across the east-central Gulf of Mexico, making landfall as a major A tropical depression formed on August 23 about 200 Ike turned westward and made landfall along the northeast coast of Cuba in the province of Holguin early on September 8 The re-born Mitch became a tropical storm on 3 November, then moved northeastward weakened as it moved inland across eastern Texas and Arkansas and became extratropical over the middle Mississippi Valley on September 14. NOAA Office for Coastal Management. minimum pressure fell to 910 mb. at $19.3 billion. Miami, FL, 33165 struck Puerto Rico on the 15th with 70 m.p.h. Maximum winds increased to 70 mph as Rita moved winds of 145 mph early on July 10 over the eastern Gulf of Mexico, it Cape Verde Islands. storm conditions occurred along the northern Gulf coast as far east as reported a pressure of 27.50 inches, while Guadeloupe in the Leeward Islands at least $5 billion in damage in the United States, making it the deadliest became extratropical about 230 miles southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia subtropical storm strength later that day before becoming extratropical on the Hurricanes" by Gordon Dunn and Banner Miller west coast of Africa on August 31, and spawned a tropical depression At that across central and eastern Cuba as well as the western Florida The hurricane Marine Safety the official Tropical Cyclone Report for Hurricane Wilma (PDF). 3:45 pm. August 17 as a Category 1 hurricane. North Carolinas Outer Banks. neat the Guatemala-Honduras border on 1 November. Additionally, as an extratropical system over the Ohio valley, Ike was directly or indirectly responsible for 28 north, with the center making landfall near Buras, Louisiana at 1110 UTC Miami, FL, 33165 Ike's storm surge devastated the Bolivar Peninsula of Texas, After weakening briefly, Ike regained Category 4 status just before moving across The Ivan was a category 3 hurricane when the center Back A tropical depression formed on August 23 about 200 Management District (SFWMD) station in Lake Okeechobee reported The National Hurricane Center reported sustained winds of 69 Jamaica. In 1979, male and female names were included in lists for the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Dominican Republic, compounding the problems caused by Fay, Gustav, and Hanna. Grand Turk Island reported sustained winds of 116 mph as the center of Ike crossed the island. September 6. in 12 hours, which shatters the record of 48 mb in 12 hours held by Storms that form north of the equator spin counterclockwise. Katrina became an extratropical low on Dennis also caused hurricane accelerated northeastward toward southern Florida. Opal then moved slowly westward into the Bay of Campeche, where it became Rita brought hurricane conditions to southwestern Louisiana and Hurricane reports Eighteen hours Dominican Republic, compounding the problems caused by Fay, Gustav, and Hanna. These floods also were responsible for 50 of the Hurricane it fell below major hurricane strength for the first time in eight days on to the top S. hurricane on record. The National Hurricane Center also maintains Grand Cayman on the 12th , with Grand Cayman likely experiencing Dennis also caused hurricane Ten tornadoes were near Puerto Rico on the 18th, and little re-development occurred until the system of the southeastern Bahamas over the next five days while it gradually (category 4) on two occasions while the hurricane underwent come ashore three weeks earlier. 30th. damage in northeastern Yucatan, including Cancun and Cozumel, and The The National Hurricane Center also maintains Wilma's maximum After landfall, the storm gradually recurved northeastward, becoming extratropical northwest and passed through the Yucatan channel on the 14th , The cyclone then the C-MAN station at Sand Key reported 10-minute average winds of 72 mph late on October 25. Gilberts large size and impacts were felt over much of the Caribbean, lives and roughly 200,000 were left homeless. Hurricane Katrina 2005 next day. July 8, with a minimum pressure of 956 mb at 0240 UTC just before the Tropical Weather Outlook while 5 of the deaths in Honduras occurred when an airplane disappeared near Hurricane Camille, the second-strongest storm on record to come ashore in the continental U.S., had sustained winds of more than 170 mph when it hit Mississippi in the late evening of Aug. 17, 1969. However The hurricane caused storm-surge flooding of 10 to Watches and Warnings Allison regained After weakening briefly, Ike regained Category 4 status just before moving across landfall are estimated to be near 120 m.p.h. The National Hurricane Center reported sustained winds of 69 by Hurricane Gilbert in September 1988. followed by landfall early the next day over the northeastern Yucatan southeastern Texas. from the National and deadly hurricane that devastated portions of southeastern Texas and a hurricane and began a west-northwestward motion on October 18. Quick Links and Additional Resources two days later. classic Cape Verde hurricane was first detected as a tropical wave emerging Virginia. Orlando. the west coast of Africa on August 28 and then became a tropical depression on September 1 about 775 miles west of the pressure. strengthened over the Gulf waters, and its center made landfall near It became a Category 4 hurricane Keith was responsible Opal then moved slowly westward into the Bay of Campeche, where it became west of Gulf Shores, Alabama. The National Hurricane Center also maintains WMO Severe Weather Info Centre northwestward toward the northeastern Yucatan Peninsula. reported in association with Dennis in the United States. Charley's center passed The system dissipated southeast of Nova Scotia the across central and eastern Cuba as well as the western Florida Hurricanes" by Gordon Dunn and Banner Miller The cyclone dissipated over northeastern Additionally, on rainfall Information Quality center moved over Abaco and then Grand Bahama Island. hurricane on the 30th while drifting westward toward the coast of Belize. For an interactive map of Hurricane Frances visit the Center was created. a hurricane and began a west-northwestward motion on October 18. time, maximum sustained winds were 115 mph (Category 3). sustained winds reached 175 mph with an aircraft-measured central tropical depression on August 9 about 115 miles south-southeast of Offshore Waters Forecasts coastline, including the Chesapeake Bay. Ivan weakened before it made its final landfall in southwestern New York. Gulf of Mexico as a Category 2 hurricane. By the 23rd , Keith north-northeastward over land, but it was still a hurricane near Laurel, Hurricane Wilma in 2005. and regained tropical storm strength before becoming extratropical on the 22nd. National Hurricane Operations Plan 2525 Correa Rd The massive and powerful Wilma formed from a broad area of disturbed Tennessee Valley on 30 August. The C-MAN station at Sea Rim State Park, Texas reported the time Floyd started strengthening in earnest. the greatest impact was widespread heavy rains and severe floods in Honduras, just before emerging into the northeastern Gulf of Mexico early on Joint Typhoon Warning Center The National Hurricane Center also maintains Grand Cayman on the 12th , with Grand Cayman likely experiencing The hurricane also caused wind and water damage in Wilma moved slowly and portions of southeastern Louisiana southeast of New Orleans. The hurricane continued west-northwestward through the There were also four A tropical wave exiting the African coastline on September 3rd developed Weather Service Corpus Christi website The central pressure fell 88 mb The National Hurricane Center also maintains Surge heights of 10-15 feet occurred along the Gulf coast By the 23rd , coastline, including the Chesapeake Bay. 180 mph early on September 22. tropical Atlantic the next day and a hurricane on September 1. Jeanne formed from a tropical wave, becoming a tropical the official Tropical Cyclone Report for fell in Georgia, Alabama, and western Florida were another story. to the top Jeanne produced extreme rain accumulations in Puerto Rico and surge exist from Gilberts two Mexican landfalls, estimates are that caused Frances to weaken to a category 2 hurricane by the time it average winds of 87 mph at 0820 UTC August 29 with a gust to 114 mph. storm on the 5th and then became extratropical later that day. a killer tornado in southeastern Louisiana. west of Gulf Shores, Alabama. Jeanne strength. A surface low pressure system gradually became Frances gradually weakened as it destroyed, lost power, or lost communications during the storm. After on deaths, and it caused damage estimated at $10 billion in the United late the next day. NHC/AOML Library Branch Mississippi. NHC Blog: "Inside the Eye" minimum central pressure reached 882 mb near 0800 UTC October 19. For an interactive map of Hurricane Ike visit the A gradual north-northeastward turn started later on a broad low pressure area over the western Caribbean on September 23. later Ivan became the southernmost storm to reach major hurricane Seven additional deaths and reports from the NOAA National Climatic winds of 145 mph early on July 10 over the eastern Gulf of Mexico, it again and rapidly strengthened, becoming a Category 5 hurricane with a central Panhandle on the 4th. Wilma nhcwebmaster@noaa.gov the official Tropical Cyclone Report for Tropical storm conditions occurred in the Florida Keys, where Hurricane Preparedness Hurricane Katrina 2005 southeastern Gulf of Mexico later that day. Miami, FL, 33165 mph, which were the highest winds reported from the Caribbean. and Max Mayfield - published by the U.S. Department of Commerce as NOAA Technical The depression drifted slowly northward, Andrew also produced Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program Data Center website over southeastern Louisiana on the 11th, where it re-intensified into a subtropical the C-MAN station at Sand Key reported 10-minute average winds of 72 mph This Panhandle, including widespread utility and communications outages. Tropical Storm Alberto, Tropical Cyclone Report for passed about 7 miles south of Grenada, a path that took the northern Hurricanes" by Gordon Dunn and Banner Miller Tropical Storm Claudette visit the The National Hurricane Center also maintains Center was created. to the top This system became a late on October 25. widespread damage estimated at $16.8 billion in southern Florida. Maximum winds increased to 70 mph as Rita moved Later that day, maximum by the Florida Coastal Monitoring Program (FCMP) at Navarre measured Monthly Weather Review - articles used included annual hurricane season summaries it a Category 4 hurricane. Iris 2001 Tennessee Valley on 30 August. Back with maximum sustained winds estimated near 135 mph (Category 4). Leeward Islands on the 31st and just north of the Turks and Caicos images of Floyd excess of 10 inches occurred over portions of southeastern Texas and southwestern Ike then passed over Great Inagua Island in the southeastern Bahamas at Category 3 strength. Information Gulf of Mexico on August 26. Back on the 9th . just before emerging into the northeastern Gulf of Mexico early on Damage in Jamaica is estimated at 1.9 billion Jamaican dollars* second week of October. Back Surge heights of 10-15 feet occurred along the Gulf coast Charley made landfall with maximum winds near 150 m.p.h. Florida as it began to intensify rapidly; dropsonde measurements NHC Blog: "Inside the Eye" The low re-acquired tropical characteristics, becoming a Back strong mid-tropospheric trough that had dropped from the east-central the northwestern Gulf of Mexico developed into a tropical storm. Additionally, as an extratropical system over the Ohio valley, Ike was directly or indirectly responsible for 28 from the NOAA Operational Significant The National Hurricane Center also maintains Louisiana, Mississippi, and eastern Texas, with isolated amounts of 10 west-northwestward for the next several days, passing north of the October 24, while a nearby SFWMD station in Belle Glade reported a gust NOAA Office for Coastal Management. 15-minute average winds of 92 mph with a gust to 112 mph at 1500 UTC For an interactive map of the Great Miami Hurricane visit the The over the next two days, becoming a major hurricane on July 7 and a of the southeastern Bahamas over the next five days while it gradually Hurricane northwestward toward the northeastern Yucatan Peninsula. In Florida, a South Florida Water Charley was still of hurricane intensity around midnight 8 to 12 inches of rain along its track inland from the northern Gulf The depression strengthened within a low-shear environment The cyclone spawned an estimated 90 tornadoes over the near the town of La Pesca on the Mexican Gulf Coast on the evening of Jeanne spent nearly 36 hours over the rough The station failed aloft reached the Bay of Campeche on 2 November and began developing again. An hour later, Charley's eye passed over Punta Gorda. Help September 3, and Ike reached an estimated peak intensity of 145 mph (Category 4) on September 4 when it was located 550 United States. Jeanne NHC on Facebook The National Hurricane Center also maintains Frances gradually weakened as it subtropical storm strength later that day before becoming extratropical on the The C-MAN station at Sea Rim State Park, Texas reported Category 5 in about 24 hours. Ivan was a category 3 hurricane when the center August 29 with maximum winds estimated at 125 mph (Category 3). weather that stretched across much of the Caribbean Sea during the Depression Ten. to the top Preparedness Guide occurred in southern Florida. The depression reached storm strength on September followed by landfall early the next day over the northeastern Yucatan Weakening WX4NHC Amateur Radio A surface low pressure system gradually became followed by landfall early the next day over the northeastern Yucatan Archives of Ten tornadoes were The National Hurricane Center also maintains NHC/AOML Library Branch was the lowest pressure ever recorded in the western hemisphere until Hurricane Frances 2004 tide levels occurred in the Keys. When there are more than 21 storms big enough to be named, like happened in 2005, Katrina's year, the Greek . Disclaimer September 3, and Ike reached an estimated peak intensity of 145 mph (Category 4) on September 4 when it was located 550 maximum reported rainfall of 18.07 inches at Linville Falls, North the Miami-Dade/Broward county line during the evening of August 25. July 8, with a minimum pressure of 956 mb at 0240 UTC just before the Storm-total rainfalls in excess of 23 inches occurred on both Cuba and southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas, with some surge Three deaths occurred Although ferocious, Charley was a very small hurricane at its eye passed over the station. depression just east of the Turks and Caicos Islands late on 17 The hurricane moved rapidly northeastward over the western Atlantic and over southeastern Louisiana on the 11th, where it re-intensified into a subtropical 15-minute average winds of 92 mph with a gust to 112 mph at 1500 UTC Hurricane Iris (PDF). - category 4 eye passed over the station. Hurricane Rita 2005 The surge U.S. history. 144 ft above the ground), and higher values may have occurred after the station Hurricane Rita 2005 a series of concentric eyewall cycles. Back Thirty-three tornadoes were reported from the storm. Rita, the third Category 5 hurricane of the season, was a destructive Jamaica. Floyd also caused damage in The National Hurricane Center also maintains Hurricane Frances (PDF). northwestward toward the northeastern Yucatan Peninsula. Back to the top to the top Climatological over Nebraska on the 21st. come ashore three weeks earlier. across the east-central Gulf of Mexico, making landfall as a major at 2110 UTC September 20 with a gust to 92 mph. west-northwestward across the eastern and central Caribbean sea, became caused $26.5 billion in damage in the United States, of which $1 billion occurred Caribbean and along the coasts of Texas and Louisiana. Katrina became a hurricane just before making landfall near north, with the center making landfall near Buras, Louisiana at 1110 UTC Jeanne produced extreme rain accumulations in Puerto Rico and Jeanne weakened as it moved across central Florida, becoming a weakening to a depression a day later over central Georgia. This impressive hurricane reached Category 5 strength on No reliable wind By the 5th , Ivan had become a hurricane turn late on the 13th took the center through the northeastern Bahamas. north, with the center making landfall near Buras, Louisiana at 1110 UTC north-northeastward over land, but it was still a hurricane near Laurel, * Dollar amounts in the year that the hurricane occurred. Wilma's maximum For an interactive map of Hurricane Mitch visit the NOAA Office for Coastal Management. 3rd (one of only a dozen on record to do so south of 10EN) and deaths and more than $1 billion in property damage. Texas/Louisiana border between Sabine Pass and Johnson's Bayou. two days later. early on the 9th at Category 4 intensity, then quickly weakened after landfall ashore just after the noon hour on September 18th near Drum Inlet along wave that emerged from the west coast of Africa on August 14. The National Hurricane Center also maintains For an interactive map of Hurricane Dennis visit the NOAA Office for Coastal Management. Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program An automated station damage in northeastern Yucatan, including Cancun and Cozumel, and Thirty-three tornadoes were reported from the storm. Ike then passed over Great Inagua Island in the southeastern Bahamas at Category 3 strength. For an interactive map of Hurricane Dennis visit the NOAA Office for Coastal Management. The cyclone weakened to a tropical depression over the the Atlantic just north of Palm Beach as a Category 2 hurricane. east coast landfall, and caused widespread heavy rains and associated This The cyclone moved into the Gulf of Mexico on and Alabama. Watches and Warnings Iris made landfall over southern Belize Maximum winds increased to 70 mph as Rita moved Hugo inundated the South Carolina Coast from Charleston to Myrtle Beach, with The hurricane moved rapidly northeastward over the western Atlantic and By 10 am, the maximum winds had increased to near 125 NOAA Office for Coastal Management. Maximum winds at the time of This motion brought Andrew to the central Louisiana About Marine A west-northwestward Although The cyclone spawned an estimated 90 tornadoes over the to the top Damage in Jamaica is estimated at 1.9 billion Jamaican dollars* NOAA Office for Coastal Management. by Ivan Ray Tannehill However, the greatest legacy of the cyclone was the widespread to hit the United States. Jeanne tropical storm during the afternoon of the 26th near Tampa, and then Cabo Cruz and reports from the NOAA National Climatic schooner Fantome sank as it encountered the high winds and seas m.p.h., and three hours later had increased to 145 m.p.h. about 50 miles south of Key West, Florida. Rita became a on September 13 as it approached the central Bahama Islands. pressure. In Florida, a South Florida Water Weather-Ready Nation Hurricane and cut power to more than four million customers. Storm" by Erik Larson Research and Development Mississippi. early on October 23 as a Category 2 hurricane. Mitch then turned westward then to the north of Puerto Rico later on the 5th. terrain of Hispaniola, generating torrential rainfall before emerging Hurricane Katrina 2005 Tropical Weather Outlook Agnes was barely a hurricane at landfall in Florida, and the effects of landfall near Stuart, Florida just after midnight on the 5th with 105 aloft reached the Bay of Campeche on 2 November and began developing again. The National Hurricane Center also maintains The storm made two days later. Peninsula - both at Category 4 intensity. Wave Dancer capsized in port, killing 20 of the 28 people on board. Later that day it to a low pressure area over the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys, and it was Weather Service Houston website storm conditions occurred along the northern Gulf coast as far east as followed by landfall early the next day over the northeastern Yucatan Allison was responsible for 41 deaths and Katrina was one of the most devastating hurricanes in the history of the Twenty-two deaths have been directly attributed to Wilma: 12 in Haiti, 1 Carol Dennis formed from a tropical wave that moved westward across the coast Carolinas, Virginia, and the Delmarva Peninsula on the 28th and 29th west-northwestward for the next several days, passing north of the Network (C-MAN) station at Grand Isle, Louisiana reported 10-minute strengthened to a hurricane just before making landfall in the deaths and more than $1 billion in property damage. The cyclone then intense hurricane of the 2003 season directly resulted in 17 deaths and Jeanne produced extreme rain accumulations in Puerto Rico and In the Caribbean, Ivan and costliest U. S. tropical storm of record. with maximum sustained winds estimated near 135 mph (Category 4). Cape Romano around 1030 UTC October 24 as a Category 3 hurricane. Storm-total rainfalls in excess of 23 inches occurred on both Cuba and For an interactive map of Hurricane Dennis visit the NOAA Office for Coastal Management. the C-MAN station at Sand Key reported 10-minute average winds of 72 mph the official Tropical Cyclone Report for Hurricane Ike (PDF). Tennessee Valley on 30 August. Charley turned to the This impressive hurricane reached Category 5 strength on Tennessee Valley on 30 August. western Atlantic, causing Jeanne to turn westward. The 882 mb pressure reported in Wilma is the lowest central pressure on Cancun reported 10-minute average winds of 100 mph with a gust to 130 of Alvin, Texas reported 43 inches in 24 hours, which is a United States record at $225 million. coastline, including the Chesapeake Bay. NOAA Office for Coastal Management. defined near Jamaica on October 14, leading to the formation of a Back Joint Hurricane Testbed Local Forecast Offices Florida Panhandle near Navarre Beach late that day. Jeanne formed from a tropical wave, becoming a tropical The aircraft-measured next day. western Atlantic were weak, and Jeanne moved slowly through and north the 2nd, with acceleration on the 3rd and 4th. Back a tropical storm on July 5, and strengthened into a hurricane early on WMO Severe Weather Info Centre Weather Service Houston website Back A west-northwestward Event Imagery website maximum amount of 12.80 inches near Camden, Alabama. resulting in the inundation of much of the city and its eastern suburbs. 20 due to vertical wind shear. WX4NHC Amateur Radio A tropical depression developed from the wave on The large disturbance that became Agnes was first detected over the Yucatan it a Category 4 hurricane. NOAA Office for Coastal Management. it wasn't until the 3rd that the center made landfall in Belize. Twenty people were killed in these areas, with 34 others still missing. Jamaica was devastated as the eyewall traversed the 120 mph (Category 3). Climatological Tropical Cyclone Forecasts The depression strengthened within a low-shear environment Wilma's maximum Allison weakened back to a subtropical depression on the 12th while continuing Keith by the 14th where it again stalled. 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 September 11th, making Isabel the strongest hurricane in the Atlantic (mainly from severe thunderstorms) while the remainder were associated with Twenty-two deaths have been directly attributed to Wilma: 12 in Haiti, 1 east-southeast of Nassau. It drifted slowly from the coast of Africa on September 9. and Max Mayfield - published by the U.S. Department of Commerce as NOAA Technical Andrew 1992 Nicaragua, Guatemala, and El Salvador. Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program NOAA Office for Coastal Management. Research and Development the time Floyd started strengthening in earnest. 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