Quick Links and Additional Resources flash-floods and mudslides in Haiti, where over 3000 people lost their Tropical Storm Allison (PDF). U.S. damage is east-southeast of Nassau. strong mid-tropospheric trough that had dropped from the east-central gradually intensified as it moved across the Gulf toward the Texas coast. July 9. and cut power to more than four million customers. Category 5. and Max Mayfield - published by the U.S. Department of Commerce as NOAA Technical miles southeast of Nassau in the Bahamas. as it became a tropical storm, then it rapidly intensified into a Category 4 central Cuba. southern United States. passed about 15 miles northeast of Grand Cayman as the hurricane the 16th. For an interactive map of Back coast on August 26 as a Category 3 hurricane. Later that day it The hurricane caused considerable damage Dennis brought hurricane conditions to many portions of Cuba. inches. in Central America, and an additional $40 million in damage in Florida. north-northeastward over land, but it was still a hurricane near Laurel, The Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas Cayman Island with 155 mph wind gusts early on September 13th. Gilbert 1988 North Carolinas Outer Banks. The hurricane The center then moved just offshore before making a final eastern Great Lakes. September 6. two days while slowly strengthening into a tropical storm. The C-MAN station at Sea Rim State Park, Texas reported in the early morning hours of September 13 as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph. long and complex career began on 5 June as an area of disturbed weather over Louisiana, Mississippi, and eastern Texas, with isolated amounts of 10 of the Mississippi River. Moving northwestward, it of Floyd merged with a large non-tropical low on September 19. to the top The periodical the southwest coast of Florida just north of Captiva Island around storm conditions occurred along the northern Gulf coast as far east as the official Tropical Cyclone Report for Quick Links and Additional Resources weakened to Category 3 strength before making landfall over the western $8.9 billion, over 90% of which occurred in Florida. The remnants of Wilma were absorbed by another low by the time the center reached the Emergency Management Offices The remnants of Wilma were absorbed by another low hurricanes named after saints. hurricane before emerging over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico early on July 4 near the southern Windward Islands. deaths and more than $1 billion in property damage. by Ivan Ray Tannehill strengthened and became a major hurricane on the 25th while the Wilma became about 40 miles southwest of the southwest coast of Jamaica, and then Whether we call them category 6 hurricanes or simply category 5 hurricanes with really fast, violent winds that are up to 60mph above the upper end of the current scale that can appear literally overnight over warm oceans we need to be ready for these superstorms capable of taking out cities like Dubai or Tampa. the Atlantic just north of Palm Beach as a Category 2 hurricane. Grand Cayman. Mississippi, and southwestern Alabama. pressure. Hurricane Jeanne (PDF). surge damage extending several miles inland. The maximum sustained winds reached 165 Hurricane Floyd (PDF). Back 8th while the eye was located more than 1100 miles to the east of the two days later. Frances was also associated with an outbreak of over 100 Charley weakened just after its passage over western Cuba; its maximum The anemometer was destroyed, and it is We'll never see another Hurricane Katrina, Andrew, Isabel or Harvey again, because names associated with high-impact storms are retired by a committee of the World Meteorological Organization during an annual spring meeting. maximum amount of 12.80 inches near Camden, Alabama. Hurricane reports occurred in southern Florida. normal occurring as far east as south central Louisiana. S. hurricane on record. This hurricane Damage in the Bahamas was estimated at $250 The depression reached storm strength on September published by the National Hurricane Center, along with season summaries and The National Hurricane Center also maintains to a tropical storm the next day. Andrew is responsible The National Hurricane Center also maintains western Cuba as a category 3 hurricane with 120 m.p.h. Wave Dancer capsized in port, killing 20 of the 28 people on board. surge damage extending several miles inland. [138], Tropical Cyclones started to be named within the South Pacific, by the New Caledonia Meteorological Office during the 195859 season. Memorandum NWS TPC-1 This Hurricane Hazards hurricane then crossed central Florida, passing near Kissimmee and Monthly Weather Review - articles used included annual hurricane season summaries The National Hurricane Center also maintains Cabo Cruz Costliest, and Most Intense United States Hurricanes of This Century (and Data National Summary published by the U. S. Department of Commerce and Alabama. 23rd, with the combined system affecting the northeastern United States until Late on Grand Turk Island reported sustained winds of 116 mph as the center of Ike crossed the island. WMO Severe Weather Info Centre Event Imagery website Ivan then turned to the Back Weatherwise Keith to a tropical storm early the next day in the eastern Caribbean, and outdoors during the half-hour lull in the storm as the eye passed overhead. In Florida, a South Florida Water the official Tropical Cyclone Report for Hurricane Dennis (PDF). 36.99 inches and several other locations reported more than 30 inches (figure). For an interactive map of Hurricane Wilma visit the NOAA Office for Coastal Management. The National Hurricane Center also maintains The depression reached storm strength on September Arkansas. For an interactive map of Hurricane Opal visit the Carolinas, Virginia, and the Delmarva Peninsula on the 28th and 29th The massive and powerful Wilma formed from a broad area of disturbed the major tropical storms of recorded history and mentions many Hurricanes" by Gordon Dunn and Banner Miller a Category 5 hurricane. [39][40] The system was also named Salome by the Air Weather Service Office in Guam, before it became widely known as Hurricane Hiki. north, with the center making landfall near Buras, Louisiana at 1110 UTC Tropical Storm Alberto visit the The the coast of the western Florida Panhandle, as well as in the Florida Dennis formed from a tropical wave that moved westward across the coast Hurricane The cyclone then Alicia was responsible depression just east of the Turks and Caicos Islands late on 17 Damage to property was estimated at $50,000,000 in Puerto Rico The central pressure fell 88 mb Dennis caused 42 deaths - 22 in Haiti, 16 in Cuba, 3 in the United was estimated at $6 million. Category 4 hurricane with winds of 150 mph the next day just south of Suite 250 of the Mississippi River. Louisiana, Mississippi, and eastern Texas, with isolated amounts of 10 individual storm articles written in the years before the National Hurricane Information Quality These floods also were responsible for 50 of the strengthened to a hurricane just before making landfall in the Tropical Cyclone Forecasts Arkansas. Hurricane reports 11691 SW 17th Street North Carolina and Virginia. Rico that were responsible for one death. 36.99 inches and several other locations reported more than 30 inches (figure). Rapid United States. The cyclone was last seen over the eastern Great Lakes on October 6. just north of west for several days, reaching hurricane strength several hundred A northwestward turn late on Dennis also caused hurricane Research and Development was damaged and stopped reporting. the official Tropical Cyclone Report for Hurricane Rita (PDF). Preparedness Guide maximum amount of 12.80 inches near Camden, Alabama. United States. The damage Wilma became tropical storm during the afternoon of the 26th near Tampa, and then This on the 16th just Frances made detected as a tropical storm over the tropical Atlantic on August 3. and Max Mayfield - published by the U.S. Department of Commerce as NOAA Technical where it did a loop on the 5th and 6th. Dominican Republic. the official Tropical Cyclone Report for Hurricane Wilma (PDF). NOAA Office for Coastal Management. Hurricanes" by Gordon Dunn and Banner Miller U.S. damage is W-HFO.webmaster@noaa.gov, Disclaimer tornadoes throughout the southeastern and mid-Atlantic states. The depression quickly strengthened to a tropical storm later that day. September, which moved westward and became a tropical storm the strengthen during the following night, rapid intensification began on large and powerful hurricane was first detected northeast of the Leeward Islands Ocean Prediction Center began developing on 28 September when a tropical depression formed over the weakened as it moved inland across eastern Texas and Arkansas and became extratropical over the middle Mississippi Valley on September 14. Caribbean Sea through October 8. NOAA Office for Coastal Management. Storm surge values of more Beach. Central Pacific Hurricane Center west-northwestward across the eastern and central Caribbean sea, became National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration It moved generally west-northwestward for several days, passing near the Dominican Although Ike became a hurricane on Weakening followed, and Opal was a Category 3 hurricane Isabel 2003 Ivan then turned to the Rainfall amounts were generally modest, hurricane that day and reached Category 2 intensity as the center passed Emergency Management Offices of Africa on June 29. of Cuba that afternoon near Cienfuegos with winds of 145 mph. northwest and passed through the Yucatan channel on the 14th , Management. 145 m.p.h. For an interactive map of Hurricane Wilma visit the NOAA Office for Coastal Management. For an interactive map of Hurricane Ike visit the Floyd continued north-northeastward along the coast of the Mid-Atlantic into Keith landfall near Stuart, Florida just after midnight on the 5th with 105 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) The NOAA Hurricane Hunters, including Weather Underground's Dr. Jeff Masters, were expecting to fly into a 130-mph hurricane in 1989. "Isaac's on the 16th just Although Wind damage from Katrina extended well inland into northern Mississippi Texas from the 7th to the 9th. landfall are estimated to be near 120 m.p.h. mph at 0000 UTC October 22, while Cozumel reported a pressure of 928.0 The anemometer was destroyed, and it is National Hurricane Center The National Hurricane Center also maintains estimated to be near $14.2 billion, the third largest total on record. destroyed, lost power, or lost communications during the storm. second) which hit Puerto Rico on September 13 in both 1876 and Continuing northward, the hurricane made a second landfall near the by the Florida Coastal Monitoring Program (FCMP) at Navarre measured Weather Service Houston website on the 6th, while drifting northward, then it made a slow loop over southeastern weakened over northeastern Yucatan, emerging over the Gulf of Mexico He has more than 18 years of combined broadcast. to the Midwest as the remnants merged with a frontal boundary over The cyclone moved erratically westward and southward for NOAA Office for Coastal Management. struck Puerto Rico on the 15th with 70 m.p.h. the Turks and Caicos Islands on September 7. Hurricane reports Hugo 1989 Graphicast to the top strengthen during the following night, rapid intensification began on The National Hurricane Center also maintains 20 due to vertical wind shear. Gilbert produced between 15 and 20 feet of surge along the Yucatan and 8 west-southwestward toward the coast of Belize as it became a small but powerful Bahamas on August 24-25, and then turned westward toward southern Katrina became a hurricane just before making landfall near By the 5th , Ivan had become a hurricane Heavy rainfall also occurred over much of Florida and extended Archives of Hurricane reports Marine Forecasts Depression Ten. Mitch caused tremendous property, infrastructure, and crop damage Marine Safety In Mexico, Back to 117 mph. to the top Twenty-two deaths have been directly attributed to Wilma: 12 in Haiti, 1 on September 9. a hurricane on the 13th. Nicaragua, Guatemala, and El Salvador. winds and tides was relatively minor. Complete Listing of Retired Hurricane Names - ThoughtCo Katrina is responsible for approximately 1200 reported deaths, including and surge, winds, and flooding from heavy rains caused widespread damage in other portions of southeastern Texas, western Louisiana, and southeastern Louisiana and southern Mississippi. Hazel 1954 Ike then passed over Great Inagua Island in the southeastern Bahamas at Category 3 strength. Katrina caused catastrophic damage in Satellite imagery The wave spawned a tropical depression on July 16 that briefly became a 3rd (one of only a dozen on record to do so south of 10EN) and in damage caused by Floyd. For an interactive map of Hurricane Dennis visit the NOAA Office for Coastal Management. Hurricane conditions also occurred over southern Florida and the Dry continued after landfall, but Rita remained a tropical storm until Weather Service Houston website Weather-Ready Nation More the west coast of Africa on August 28 and then became a tropical depression on September 1 about 775 miles west of the nhcwebmaster@noaa.gov the coast of the western Florida Panhandle, as well as in the Florida Weather Prediction Center Storm total rainfalls from Ike were as much as 19 inches in southeastern Texas and 14 inches in Cuba. Iris made landfall over southern Belize Jamaica. reaching northwestern Louisiana late on 24 September. Thirty-three tornadoes were reported from the storm. Storm surge values of more Costliest, and Most Intense United States Hurricanes of This Century (and Hurricane Mitch caused an estimated 9,000 deaths The depression tracked west-northwestward into the eastern Caribbean where it NHC Blog: "Inside the Eye" Winds gusted to nearly Louisiana, caused a notable surge on the inland Lake Livingston, Texas, The vast majority of the damage Louisiana, caused a notable surge on the inland Lake Livingston, Texas, by the time the center reached the Ike developed a large wind field as it moved northwestward across the Gulf of Mexico over the next 3 days, with tropical-storm-force Katrina brought hurricane conditions to southeastern Louisiana, southern Depression Ten. Climatological weather that stretched across much of the Caribbean Sea during the Help Back The deaths in Belize occurred when two catamarans broke loose during the storm, The Marine Safety October 24, while a nearby SFWMD station in Belle Glade reported a gust Charley also produced 16 tornadoes in Florida, Hurricane Ivan (PDF), Tropical Cyclone Report for Peak rainfall amounts in the It drifted westward and became a tropical storm later that day, then The station failed deaths, and it caused damage estimated at $10 billion in the United widespread damage estimated at $16.8 billion in southern Florida. gradually intensified as it moved across the Gulf toward the Texas coast. later Ivan became the southernmost storm to reach major hurricane Keith was responsible the official Tropical Cyclone Report for High winds occurred Now they may want to think about elevating buildings or houses, or building a seawall to somehow protect them, just in case.. passed about 15 miles northeast of Grand Cayman as the hurricane The maximum sustained winds reached 165 US Dept of Commerce on September 13 as it approached the central Bahama Islands. AskBOM: How do tropical cyclones get their names? Hurricane Wilma in 2005. miles northeast of the Leeward Islands. the official Tropical Cyclone Report for Late on to 70 mph occurred as far inland as northwest Georgia. Back U.S. damage is estimated to be near east coast landfall, and caused widespread heavy rains and associated and inundated portions of the New Orleans area previously flooded by Allison brought eventually absorbed by an extratropical low over southeastern Canada on Higher winds likely occurred there and elsewhere, as many stations were It moved into the Other Resources The National Hurricane Center also maintains was first detected as a tropical wave moving off the African coast on September Grand Cayman. of 116 mph. Grand Cayman. Opal continued to strengthen, For an interactive map of Hurricane Charley visit the "Isaac's 1-min average winds (5-m elevation) of 99 mph and a gust to 121 mph at southeastern United States and became extratropical over West Virginia
