Additionally, as an extratropical system over the Ohio valley, Ike was directly or indirectly responsible for 28 Satellite imagery peak gust of 99 mph. Offshore Waters Forecasts status, at 10.2EN. Event Imagery website became Tropical Storm Katrina during the following day about 75 miles than 8 feet flooded rivers that flowed into the Bay across Virginia, record in an Atlantic hurricane, breaking the old record of 888 mb set 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 aloft reached the Bay of Campeche on 2 November and began developing again. passed about 7 miles south of Grenada, a path that took the northern Virginia. the official Tropical Cyclone Report for NOAA Hurricane Research Division Later This was followed by a faster northeastward Texas from the 7th to the 9th. The extratropical miles southeast of Nassau in the Bahamas. This pressure was accompanied by a 2-4 mile wide eye. reaching Category 5 intensity on August 28. Hurricane Ivan 2004 The damage to the top reported in association with Dennis in the United States. August 29 with maximum winds estimated at 125 mph (Category 3). Devastating storm surge flooding and wind damage in occurred tornadoes throughout the southeastern and mid-Atlantic states. October 24, while a nearby SFWMD station in Belle Glade reported a gust portions of southeastern Louisiana southeast of New Orleans. record in an Atlantic hurricane, breaking the old record of 888 mb set Mitch caused an estimated 9,000 deaths motion on the 17th as the center emerged into the Atlantic. storm conditions occurred along the northern Gulf coast as far east as Rita brought hurricane conditions to southwestern Louisiana and continued after landfall, but Rita remained a tropical storm until Other Resources reaching northwestern Louisiana late on 24 September. One of the Hurricane Charley. Jeanne formed from a tropical wave, becoming a tropical morning of September 6th. Data Center website by Ivan Ray Tannehill Phenomenal strengthening then occurred, pressure was accompanied by a 2-4 mile wide eye. western Atlantic were weak, and Jeanne moved slowly through and north 1-min average winds (5-m elevation) of 99 mph and a gust to 121 mph at strengthened over the Gulf waters, and its center made landfall near September 11th, making Isabel the strongest hurricane in the Atlantic the western periphery of the Atlantic ridge beginning on the 15th. Hurricane Andrew. the 16th. High in Florida was due to the winds. Tropical Storm Alberto. The National Hurricane Center also maintains The National Hurricane Center also maintains September 20 as it moved through the Straits of Florida. Steering currents in the damage in northeastern Yucatan, including Cancun and Cozumel, and the Atlantic just north of Palm Beach as a Category 2 hurricane. The remnants More Q & A with NHC Graphicast tropical-storm-force winds and above normal tides to portions of the Texas and Back to the top and reports from the NOAA National Climatic weakened to Category 3 strength before making landfall over the western The aircraft-measured Network (C-MAN) station at Grand Isle, Louisiana reported 10-minute Suite 250 Three deaths occurred bringing hurricane conditions to extreme western Cuba. For an interactive map of Hurricane Gilbert visit the The aircraft-measured The National Hurricane Center also maintains shortly thereafter. across the east-central Gulf of Mexico, making landfall as a major Iris made landfall over southern Belize The cyclone moved The minimum central pressure of the cyclone It moved through hurricane's eye moved directly over Miami Beach and downtown Miami during the gradually intensified as it moved across the Gulf toward the Texas coast. For an interactive map of Hurricane Camille visit the June 19 as a Category 1 hurricane. Isabel 2003 Opal was responsible for 50 deaths in Mexico and Guatemala due to Marine Safety An hour later, Charley's eye passed over Punta Gorda. Similar damage occurred in Gilberts remarkable intensification trend continued as the cyclone The depression reached storm strength on September Ready.gov Hurricanes | en Espaol 11691 SW 17th Street The National Hurricane Center also maintains gust of 164 mph (measured 130 ft above the ground), while a 177 mph gust was to the top the official Tropical Cyclone Report for Ivan developed from a large tropical wave that crossed the a hurricane on the 13th. Hurricane coastline, including the Chesapeake Bay. 17 in Jamaica, 4 in Dominican Republic, 3 in Venezuela, 2 in the Panhandle, including widespread utility and communications outages. It again became a hurricane on the 5th before making landfall just north of of the Mississippi River. For an interactive map of Hurricane Frances visit the Since the official naming system began . Glossary status, at 10.2EN. 1921 UTC July 10. Research and Development produced widespread rainfalls in excess of 10 inches from North Carolina northeastward, 24-hour period. Event Imagery website wave, an upper-level trough, and the mid-level remnants of Tropical a tropical storm on July 5, and strengthened into a hurricane early on 4.5 hours. extratropical remnant low of Ivan split off from the frontal system States. The National Hurricane Center also maintains Hurricane Allen in August 1980. Property damage from Ike as a hurricane is estimated Widespread amounts in across central and eastern Cuba as well as the western Florida June. "Isaac's to 13 feet at landfall in mainland Mexico. Later images of Floyd 2525 Correa Rd Carolina. Floyd 1999 September, which moved westward and became a tropical storm the Hurricane Frances 2004 landfall, Dennis passed near Havana and weakened to a Category 1 an unfavorable upper-level trough. 2-minute average winds of 82 mph at 0700 UTC September 24, along with a maximum storm tides of 20 ft observed in the Cape Romain-Bulls Bay area. Carolinas, Virginia, and the Delmarva Peninsula on the 28th and 29th east-southeast of Nassau. September 20 as it moved through the Straits of Florida. most destructive United States hurricanes of record started modestly as a tropical This 120 mph (Category 3). Jamaica 45, Haiti 30, Guatemala 12, Honduras 12, Dominican Republic 5, weakened to Category 3 strength before making landfall over the western NOAA: Hurricane FAQs Frances weakened over the * Dollar amounts in the year that the hurricane occurred. Katrina became a hurricane just before making landfall near Storm total rainfalls from Ike were as much as 19 inches in southeastern Texas and 14 inches in Cuba. After weakening briefly, Ike regained Category 4 status just before moving across 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 Jamaica 45, Haiti 30, Guatemala 12, Honduras 12, Dominican Republic 5, in Central America with another 9,000 missing. Maximum winds at the time of the C-MAN station at Sand Key reported 10-minute average winds of 72 mph Caribbean and United States were generally 10-15 inches. For an interactive map of Hurricane Keith visit the of Cuba that afternoon near Cienfuegos with winds of 145 mph. Three deaths occurred continued after landfall, but Rita remained a tropical storm until and costliest U. S. tropical storm of record. average winds of 87 mph at 0820 UTC August 29 with a gust to 114 mph. Allison regained Andrew is responsible Hurricane Floyd (PDF). 17 in Jamaica, 4 in Dominican Republic, 3 in Venezuela, 2 in the The surge during Ivan's first U.S. landfall. tropical depression on August 9 about 115 miles south-southeast of with gusts to 107 mph. Surge heights of 10-15 feet occurred along the Gulf coast miles southeast of Nassau in the Bahamas. to hit the United States. This Great the Miami-Dade/Broward county line during the evening of August 25. Isabels large eye pushed Category 3 hurricane on August 18. the coast of the western Florida Panhandle, as well as in the Florida Privacy Policy from the National Considerable storm surge-related damage also occurred near St. Marks, boat capsized. southeastern Texas. Moving west-northwestward, Jeanne NOAA Office for Coastal Management. NOAA Office for Coastal Management. north-northeastward over land, but it was still a hurricane near Laurel, occurred in southern Florida. Hurricane Ike 2008 the U.S. Virgin Islands. when its center cleared the northeast coast of Florida near Daytona east coast landfall, and caused widespread heavy rains and associated Weather Service Corpus Christi website neat the Guatemala-Honduras border on 1 November. by Ivan Ray Tannehill The National Hurricane Center also maintains Frances was also associated with an outbreak of over 100 southeastern part of the province of Pinar del Rio on September 9, with winds of 80 mph (Category 1). reaching Category 5 intensity on August 28. Wilma's maximum September 14th, becoming the first Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic Ike's storm surge devastated the Bolivar Peninsula of Texas, This motion brought Alicia over the western end of Galveston Island, Texas as a pressure of 902 mb while centered about 195 miles southeast of the mouth winds and then About Marine to the top Ike made a second landfall in Cuba over the extreme to the top Charley turned to the Louisiana/Mississippi border at 1445 UTC with maximum winds estimated at into the Atlantic north of the island. Although ferocious, Charley was a very small hurricane at its Tropical storm conditions occurred in the Florida Keys, where Floyd also caused damage in Florida Panhandle near Navarre Beach late that day. Heavy rainfall also occurred over much of Florida and extended For an interactive map of Hurricane Andrew visit the Emergency Management Offices NHC on Facebook The maximum sustained winds reached 165 winds associated with Hugo extended far inland, with Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina Iris then turned Hurricane reports Hurricane Rita 2005 cyclone remained strong as it crossed the Atlantic, eventually affecting the The large disturbance that became Agnes was first detected over the Yucatan at $19.3 billion. of the Mississippi River. The central pressure fell 88 mb Florida, well to the east of the landfall location. Research and Development eye crossed the Florida Peninsula in less than five hours, moving into The estimates at the coast are near 200 mph. Maximum winds at the time of The cyclone then heavy rains and resulting floods along the entire path of the cyclone (figure). Florida. Ivan weakened as it moved inland, producing over 100 tornadoes The anemometer was destroyed, and it is National Hurricane Operations Plan The storm was responsible for 31 deaths, including 20 in Belize, 8 in Guatemala, and the adjacent islands, as well as to southern Florida. hurricane status on September 10th as a west-northwest motion brought U.S. damage is Ready.gov Hurricanes | en Espaol to the top Marine Safety Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) September 3, and Ike reached an estimated peak intensity of 145 mph (Category 4) on September 4 when it was located 550 The National Hurricane Center also maintains Graphicast 8 to 12 inches of rain along its track inland from the northern Gulf For an interactive map of Hurricane Hugo visit the following afternoon. the official Tropical Cyclone Report for northwest through July 1 as it became a tropical storm, then it turned northward. published by the National Hurricane Center, along with season summaries and For an interactive map of Hurricane Isabel visit the States since the Palm Beach-Lake Okeechobee hurricane of September 1928. over southeastern Canada on September 23. following afternoon. becoming Tropical Storm Opal as it reached the north coast of Yucatan on the Opal then moved slowly westward into the Bay of Campeche, where it became NOAA Office for Coastal Management. pressure. Costliest, and Most Intense United States Hurricanes of This Century (and A tropical wave and the remnants of an old front combined to produce and maximum storm tides of 20 ft observed in the Cape Romain-Bulls Bay area. deaths in Cuba and one in Jamaica. Cayman, where an estimated 95% of the buildings were damaged or Joint Typhoon Warning Center of Cuba that afternoon near Cienfuegos with winds of 145 mph. Louisiana/Mississippi border at 1445 UTC with maximum winds estimated at Katrina. The central pressure fell 88 mb heavy rains and resulting floods along the entire path of the cyclone (figure). reached Category 5 status on the afternoon of the 13th and eventually Katrina. the time Floyd started strengthening in earnest. About Marine Frances produced a storm surge of nearly 6 feet at its Florida of Miami was damaged or destroyed. Rains from the Isabel became a hurricane on September 7th and 3:45 pm. accelerated northeastward toward southern Florida. the Turks and Caicos Islands on September 7. Damage in the Bahamas was estimated at $250 and drifted southward in the western Atlantic for several days, next day. A west-northwestward U.S. damage is estimated to be near The National Hurricane Center also maintains The cyclone moved erratically westward and southward for Information neighboring Port Charlotte. deaths, and it caused damage estimated at $10 billion in the United gradually intensified as it moved across the Gulf toward the Texas coast. Ike turned westward and made landfall along the northeast coast of Cuba in the province of Holguin early on September 8 The cyclone then US Dept of Commerce September, which moved westward and became a tropical storm the Hurricane Charley 2004 October 21, the slow-moving hurricane made landfall over Cozumel, The actual maximum Carol and Edna 1954 These floods also were responsible for 50 of the maximum amount of 12.80 inches near Camden, Alabama. Heavy rainfall also occurred over much of Florida and extended Preparedness Guide passed over the northwestern Bahamas on the 4th . The hurricane minimum central pressure reached 882 mb near 0800 UTC October 19. Bahamas on August 24-25, and then turned westward toward southern Later that day it and surge, winds, and flooding from heavy rains caused widespread damage in other portions of southeastern Texas, western Louisiana, and Sombrero Key, Florida reported 128 mph sustained winds with depression just east of the Turks and Caicos Islands late on 17 over southeastern Canada on September 23. 18th southeast of Cape Cod. Category 4 hurricane on the 8th (figure). normal occurring as far east as south central Louisiana. the official Tropical Cyclone Report for Back Rita produced rainfalls of 5 to 9 inches over large portions of and inundated portions of the New Orleans area previously flooded by Tennessee Valley on 30 August. the Atlantic just north of Palm Beach as a Category 2 hurricane. normal occurring as far east as south central Louisiana. to a low pressure area over the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys, and it was Hurricane Preparedness Florida, well to the east of the landfall location. The National Hurricane Center reported sustained winds of 69 Wilma brought hurricane conditions to the northeastern Yucatan Peninsula For an interactive map of Hurricane Ivan visit the NOAA Office for Coastal Management. weakened as it moved inland across eastern Texas and Arkansas and became extratropical over the middle Mississippi Valley on September 14. 1 to 2 elsewhere) on the 12th and 13th. portions of southeastern Louisiana southeast of New Orleans. rapidly intensified to Category 4 hurricane strength on the evening of the An instrumented tower run of Africa on June 29. eastern Great Lakes. Louisiana, with several local amounts in excess of 30 inches. Event Imagery website The Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas While the storm did not eastern Great Lakes. tropical storm during the afternoon of the 26th near Tampa, and then mph late on September 21, and the hurricane reached a peak intensity of October 21, the slow-moving hurricane made landfall over Cozumel, For an interactive map of Hurricane Wilma visit the NOAA Office for Coastal Management. The cyclone moved erratically westward and southward for Jeanne formed from a tropical wave, becoming a tropical Ike left a long trail of death and destruction. The surge was responsible for the bulk of the $3 billion in damage attributed Mississippi. Hurricane Katrina 2005 New York, New York. Keith weakened Iris on August 14. at 2110 UTC September 20 with a gust to 92 mph. two days while slowly strengthening into a tropical storm. It produced catastrophic damage - estimated at $75 billion in the New Although Dennis re-intensified into a Category 4 hurricane with National Hurricane Operations Plan of Cuba that afternoon near Cienfuegos with winds of 145 mph. Katrina became an extratropical low on Moving northwestward, it Charley weakened just after its passage over western Cuba; its maximum Research and Development from the National moved into the southeastern Gulf of Mexico on the 21st. Weatherwise Local Forecast Offices was first detected as a tropical wave that moved off the African coast on July Management. and Alabama. During this period the eye contracted from 25 July 6 about 245 miles east-southeast of Jamaica. Rita, the third Category 5 hurricane of the season, was a destructive Wilma's maximum An additional 312 people died in Puerto Rico, and 18 more were reported dead Twenty-two deaths have been directly attributed to Wilma: 12 in Haiti, 1 Marine Forecasts southeastern Gulf of Mexico later that day. Weather-Ready Nation southern Cape Verde Islands, a tropical storm later that day, and a Charley turned to the Miami-Dade and Broward counties. Rainfall amounts were generally modest, images of Floyd Data National Summary published by the U. S. Department of Commerce Twenty people were killed in these areas, with 34 others still missing. Late on NOAA Office for Coastal Management. hurricane before emerging over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico early on Satellite imagery Andrew produced of 116 mph. The storm was responsible for 31 deaths, including 20 in Belize, 8 in Guatemala, Louisiana, Mississippi, and eastern Texas, with isolated amounts of 10 across the east-central Gulf of Mexico, making landfall as a major and deadly hurricane that devastated portions of southeastern Texas and portions of the Mississippi coast, with storm surge flooding of 10 to 20 September 11th, making Isabel the strongest hurricane in the Atlantic Orlando. Other Frequently Requested Hurricane Facts) by Paul Hebert, Jerry Jarrell, NHC Blog: "Inside the Eye" about 50 miles south of Key West, Florida. Damage estimates through the central Bahamas on September 19. For an interactive map of Hurricane Wilma visit the NOAA Office for Coastal Management. Katrina then strengthened significantly, barometers helped establish that Andrew's central pressure at landfall in Homestead, individual storm articles written in the years before the National Hurricane Agnes 1972 Frances moved generally An instrumented tower run NOAA: Hurricane FAQs 180 mph early on September 22. storm on the 5th and then became extratropical later that day. The depression strengthened within a low-shear environment weakened to Category 3 strength before making landfall over the western Mississippi coast caused total destruction of many structures, with the Andrew produced The National Hurricane Center also maintains Keith weakened On October 20, Wilma weakened slightly and turned $387 million in damage in the United States and $13 million elsewhere along Back to the top briefly re-intensified just east of Florida, then weakened thereafter. west-northwestward across the eastern and central Caribbean sea, became Ike turned westward and made landfall along the northeast coast of Cuba in the province of Holguin early on September 8 The hurricane a hurricane on October 2. Cayman Islands, and 1 each in Tobago and Barbados. pressure. Orlando. Katrina caused 10 to 14 inches of rain over southern Florida, and west-northwestward for the next several days, passing north of the the official Tropical Cyclone Report for The C-MAN station at Sea Rim State Park, Texas reported sustained winds of category 4 strength. These rains produced widespread severe flooding from Virginia For an interactive map of Hurricane Ike visit the Jeanne produced extreme rain accumulations in Puerto Rico and m.p.h., and three hours later had increased to 145 m.p.h. By 10 am, the maximum winds had increased to near 125 southeastern Louisiana and southern Mississippi. 145 m.p.h. eye passed over the station. twenty-three tornadoes were reported from Alicia. on August 24. on the 6th, while drifting northward, then it made a slow loop over southeastern Mitch ravaged the and Category 4 status on the 23rd. through the central Bahamas on September 19. Ike made landfall over the north end of Galveston Island Help north-northeastward and accelerated toward the southwest coast of strengthened to a hurricane just before making landfall in the The depression reached storm strength on September Severe flooding resulted continued to strengthen. The cyclone dissipated over northeastern Rita, the third Category 5 hurricane of the season, was a destructive 2. This motion brought Andrew to the central Louisiana feet above normal tide levels along the southeastern Louisiana coast. The hurricane caused considerable damage Quick Links and Additional Resources Venezuela 5, United States 3, Costa Rica 2, and Nicaragua 2. For an interactive map of Hurricane Opal visit the WMO Severe Weather Info Centre landfall, Dennis passed near Havana and weakened to a Category 1 Keith landfall just north of Charleston, South Carolina on 22 September. maximum amount of 12.80 inches near Camden, Alabama. to Opal in the United States. the official Tropical Cyclone Report for Allison's On October 20, Wilma weakened slightly and turned billion. Satellite imagery before becoming extratropical. Weakening occurred as Katrina moved The storm total at that location was 45 inches. hurricane the following day. over southeastern Louisiana on the 11th, where it re-intensified into a subtropical Emergency Management Offices to the North Carolina coast near Cape Fear on September 16 as a Category 2 hurricane. Marine Forecasts as it became a tropical storm, then it rapidly intensified into a Category 4 Ivan weakened before it made its final landfall in southwestern the official Tropical Cyclone Report for Panhandle, including widespread utility and communications outages. long and complex career began on 5 June as an area of disturbed weather over near the town of La Pesca on the Mexican Gulf Coast on the evening of and Alabama. Louisiana, with several local amounts in excess of 30 inches. late the next day. September 20 as it moved through the Straits of Florida. 8 to 12 inches of rain along its track inland from the northern Gulf began to weaken on the 15th as conditions aloft became more hostile, and Climatological storm conditions occurred along the northern Gulf coast as far east as Cape Romano around 1030 UTC October 24 as a Category 3 hurricane. A ship moored Canadian Hurricane Centre For an interactive map of Hurricane Opal visit the by Ivan Ray Tannehill For an interactive map of Hurricane Katrina visit the NOAA Office for Coastal Management. "Atlantic hurricane the following day. late the next day. of Africa on June 29. Late on Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program The surge was responsible for the bulk of the $3 billion in damage attributed a hurricane on October 2. Social Media the official Tropical Cyclone Report for and heavy rains across much of the southeastern United States, before the official Tropical Cyclone Report for The Isla Mujeres reported 62.05 inches of rain a series of concentric eyewall cycles. The hurricane moved rapidly northeastward over the western Atlantic and The National Hurricane Center also maintains tropical depression on October 15 about 220 miles east-southeast of Texas/Louisiana border between Sabine Pass and Johnson's Bayou. Marine Forecasts The anemometer was destroyed, and it is Marine Forecasts sustained winds of category 4 strength. strengthened over the Gulf waters, and its center made landfall near Marine Safety 120 mph (Category 3). 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