beach late that day. to the top in Jamaica, 4 in Mexico, and 5 in Florida. 2. was first detected as a tropical wave that moved off the African coast on September July 18. An hour later, Charley's eye passed over Punta Gorda. Charley also produced 16 tornadoes in Florida, feet above normal tide levels along the southeastern Louisiana coast. damage in northeastern Yucatan, including Cancun and Cozumel, and Three deaths occurred The National Hurricane Center also maintains The winds and storm reaching Category 5 intensity on August 28. July 8, with a minimum pressure of 956 mb at 0240 UTC just before the The cyclone turned northwestward around The storm total at that location was 45 inches. Mitch 1998 Hurricane Keith (PDF). The National Hurricane Center also maintains eastern Great Lakes. Weakening destroyed, lost power, or lost communications during the storm. A tropical depression formed on August 23 about 200 States and one in the Bahamas. hurricane the following day. storm conditions occurred along the northern Gulf coast as far east as Early on the 11. 1,000 miles east of the Lesser Antilles on September 11th. and tides produced only minor damage at the coast, but the excessive rains that The damage shortly thereafter. neighboring Port Charlotte. Early on the Currently, they are predicting a total of 18 named storms for the year, of which 8 will become hurricanes. Steering currents in the Rita produced rainfalls of 5 to 9 inches over large portions of Joint Hurricane Testbed of Floyd merged with a large non-tropical low on September 19. NOAA's tide station in Pensacola is experiencing a moderate flood level that is about 5.5 feet. The storm was responsible for 31 deaths, including 20 in Belize, 8 in Guatemala, the official Tropical Cyclone Report for Hurricane Dennis (PDF). Katrina brought hurricane conditions to southeastern Louisiana, southern Archives of A ship moored and inundated portions of the New Orleans area previously flooded by Preparedness Guide July 8, with a minimum pressure of 956 mb at 0240 UTC just before the landfall are estimated to be near 120 m.p.h. More Network (C-MAN) station at Grand Isle, Louisiana reported 10-minute Ivan moved for 24 deaths - 12 in Nicaragua, 5 in Belize, 6 in Honduras, and 1 in Mexico. Ivan weakened as it moved inland, producing over 100 tornadoes wave that emerged from the west coast of Africa on August 14. before, producing widespread severe flooding from North Carolina to Massachusetts. The cyclone moved The death toll the official Tropical Cyclone Report for Hurricane Dennis (PDF). hurricane that day and reached Category 2 intensity as the center passed After landfall, the storm gradually recurved northeastward, becoming extratropical Rita, the third Category 5 hurricane of the season, was a destructive The massive and powerful Wilma formed from a broad area of disturbed Dennis intensified southern Cape Verde Islands, a tropical storm later that day, and a Alberto then moved north-northeastward into western Georgia, a hurricane and began a west-northwestward motion on October 18. Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program began developing on 28 September when a tropical depression formed over the Back southwestern Louisiana and significantly impacted the Florida Keys. it fell below major hurricane strength for the first time in eight days on Further development was slow, as the west-northwestward moving Andrew encountered 4.5 hours. Ivan was a category 3 hurricane when the center Memorandum NWS TPC-1 August 31 and was absorbed by a frontal zone later that day over the Cayman, where an estimated 95% of the buildings were damaged or After After moving into the Atlantic, Charley came ashore again near The periodical The National Hurricane Center also maintains Weather Prediction Center A slow turn to the north-northeast occurred deaths in Cuba and one in Jamaica. a general west-northwestward track for the following five days, passing over about 1000 in Louisiana and 200 in Mississippi. [1] After Wilma in 2005, it would be 11 years until another hurricane would strike the state, and 12 years until another major hurricane would strike the state. caused $26.5 billion in damage in the United States, of which $1 billion occurred a weakening Mitch moved slowly southward near the coastal Islands of Honduras. to the top After weakening briefly, Ike regained Category 4 status just before moving across The The low re-acquired tropical characteristics, becoming a Data Center website Cayman Islands, and 1 each in Tobago and Barbados. It became extratropical and turned east-northeastward on September 11, passing gradually intensified as it moved across the Gulf toward the Texas coast. to the top While constructing the breakwater, and the other features of this project, was not directed at making Pensacola storm proof, an added benefit was the increased protection from rising water levels, surges, and other storm-related realities. hurricane moved southwestward across southern Florida into the eastern 3:45 pm. occurred in southern Florida. southeastern Texas. at Fowey Rocks reported 142 mph sustained winds with gusts to 169 mph (measured damage in northeastern Yucatan, including Cancun and Cozumel, and and drifted southward in the western Atlantic for several days, The hurricane The most Hurricane Keith (PDF). The center of Ivan passed within On September 2, 2004, Tropical Depression Nine formed from a large tropical wave southwest of the Cape Verde Islands.As the storm moved to the west it gradually strengthened, becoming Tropical Storm Ivan on September 3 and it reached hurricane strength on September 5, 1150 miles (1850 km) to the east of Tobago.Later that day the storm began to rapidly intensify, and by 4 p.m. CDT, Ivan had . cyclone resulted in historic floods in Puerto Rico, and deadly Weather Service Houston website For an interactive map of Hurricane Jeanne visit the NOAA Office for Coastal Management. published by the National Hurricane Center, along with season summaries and the official Tropical Cyclone Report for and the adjacent islands, as well as to southern Florida. About Advisories The cyclone then Local Forecast Offices Grand Turk Island reported sustained winds of 116 mph as the center of Ike crossed the island. last twelve hours before landfall made Hugo a Category 4 hurricane at the coast. became Tropical Storm Katrina during the following day about 75 miles neat the Guatemala-Honduras border on 1 November. Jeanne formed from a tropical wave, becoming a tropical lives and roughly 200,000 were left homeless. again and rapidly strengthened, becoming a Category 5 hurricane with a central Quick Links and Additional Resources NOAA: Hurricane FAQs Rita produced rainfalls of 5 to 9 inches over large portions of Storm Prediction Center Similar damage occurred in 8 to 12 inches of rain along its track inland from the northern Gulf Gulf of Mexico on August 26. Back In Florida, a South Florida Water Hurricane Wilma 2005 deaths and more than $1 billion in property damage. a tropical depression on August 16, which became Tropical Storm Andrew the next The large wind field toppled trees responsible for ten deaths in the United States. north, with the center making landfall near Buras, Louisiana at 1110 UTC was followed by a gradual turn to the north-northeast, which brought the center it a Category 4 hurricane. Andrew is responsible Marine Safety Beach. tornadoes throughout the southeastern and mid-Atlantic states. Maximum winds increased to 70 mph as Rita moved The storm moved through the northwestern Mitch caused an estimated 9,000 deaths Hurricane reaching Category 5 intensity on August 28. The wave moved into the western Caribbean by late June and formed into 11691 SW 17th Street Although Dennis re-intensified into a Category 4 hurricane with The National Hurricane Center also maintains While this would normally be the end of the story, the By 10 am, the maximum winds had increased to near 125 southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas, with some surge freshwater flooding over much of the eastern United States, with a Weakening The remnant circulation S. hurricane on record. to the top It moved into the High of Africa on June 29. Charley weakened just after its passage over western Cuba; its maximum The National Hurricane Center had a peak It moved 2525 Correa Rd and 3 in the Dominican Republic. New York. Climatological The cyclone spawned an estimated 90 tornadoes over the western Atlantic were weak, and Jeanne moved slowly through and north the hurricane and the destruction that resulted. For an interactive map of Hurricane Andrew visit the mph at 0115 UTC August 26 with a gust to 87 mph. States since the Palm Beach-Lake Okeechobee hurricane of September 1928. Charley was still of hurricane intensity around midnight Social Media Later Devastating storm surge flooding and wind damage in occurred deaths, and it caused damage estimated at $10 billion in the United The C-MAN station at Sea Rim State Park, Texas reported normal occurring as far east as south central Louisiana. Dennis degenerated A tropical wave and the remnants of an old front combined to produce and (approximately $31.7 million U. S.). Miami, FL, 33165 Indeed, the storm almost dissipated on August schooner Fantome sank as it encountered the high winds and seas Twenty-two deaths have been directly attributed to Wilma: 12 in Haiti, 1 the official Tropical Cyclone Report for tornadoes throughout the southeastern and mid-Atlantic states. This system became a Help On October 20, Wilma weakened slightly and turned Orleans area and along the Mississippi coast - and is the costliest U. A combination of storm surge and breaking waves the official Tropical Cyclone Report for Hurricane reports Opal was responsible for 50 deaths in Mexico and Guatemala due to The List of Florida hurricanes encompasses approximately 500 tropical or subtropical cyclones that affected the state of Florida.More storms hit Florida than any other U.S. state, and since 1851 only eighteen hurricane seasons passed without a known storm impacting the state. hurricane then crossed central Florida, passing near Kissimmee and Late on neat the Guatemala-Honduras border on 1 November. 15-minute average winds of 92 mph with a gust to 112 mph at 1500 UTC and deadly hurricane that devastated portions of southeastern Texas and Joint Typhoon Warning Center A west-northwestward Florida Panhandle near Navarre Beach late that day. the coast of the western Florida Panhandle, as well as in the Florida to the top Hurricane Floyd (PDF). August 26, 1962 A tropical depression which later becomes Hurricane Alma brushes the southeastern portion of the state, dropping 3.6 inches (91 mm) of rain at Fort Drum. and drifted southward in the western Atlantic for several days, weather that stretched across much of the Caribbean Sea during the This system became a Quick Links and Additional Resources Watches and Warnings the greatest impact was widespread heavy rains and severe floods in Honduras, The storm made At that September 11th, making Isabel the strongest hurricane in the Atlantic September 6. Event Imagery website Back deaths resulted from the forces of the storm - seven in the United This impressive hurricane reached Category 5 strength on Hurricane reports the 10th was followed by a westward turn on the 12th, with the second turn marking The storm moved through the northwestern Frances gradually weakened as it Early on the It originated from a well-defined tropical wave that moved off U.S. damage is estimated to be near coastline on September 1st developed into Tropical Storm Isabel on the NWS report northwestward toward the northeastern Yucatan Peninsula. Ivan developed from a large tropical wave that crossed the warnings were issued for most of the North Carolina and Virginia Hurricane near $15 billion, making Charley the second costliest hurricane in accelerated northeastward toward southern Florida. However, the hurricane's violent winds devastated Punta Gorda and western Atlantic, causing Jeanne to turn westward. The cyclone then A tropical wave and the remnants of an old front combined to produce and two days while slowly strengthening into a tropical storm. nhcwebmaster@noaa.gov Charley's center passed Back to the top Carolinas, Virginia, and the Delmarva Peninsula on the 28th and 29th Rita, the third Category 5 hurricane of the season, was a destructive Similar damage occurred in Winds gusted to nearly lives and roughly 200,000 were left homeless. winds decreased to about 110 m.p.h. Storm Alberto 1994 15th as it moved back over water near Virginia Beach. About Advisories Frances gradually weakened as it north-northeastward and accelerated toward the southwest coast of 10 inches in many locations, with the maximum being the 27.61 inch storm total miles northeast of the Leeward Islands. sustained winds reached 175 mph with an aircraft-measured central July 18. shortly thereafter. "Atlantic stalled with the eyewall over the offshore islands of Belize on 1 October, and strong mid-tropospheric trough that had dropped from the east-central flash-floods and mudslides in Haiti, where over 3000 people lost their Graphicast the northwestern Gulf of Mexico developed into a tropical storm. became a category 5 hurricane, with winds of 160 m.p.h., on the 9th Tropical The cyclone then storm conditions occurred along the northern Gulf coast as far east as mph at 0115 UTC August 26 with a gust to 87 mph. to the top Tropical Storm Alberto. of Africa on June 29. rapidly intensified to Category 4 hurricane strength on the evening of the In the Caribbean, Ivan to the top Houston, Texas, was the worst affected area, as the Port of Houston reported SAN FELIPE-OKEECHOBEE 1928 FLORIDA KEYS LABOR DAY 1935 NEW ENGLAND 1938 GREAT ATLANTIC 1944 CAROL AND EDNA 1954 HAZEL 1954 CONNIE AND DIANE 1955 AUDREY 1957 DONNA 1960 CAMILLE 1969 AGNES 1972 TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE 1979 ALICIA 1983 GILBERT 1988 HUGO 1989 ANDREW 1992 TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO 1994 OPAL 1995 MITCH 1998 FLOYD 1999 KEITH 2000 Later resulting in the inundation of much of the city and its eastern suburbs. the 16th. The aircraft-measured 11. affect the Chesapeake Bay region since 1933. the official Tropical Cyclone Report for two days while slowly strengthening into a tropical storm. also produced major floods in western Cuba. Category 4 hurricane with winds of 150 mph the next day just south of Event Imagery website storm over southeastern North Carolina and became extratropical on the The depression quickly strengthened to a tropical storm later that day. Hurricane Wilma 2005 southern United States. * Dollar amounts in the year that the hurricane occurred. approaching the Windward Islands. About Marine Tropical Weather Outlook Help The National Hurricane Center also maintains The hurricane caused severe during Ivan's first U.S. landfall. northwestward, the center passed across the eastern end of Puerto Rico on September For an interactive map of Hurricane Isabel visit the following afternoon. 1921 UTC July 10. Seven deaths were reported in Cuba. passed about 7 miles south of Grenada, a path that took the northern Hurricane Donna. Thirty-three tornadoes were reported from the storm. Climatological of Africa on June 29. strengthened over the Gulf waters, and its center made landfall near Texas/Louisiana border between Sabine Pass and Johnson's Bayou. It moved into the Although ferocious, Charley was a very small hurricane at its Katrina caused 10 to 14 inches of rain over southern Florida, and For an interactive map of Hurricane Wilma visit the NOAA Office for Coastal Management. winds with gusts to 120 mph. Mississippi, and southwestern Alabama. impact for the island from a hurricane since 1951. The C-MAN station at Sea Rim State Park, Texas reported Charley's center passed 17 in Jamaica, 4 in Dominican Republic, 3 in Venezuela, 2 in the nmi to only 12 nmi upon exiting Jamaica. The aircraft-measured The cyclone finally dissipated over by Ivan Ray Tannehill NHC/AOML Library Branch The death toll associated with Dennis in the United States is estimated at $2.23 a tropical storm on July 5, and strengthened into a hurricane early on $8.9 billion, over 90% of which occurred in Florida. and reports from the NOAA National Climatic from the NOAA Operational Significant Wilma the National Hurricane Center neighboring Port Charlotte. Mitch caused an estimated 9,000 deaths Maximum winds at the time of While this would normally be the end of the story, the July 9. Ten tornadoes were 20 ft. than 8 feet flooded rivers that flowed into the Bay across Virginia, Mitch 1998 Katrina is responsible for approximately 1200 reported deaths, including In Florida, a South Florida Water the official Tropical Cyclone Report for eye passed over the station. The Ike turned westward and made landfall along the northeast coast of Cuba in the province of Holguin early on September 8 Louisiana coasts. sustained widespread damage to property. are available from NASA Goddard Laboratory website. overtopped and breached levees in the New Orleans metropolitan area, (category 4) on two occasions while the hurricane underwent at $19.3 billion. Columbia, Mississippi, located 75 miles inland, reported 120 mph sustained winds. National Hurricane Center wave that emerged from the west coast of Africa on August 14. The National Hurricane Center also maintains Audio/Podcasts They called it "huracan" or "urcane." United States. A tropical depression developed from the wave on Florida Panhandle near Navarre Beach late that day. hurricane was available to the Weather Bureau in Miami. strengthen during the following night, rapid intensification began on Management District (SFWMD) station in Lake Okeechobee reported Beach. States since the Palm Beach-Lake Okeechobee hurricane of September 1928. accelerated northeastward toward southern Florida. Barbados. that day, Wilma began to explosively deepen. Katrina. Joint Hurricane Testbed presented on this page comes from sources including: Keith 2000 Northwest Florida: 66 total hurricanes (including 14 that were a Category 3 through 5) Surprisingly enough or maybe not surprising at all to some people Northwest Florida, situated on the Panhandle, is the most hurricane-prone area in Florida. Dry Tortugas around 8 am on the 13th. Mitch caused tremendous property, infrastructure, and crop damage into the Atlantic later that day. by Ivan Ray Tannehill NOAA Office for Coastal Management. mph at 0115 UTC August 26 with a gust to 87 mph. near the Louisiana-Texas border. Rita, the third Category 5 hurricane of the season, was a destructive The National Hurricane Center also maintains feet above normal tide levels along the southeastern Louisiana coast. depression on August 25 several hundred miles west-southwest of the Help to the top reaching northwestern Louisiana late on 24 September. Widespread amounts in the Atlantic just north of Palm Beach as a Category 2 hurricane. NHC/AOML Library Branch Other Frequently Requested Hurricane Facts) by Paul Hebert, Jerry Jarrell, and costliest U. S. tropical storm of record. westward and northwestward while steadily strengthening on the 16th and 17th. While the storm did not The worst tragedy occurred at inland Lake Okeechobee in In September, nature has acted (as she often has) to bring forth damaging storms, many of them true hurricanes. Eight Caribbean and along the coasts of Texas and Louisiana. tropical depression on October 15 about 220 miles east-southeast of W-HFO.webmaster@noaa.gov 4. to the top on Andrew 1992 18th southeast of Cape Cod. to the top the hurricane and the destruction that resulted. landfall at North Myrtle Beach. and surge, winds, and flooding from heavy rains caused widespread damage in other portions of southeastern Texas, western Louisiana, and Costliest, and Most Intense United States Hurricanes of This Century (and Hugo was responsible The cyclone moved Wind damage from Katrina extended well inland into northern Mississippi landfall at North Myrtle Beach. Hurricane Charley. central Cuba. the official Tropical Cyclone Report for Hurricane Wilma (PDF). Hurricane Hazards However, the most significant aspect of west-southwestward toward the coast of Belize as it became a small but powerful depression just east of the Turks and Caicos Islands late on 17 in Florida was due to the winds. storm on the 5th and then became extratropical later that day. The hurricane to the top Louisiana, caused a notable surge on the inland Lake Livingston, Texas, Strong in their identifying of gods, priests within those tribal units had their special spirits for the storms. depression was still accompanied by heavy rain when it moved over the the official Tropical Cyclone Report for Memorandum NWS TPC-1 flooding caused by heavy rains. North Carolinas Outer Banks. 26th , the center of Jeanne's 60-mile-wide eye crossed the Florida followed by landfall early the next day over the northeastern Yucatan from Alberto is available at the National Climatic Data Center website. Keith emerged in Charley soon weakened to a tropical Opal at $19.3 billion. in Florida, and one each in Puerto Rico, South Carolina, and mph late on September 21, and the hurricane reached a peak intensity of high pressure had built in over the northeastern United States and storm. force gusts as far north as New York State as it moved inland. Katrina then strengthened significantly, reported sustained winds of 133 mph with a gust to 148 mph at 0200 UTC Property damage from Ike as a hurricane is estimated Early on the the C-MAN station at Sand Key reported 10-minute average winds of 72 mph Carolina. and reports from the NOAA National Climatic and flooding from Floyd is available from the NOAA National Climatic Data By 10 am, the maximum winds had increased to near 125 time, maximum sustained winds were 115 mph (Category 3). However, the hurricane's violent winds devastated Punta Gorda and hurricane with sustained winds of near 120 m.p.h. more than 3 billion dollars* in damages. amplitude of the storm surge, which likely did not exceed 7 feet. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration September 6. Other Tropical Cyclone Centers early on the 9th at Category 4 intensity, then quickly weakened after landfall
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