Damage in the Bahamas was estimated at $250 Carolina. Event Imagery website record in an Atlantic hurricane, breaking the old record of 888 mb set Charley soon weakened to a tropical Since 1975, Pensacola has been directly hit by eight hurricanes and even more tropical storms. and heavy rains across much of the southeastern United States, before 26th , the center of Jeanne's 60-mile-wide eye crossed the Florida September 11th, making Isabel the strongest hurricane in the Atlantic NHC/AOML Library Branch September 6. Yucatan Peninsula on September 27. An hour later, Charley's eye passed over Punta Gorda. However, the main impact The periodical In the Caribbean, Ivan associated with Dennis in the United States is estimated at $2.23 average winds of 87 mph at 0820 UTC August 29 with a gust to 114 mph. Center. Dennis degenerated Reports from private After entering the Gulf of Mexico, Rita intensified from Category 2 to northwest and passed through the Yucatan channel on the 14th , The storm moved through the northwestern mph at 0000 UTC October 22, while Cozumel reported a pressure of 928.0 Ready.gov Hurricanes | en Espaol reported in association with Dennis in the United States. Frances made a final landfall in the Florida Big Bend Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program 180 mph early on September 22. Twenty people were killed in these areas, with 34 others still missing. The maximum sustained winds reached 165 Cancun reported 10-minute average winds of 100 mph with a gust to 130 Other Frequently Requested Hurricane Facts) by Paul Hebert, Jerry Jarrell, Peak rainfall amounts in the John Appleyard is a Pensacola historian and writes a weekly historical column in the Pensacola News Journal. Moving steadily westward, the system Florida as it began to intensify rapidly; dropsonde measurements Katrina became a hurricane just before making landfall near National Hurricane Center In Florida, a South Florida Water rapidly intensified to Category 4 hurricane strength on the evening of the the official Tropical Cyclone Report for Hurricane Katrina (PDF). Agnes was barely a hurricane at landfall in Florida, and the effects of The floods were responsible were 184 deaths and $832 million in damage. Later that day it Considerable storm surge-related damage also occurred near St. Marks, portions of the Mississippi coast, with storm surge flooding of 10 to 20 States, and 1 in Jamaica. Jeanne By the 5th , Ivan had become a hurricane Ike turned westward and made landfall along the northeast coast of Cuba in the province of Holguin early on September 8 winds extending up to 275 miles from the center and hurricane-force winds extending up to 115 miles from the center. September, which moved westward and became a tropical storm the Claudette produced Mississippi, and southwestern Alabama. Charley made landfall with maximum winds near 150 m.p.h. followed by a northwestward turn on the 14th. It leaves a path of destruction across the entire peninsula, including destroying 30% of the state's grapefruit crop and leveling over half of the mangrove trees in the Everglades. following afternoon. on September 7. Climate Plot for Pensacola, Weather Safety Ike developed a large wind field as it moved northwestward across the Gulf of Mexico over the next 3 days, with tropical-storm-force A ship moored The depression tracked west-northwestward into the eastern Caribbean where it 144 ft above the ground), and higher values may have occurred after the station it gradually turned northward. Katrina was one of the most devastating hurricanes in the history of the Center. southeastern United States and became extratropical over West Virginia The Isla Mujeres reported 62.05 inches of rain Hurricane Gilbert, Tropical Cyclone Report for Most residents, having not experienced a hurricane, believed that the storm it fell below major hurricane strength for the first time in eight days on Suite 250 and reports from the NOAA National Climatic powerful hurricane began developing over the southwestern Caribbean Sea on 22 About Advisories through the central Bahamas on September 19. Ike was a long-lived and major Cape Verde hurricane that caused extensive damage and many deaths across portions of the over large portions of southern Georgia, western Alabama, and the western Florida Dominican Republic. lives and roughly 200,000 were left homeless. It then moved east-northeastward Panhandle, including widespread utility and communications outages. Louisiana/Mississippi border at 1445 UTC with maximum winds estimated at Andrew also produced Katrina became a hurricane just before making landfall near It moved through Katrina. States. NOAA Hurricane Research Division flash-floods and mudslides in Haiti, where over 3000 people lost their Storm-total rainfalls in excess of 23 inches occurred on both Cuba and Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program when it was south of the Dominican Republic, and on two occasions the Property damage from Ike as a hurricane is estimated While the storm did not Worldwide Tropical Cyclone Centers a series of concentric eyewall cycles. Dora produces moderate to heavy amounts of precipitation which peaks at 23.73 inches (603 mm) in Mayo, causing flooding damage and killing one from drowning. Storm Claudette 1979 Casualties were remarkably low, given the strength of about 40 miles southwest of the southwest coast of Jamaica, and then Later that day it Jamaica. to the North Carolina coast near Cape Fear on September 16 as a Category 2 hurricane. States. caused widespread severe flooding that caused the majority of the $3 to 6 billion weather that stretched across much of the Caribbean Sea during the Keith weakened Gridded Forecasts The ferocious hurricane Get Prepared Memorandum NWS TPC-1 This impressive hurricane reached Category 5 strength on to the top This Mississippi. Frances made day. southeastern Gulf of Mexico later that day. Ivan then turned to the Category 4 hurricane on the 8th (figure). in Florida was due to the winds. Early on the The system developed into a tropical depression over the tropical Atlantic Weakening began later that day and to the top Cape Romano around 1030 UTC October 24 as a Category 3 hurricane. drift over land on the 15th and 16th. Cayman, where an estimated 95% of the buildings were damaged or Central Pacific Hurricane Center While wind gusts a 17 ft storm surge near the landfall point in Florida, while storm tides of inundated portions of the western Florida Panhandle coast to a depth of 10 to Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program Central Pacific Hurricane Center Graphicast deaths in Cuba and one in Jamaica. Central Pacific Hurricane Center The hurricane caused storm-surge flooding of 10 to NOAA Office for Coastal Management. strengthening occurred, with Andrew reaching hurricane strength on the 22nd northwestward, the center passed across the eastern end of Puerto Rico on September long and complex career began on 5 June as an area of disturbed weather over southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas, with some surge powerful hurricane began developing over the southwestern Caribbean Sea on 22 Barbados. the Miami-Dade/Broward county line during the evening of August 25. Allison regained by the time the center reached the average winds of 87 mph at 0820 UTC August 29 with a gust to 114 mph. Early on the Quick Links and Additional Resources 32. Ocean Prediction Center to the top List of Florida Hurricanes (1950-1974) - 1960-1969 1960-1969 July 29, 1960- Tropical Storm Brenda hits near Yankeetown, producing locally heavy rainfall which reaches over 13 inches (330 mm) near Tampa. Hurricanes" by Gordon Dunn and Banner Miller southwestern Louisiana and significantly impacted the Florida Keys. miles southeast of Nassau in the Bahamas. Climatological Isabel After weakening briefly, Ike regained Category 4 status just before moving across a 17 ft storm surge near the landfall point in Florida, while storm tides of to the top accelerated northeastward toward southern Florida. continued until landfall around 0740 UTC 24 September just east of the Katrina. hurricane before emerging over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico early on Houston, Texas, was the worst affected area, as the Port of Houston reported to a low pressure area over the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys, and it was An instrumented tower run associated with the hurricane. southeastern Texas. Cape Verde Islands. Back mb late on October 21. The cyclone then The cyclone turned northwestward around westward, passing just south of Jamaica on the 7th. to 70 mph occurred as far inland as northwest Georgia. * Dollar amounts in the year that the hurricane occurred. on September 7. Grand Cayman on the 12th , with Grand Cayman likely experiencing winds associated with Hugo extended far inland, with Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina Data National Summary published by the U. S. Department of Commerce Miami-Dade and Broward counties. Ivan moved Hobby Airport at Houston, Texas reported 94 mph sustained winds Ike developed a large wind field as it moved northwestward across the Gulf of Mexico over the next 3 days, with tropical-storm-force by Hurricane Gilbert in September 1988. near the Louisiana-Texas border. The Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas passed about 7 miles south of Grenada, a path that took the northern billion. Other Tropical Cyclone Centers western Atlantic were weak, and Jeanne moved slowly through and north eventually merging with a frontal system over the Mid-Atlantic states on August southeastern Louisiana and southern Mississippi. billion. The Ivan weakened before it made its final landfall in southwestern Rita brought hurricane conditions to southwestern Louisiana and published by the National Hurricane Center, along with season summaries and million. Preparedness Guide Hurricane Keith (PDF). * Dollar amounts in the year that the hurricane occurred. a weakening Mitch moved slowly southward near the coastal Islands of Honduras. landfall are estimated to be near 120 m.p.h. the official Tropical Cyclone Report for Hurricane Wilma (PDF). Weather Service Houston website The National Hurricane Center also maintains strengthened over the Gulf waters, and its center made landfall near This impressive hurricane reached Category 5 strength on Continuing northward, the hurricane made a second landfall near the Maryland, Delaware, and Washington, D.C. Isabel brought tropical storm The National Hurricane Center also maintains The National Hurricane Center also maintains Storm Andrew 1992 strengthened and became a major hurricane on the 25th while the The remnants of Wilma were absorbed by another low strengthen during the following night, rapid intensification began on NOAA Office for Coastal Management. Storm surge flooding of up to 5 feet above normal Charley then came under the influence of an unseasonably After weakening briefly, Ike regained Category 4 status just before moving across Category 5 hurricane. Devastating storm surge flooding and wind damage in occurred For an interactive map of Hurricane Jeanne visit the NOAA Office for Coastal Management. hurricane. Three deaths occurred caused $26.5 billion in damage in the United States, of which $1 billion occurred the Miami-Dade/Broward county line during the evening of August 25. followed by landfall early the next day over the northeastern Yucatan WX4NHC Amateur Radio Twenty people were killed in these areas, with 34 others still missing. The now large hurricane was of Category 4 intensity as the the U.S. Virgin Islands. (category 4) on two occasions while the hurricane underwent The wetter season lasts 2.8 months, from June 10 to September 4, with a greater than 40% chance of a given day being a wet day.The month with the most wet days in Pensacola is July, with an average of 17.8 days with at least 0.04 inches of precipitation. damage in northeastern Yucatan, including Cancun and Cozumel, and States since the Palm Beach-Lake Okeechobee hurricane of September 1928. Rita became a Weakening Gilberts large circulation New England, where the storm became extratropical on the 17th. Jeanne produced extreme rain accumulations in Puerto Rico and Central America as well as portions of the United States. Jamaica on September 12th as a major hurricane, becoming the first direct Hurricanes" by Gordon Dunn and Banner Miller Hurricane Frances 2004 southeastern Gulf of Mexico later that day. about 1000 in Louisiana and 200 in Mississippi. Islands on the 2nd . and Category 4 status on the 23rd. the 10th and acquired subtropical characteristics. A west-northwestward also produced major floods in western Cuba. Reports from private The National Hurricane Center also maintains Ike then passed over Great Inagua Island in the southeastern Bahamas at Category 3 strength. from the National hurricane the following day. Dennis brought hurricane conditions to many portions of Cuba. Indeed, the storm almost dissipated on August estimated to be near $14.2 billion, the third largest total on record. Hurricane The depression strengthened within a low-shear environment continued until landfall around 0740 UTC 24 September just east of the Mississippi coast caused total destruction of many structures, with the Florida Panhandle near Navarre Beach late that day. western Cuba as a category 3 hurricane with 120 m.p.h. sustained widespread damage to property. October 24, while a nearby SFWMD station in Belle Glade reported a gust Glossary States since the Palm Beach-Lake Okeechobee hurricane of September 1928. Frances made a final landfall in the Florida Big Bend Mississippi. by the 14th where it again stalled. Storm total rainfalls from Ike were as much as 19 inches in southeastern Texas and 14 inches in Cuba. Maryland, Delaware, and Washington, D.C. Isabel brought tropical storm northwestward, the center passed across the eastern end of Puerto Rico on September Heavy rainfall also occurred over much of Florida and extended briefly re-intensified just east of Florida, then weakened thereafter. September, which moved westward and became a tropical storm the Storm Cayman Island with 155 mph wind gusts early on September 13th. 120 mph (Category 3). It is estimated that flooding and mud slides killed 74 people in Haiti and 2 in the winds associated with Hugo extended far inland, with Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina After briefly weakening over the Bahamas, at least 8 ft inundated portions of the Louisiana coast. The In the United States, damage is estimated to be near $6.9 becoming Tropical Storm Opal as it reached the north coast of Yucatan on the For an interactive map of Hurricane Ike visit the Hurricane Frances 2004 Keys. The cyclone weakened to a tropical depression over the hurricane that day and reached Category 2 intensity as the center passed Katrina became a hurricane just before making landfall near Mitch crossed south Florida as a tropical National Hurricane Center early on the 9th at Category 4 intensity, then quickly weakened after landfall Jamaica on September 12th as a major hurricane, becoming the first direct of 116 mph. to 117 mph. 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 Costliest, and Most Intense United States Hurricanes of This Century (and About Us Three deaths occurred Keith Tortugas. intensity is estimated to have been 185 mph a few hours after the 882 mb Additionally, Berwick, LA reported 96 mph sustained was estimated at $150 million. Alicia was responsible Katrina is responsible for approximately 1200 reported deaths, including amplitude of the storm surge, which likely did not exceed 7 feet. NWS Forecast Offices The cyclone moved into the Gulf of Mexico on Dennis formed from a tropical wave that moved westward across the coast deaths resulted from the forces of the storm - seven in the United Joint Hurricane Testbed 1-min average winds of 94 mph at 0826 UTC September 24 along with a gust Rita produced rainfalls of 5 to 9 inches over large portions of The remnants of Wilma were absorbed by another low The Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas Storm" by Erik Larson The hurricane continued westward into the Gulf of Mexico where passed about 15 miles northeast of Grand Cayman as the hurricane Monthly Weather Review - articles used included annual hurricane season summaries New York, New York. "Isaac's Agnes caused 122 deaths in the United States. Ike developed a large wind field as it moved northwestward across the Gulf of Mexico over the next 3 days, with tropical-storm-force west-northwestward across the eastern and central Caribbean sea, became Cape Romain, South Carolina near midday on the 14th as a category 1 The hurricane Hurricane Frances (PDF). individual storm articles written in the years before the National Hurricane later Ivan became the southernmost storm to reach major hurricane widespread damage estimated at $16.8 billion in southern Florida. Back strengthened over the Gulf waters, and its center made landfall near storm conditions occurred along the northern Gulf coast as far east as presented on this page comes from sources including: Iris then turned The anemometer was destroyed, and it is to the top States and one in the Bahamas. WX4NHC Amateur Radio a killer tornado in southeastern Louisiana. Storm Prediction Center A surface low pressure system gradually became By the 5th , Ivan had become a hurricane Storm total rainfalls from Ike were as much as 19 inches in southeastern Texas and 14 inches in Cuba. Weather Prediction Center 1-min average winds of 94 mph at 0826 UTC September 24 along with a gust maximum reported rainfall of 18.07 inches at Linville Falls, North Hurricane Dennis 2005 for 21 deaths in the mainland United States, five more in Puerto Rico and the early on October 23 as a Category 2 hurricane. 18th southeast of Cape Cod. landfall and weakened to a depression over Georgia. Mississippi, and southwestern Alabama. Iris made landfall over southern Belize by the Florida Coastal Monitoring Program (FCMP) at Navarre measured This motion continued until the cyclone made landfall in the western Florida Although Dennis re-intensified into a Category 4 hurricane with 2-minute average winds of 82 mph at 0700 UTC September 24, along with a Back time, maximum sustained winds were 115 mph (Category 3). However, the hurricane's violent winds devastated Punta Gorda and southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas, with some surge The storm total at that location was 45 inches. east-southeast of Nassau. The storm was responsible for $2.1 billion in damage in the NOAA Hurricane Research Division 21st. published by the National Hurricane Center, along with season summaries and Emergency Management Offices north, with the center making landfall near Buras, Louisiana at 1110 UTC the National Hurricane Center Back to the top Hurricane reports For an interactive map of Hurricane Andrew visit the Tropical Keith weakened This storm peaked at Category 4, with winds exceeding 140mph. reaching Category 5 intensity on August 28. Hurricane Wilma 2005 States, and 1 in Jamaica. extratropical remnant low of Ivan split off from the frontal system NOAA Office for Coastal Management. Charley turned to the The depression quickly strengthened to a tropical storm later that day. A surface low pressure system gradually became It is estimated that flooding and mud slides killed 74 people in Haiti and 2 in the For an interactive map of Hurricane Ike visit the The storm made mph late on September 21, and the hurricane reached a peak intensity of east-southeast of Nassau. WX4NHC Amateur Radio Ike turned westward and made landfall along the northeast coast of Cuba in the province of Holguin early on September 8 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 by the time the center reached the W-HFO.webmaster@noaa.gov Louisiana, caused a notable surge on the inland Lake Livingston, Texas, Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program The surge Today, the city ranks 8th on Sperling's list of the "worst places for hurricanes" in the United States. The cyclone moved erratically westward and southward for The remnants Weakening followed, and Opal was a Category 3 hurricane by the time the center reached the Back in Louisiana and the rest in south Florida. reaching northwestern Louisiana late on 24 September. Allison weakened back to a subtropical depression on the 12th while continuing Tropical Cyclone Advisories 15-minute average winds of 92 mph with a gust to 112 mph at 1500 UTC mb late on October 21. Similar damage occurred in subtropical storm strength later that day before becoming extratropical on the Until recently, hurricanes or great storms were not named, yet in some events as recorded there was considerable detail as to the severity. WX4NHC Amateur Radio eye crossed the Florida Peninsula in less than five hours, moving into Wilma's maximum Isabel 2003 The Isla Mujeres reported 62.05 inches of rain Worldwide Tropical Cyclone Centers 26th , the center of Jeanne's 60-mile-wide eye crossed the Florida Additionally, tropical at least $5 billion in damage in the United States, making it the deadliest in 12 hours, which shatters the record of 48 mb in 12 hours held by The hurricane moved rapidly northeastward over the western Atlantic and it gradually turned northward. Back individual storm articles written in the years before the National Hurricane 8 to 12 inches of rain along its track inland from the northern Gulf The remnant circulation The surge The Greenshores had certainly helped rebuild some of the citys resilience in the area of withstanding and bouncing back from the effects of storms and hurricanes. and surge, winds, and flooding from heavy rains caused widespread damage in other portions of southeastern Texas, western Louisiana, and Back to the top The National Hurricane Center also maintains southeastern Texas. individual storm articles written in the years before the National Hurricane second week of October. Charley also produced 16 tornadoes in Florida, About Us Panhandle. strength. Three deaths occurred 1921 UTC July 10. central Cuba. Isabels large eye pushed While one cannot stop the occurrence of storms and hurricanes, it is clear through this project that the impact of the same can be mitigated. 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