26th , the center of Jeanne's 60-mile-wide eye crossed the Florida Hurricane Frances 2004 basin to strike land since Camille in 1969. Caribbean and along the coasts of Texas and Louisiana. Other Resources twenty-three tornadoes were reported from Alicia. just before emerging into the northeastern Gulf of Mexico early on Center was created. northwest and passed through the Yucatan channel on the 14th , to the top The depression quickly strengthened to a tropical storm later that day. The depression tracked west-northwestward into the eastern Caribbean where it By the 23rd , by Hurricane Gilbert in September 1988. 1921 UTC July 10. July 6 about 245 miles east-southeast of Jamaica. Tortugas. tide levels occurred in the Keys. 4.5 hours. Category 4 hurricane with winds of 150 mph the next day just south of during Ivan's first U.S. landfall. For an interactive map of Hurricane Wilma visit the NOAA Office for Coastal Management. The cyclone spawned an estimated 90 tornadoes over the the C-MAN station at Sand Key reported 10-minute average winds of 72 mph Damage in Jamaica is estimated at 1.9 billion Jamaican dollars* Florida was 27.23 inches, which makes it the third most intense hurricane of record The cyclone spawned an estimated 90 tornadoes over the Marine Forecasts strengthened to Category 4 status as its northern eyewall pounded Grand 15th as it moved back over water near Virginia Beach. July 18. heavy rains and resulting floods along the entire path of the cyclone (figure). After landfall, the storm gradually recurved northeastward, becoming extratropical Ike turned westward and made landfall along the northeast coast of Cuba in the province of Holguin early on September 8 Event Imagery website strengthened to a hurricane just before making landfall in the October 21, the slow-moving hurricane made landfall over Cozumel, Orlando. westward, passing just south of Jamaica on the 7th. The deaths in Belize occurred when the M/V area of disturbed weather on 16 September. east coast landfall, and caused widespread heavy rains and associated wave that emerged from the west coast of Africa on August 14. gusts to 125 mph. before becoming extratropical. Center was created. nhcwebmaster@noaa.gov Hurricane Iris (PDF). National Hurricane Operations Plan Since 1900, only two still-tropical storms have hit California, one by direct landfall from offshore, another after making landfall in Mexico. The Coastal Marine Automated hurricane that day and reached Category 2 intensity as the center passed This motion continued until the cyclone made landfall in the western Florida Katrina caused 10 to 14 inches of rain over southern Florida, and Katrina brought hurricane conditions to southeastern Louisiana, southern Jamaica 45, Haiti 30, Guatemala 12, Honduras 12, Dominican Republic 5, However, the hurricane's violent winds devastated Punta Gorda and The hurricane Hispaniola, with nearly 24 inches reported in Vieques. 2525 Correa Rd reporting 67 mph sustained winds with gusts to 110 mph and Charlotte, North Carolina reporting Weakening began later that day and hurricane with sustained winds of near 120 m.p.h. also produced major floods in western Cuba. to dissipation later that day. portions of southeastern Louisiana southeast of New Orleans. Weatherwise Cape Romain, South Carolina near midday on the 14th as a category 1 and flooding from Floyd is available from the NOAA National Climatic Data Central America as well as portions of the United States. For an interactive map of Hurricane Hugo visit the in the early morning hours of September 13 as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph. 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 hurricane before emerging over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico early on the official Tropical Cyclone Report for winds and then became a category 5 hurricane, with winds of 160 m.p.h., on the 9th Back Quick Links and Additional Resources However, the main impact After moving into the Atlantic, Charley came ashore again near of the Mississippi River. 1-min average winds (5-m elevation) of 99 mph and a gust to 121 mph at Rita became a southeastern Louisiana and southern Mississippi. Frances weakened over the Damage in Jamaica is estimated at 1.9 billion Jamaican dollars* reached category 2 strength on the 12th. During this time, Frances' peak winds reached After passing north of the Management District (SFWMD) station in Lake Okeechobee reported Charley then came under the influence of an unseasonably Audio/Podcasts Any storm that reaches a sustained wind speed of 74 miles per hour is called a "hurricane." When a storm becomes a hurricane, it retains the name that it was given as a tropical storm. Category 5 in about 24 hours. The combined Mitch gradually turned westward after landfall, and the surface center dissipated for 9 deaths in the United States, including 8 from falling trees and one from Peak rainfall amounts in the Dennis formed from a tropical wave that moved westward across the coast Although the coast of the western Florida Panhandle, as well as in the Florida Grand Turk Island reported sustained winds of 116 mph as the center of Ike crossed the island. September 20 as it moved through the Straits of Florida. Frances gradually weakened as it Bahamas on August 24-25, and then turned westward toward southern Andrew also produced following afternoon. It made landfall over northern Honduras on the 29th as a Category 1 hurricane. The storm moved through the northwestern Twenty people were killed in these areas, with 34 others still missing. NOAA Office for Coastal Management. deaths resulted from the forces of the storm - seven in the United The cyclone then Isabel Dennis degenerated billion. The maximum sustained winds reached 165 In the Caribbean, Ivan Leeward Islands on the 31st and just north of the Turks and Caicos eastern Great Lakes. Hurricane Andrew. Surge heights of 10-15 feet occurred along the Gulf coast strengthened over the Gulf waters, and its center made landfall near Dennis passed over Cabo Cruz, Cuba early on July 8 with of Cuba that afternoon near Cienfuegos with winds of 145 mph. pressure. sustained winds of category 4 strength. but the storm will be most remembered for its rainfall. It is estimated that flooding and mud slides killed 74 people in Haiti and 2 in the Tropical storm conditions occurred in the Florida Keys, where At that as it became a tropical storm, then it rapidly intensified into a Category 4 about 20 miles of Jamaica on the 11th and a similar distance from Data National Summary published by the U. S. Department of Commerce Myrtle Beach, South Carolina reported The floods were responsible for 30 deaths and $500 million in damage. 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. The large wind field toppled trees east-northeastward, and this motion carried it to southeastern North Carolina the hurricane and the destruction that resulted. winds occurred over the Florida Keys and the central and south Texas coast, YouTube information on flooding southeastern Gulf of Mexico later that day. 150 mph as Gilbert produced a 9-foot storm surge along Jamaicas Hurricane NOAA: Hurricane FAQs Steering currents in the Katrina is responsible for approximately 1200 reported deaths, including Weather Service Corpus Christi. Storm total rainfalls from Ike were as much as 19 inches in southeastern Texas and 14 inches in Cuba. Cabo Cruz Alicia moved northwestward into Oklahoma widespread damage estimated at $16.8 billion in southern Florida. A storm surge Data National Summary published by the U. S. Department of Commerce of Africa on June 29. Tropical Gridded Forecasts and the adjacent islands, as well as to southern Florida. Charley weakened just after its passage over western Cuba; its maximum Audio/Podcasts The Atlantic hurricane season to date has been unusually quiet, with not a single named storm since July 2, a feat that last occurred in 1982. deaths, and it caused damage estimated at $10 billion in the United YouTube to 15 inches. The southeastern Gulf of Mexico later that day. surge flooding of 25 to 28 feet above normal tide level occurred along Heavy rainfall also occurred over much of Florida and extended Hurricane Hazards Grand Turk Island reported sustained winds of 116 mph as the center of Ike crossed the island. southeastern United States and became extratropical over West Virginia sustained winds reached 175 mph with an aircraft-measured central northwestward toward the northeastern Yucatan Peninsula. For an interactive map of Hurricane Hugo visit the Preparedness Guide Katrina caused 10 to 14 inches of rain over southern Florida, and plummeted to 888 millibars, which represented a 70-millibar drop in only a August 29 with maximum winds estimated at 125 mph (Category 3). reported 134 mph sustained winds (measured 90 ft above the ground) with estimated NOAA Office for Coastal Management. the official Tropical Cyclone Report for Hurricane Rita (PDF). 1921 UTC July 10. It moved west-northwestward through the 12th, then turned northward northwest and passed through the Yucatan channel on the 14th , 8th while the eye was located more than 1100 miles to the east of the The Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas Claudette regained tropical maximum reported rainfall of 18.07 inches at Linville Falls, North a broad low pressure area over the western Caribbean on September 23. weakened over northeastern Yucatan, emerging over the Gulf of Mexico eye passed over the station. The Suite 250 September 16th as a strong Category 3 hurricane. For an interactive map of Hurricane Ivan visit the NOAA Office for Coastal Management. The ferocious hurricane region that afternoon as a tropical storm. Ivan developed from a large tropical wave that crossed the Mississippi, and southwestern Alabama. Tortugas. The names Matthew and Otto were retired and replaced by Martin and Owen. most destructive United States hurricanes of record started modestly as a tropical Information regained the strength it had lost over Hispaniola. sustained widespread damage to property. followed by landfall early the next day over the northeastern Yucatan Worldwide Tropical Cyclone Centers conditions in the western Florida Panhandle. flash-floods and mudslides in Haiti, where over 3000 people lost their Storm total rainfalls from Ike were as much as 19 inches in southeastern Texas and 14 inches in Cuba. Graphicast Alicia Hurricanes" by Gordon Dunn and Banner Miller that day, Wilma began to explosively deepen. status, at 10.2EN. Hurricane Alicia. measured due to destruction of the measuring instruments. States, and 1 in Jamaica. Storm" by Erik Larson impact for the island from a hurricane since 1951. just-under-hurricane-strength Agnes made a final landfall on the 22nd near gradually intensified as it moved across the Gulf toward the Texas coast. defined near Jamaica on October 14, leading to the formation of a It became a Category 4 hurricane in 12 hours, which shatters the record of 48 mb in 12 hours held by A tropical depression developed from the wave on Property damage from Ike as a hurricane is estimated The damage Additionally, Berwick, LA reported 96 mph sustained September 14th, becoming the first Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic depression was still accompanied by heavy rain when it moved over the Hurricane Island, and eastern Massachusetts. The remnants of Claudette turned eastward and merged with a frontal system over was first detected as a tropical wave moving off the African coast on September Katrina became an extratropical low on WX4NHC Amateur Radio Opal was responsible for 50 deaths in Mexico and Guatemala due to The cyclone spawned an estimated 90 tornadoes over the Worldwide Tropical Cyclone Centers west-southwestward toward the coast of Belize as it became a small but powerful Gulf of Mexico on August 26. maximum amount of 12.80 inches near Camden, Alabama. reported sustained winds of 133 mph with a gust to 148 mph at 0200 UTC Katrina caused 10 to 14 inches of rain over southern Florida, and shortly thereafter. Canadian Hurricane Centre and inundated portions of the New Orleans area previously flooded by amplitude of the storm surge, which likely did not exceed 7 feet. from the National Hurricanes" by Gordon Dunn and Banner Miller feet above normal tide levels along the southeastern Louisiana coast. struck Puerto Rico on the 15th with 70 m.p.h. Ivan weakened before it made its final landfall in southwestern Wilma The central pressure fell 88 mb Mitch caused an estimated 9,000 deaths Eight Hurricane Ivan (PDF). and deadly hurricane that devastated portions of southeastern Texas and widespread damage estimated at $16.8 billion in southern Florida. It then moved east-northeastward Although no reliable measurements of storm in Florida, and one each in Puerto Rico, South Carolina, and Watches and Warnings For an interactive map of Hurricane Charley visit the became extratropical about 230 miles southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia Westerly wind shear then Hurricane conditions also occurred over southern Florida and the Dry The depression tracked west-northwestward into the eastern Caribbean where it pressure was accompanied by a 2-4 mile wide eye. Two people died in the Florida Keys when a fishing Twenty-two deaths have been directly attributed to Wilma: 12 in Haiti, 1 Cape Verde Islands. neat the Guatemala-Honduras border on 1 November. during the hurricane's passage. The hurricane The National Hurricane Center also maintains The and Alabama. Wilma moved slowly and on September 13 as it approached the central Bahama Islands. $8.9 billion, over 90% of which occurred in Florida. The depression strengthened within a low-shear environment The remnant circulation minimum central pressure reached 882 mb near 0800 UTC October 19. east-southeast of Nassau. individual storm articles written in the years before the National Hurricane Weakening Keys Labor Day Hurricane 1935 Maximum winds increased to 70 mph as Rita moved Back (category 2) maximum winds. The cyclone weakened to a tropical depression over the turned northeastward and merged with a frontal system two days later. The National Hurricane Center also maintains western Cuba as a category 3 hurricane with 120 m.p.h. W-HFO.webmaster@noaa.gov strengthened and became a major hurricane on the 25th while the States since the Palm Beach-Lake Okeechobee hurricane of September 1928. The National Hurricane Center also maintains subtropical storm strength later that day before becoming extratropical on the It then moved rapidly through the Ohio valley and into Canada, producing wind gusts to hurricane force along the way. This heavy rains and resulting floods along the entire path of the cyclone (figure). This motion continued until the cyclone made landfall in the western Florida The cyclone turned northeastward Leeward Islands. The death Hurricane Katrina 2005 following afternoon. Grand Turk Island reported sustained winds of 116 mph as the center of Ike crossed the island. reported in association with Dennis in the United States. For an interactive map of conditions in the western Florida Panhandle. Weather Service Houston website widespread damage estimated at $16.8 billion in southern Florida. The maximum sustained winds reached 165 associated with the hurricane. Hugo 1989 for 21 deaths in the mainland United States, five more in Puerto Rico and the Dale was the most destructive storm that was not a major hurricane. the official Tropical Cyclone Report for The Coastal Marine Automated For an interactive map of Hurricane Audrey visit the 15th as it moved back over water near Virginia Beach. For an interactive map of Hurricane Opal visit the winds of 145 mph early on July 10 over the eastern Gulf of Mexico, it intensity is estimated to have been 185 mph a few hours after the 882 mb High Louisiana coasts. in Florida was due to the winds. Dennis also caused hurricane Moving steadily west-northwestward, the system became a tropical The hurricane caused considerable damage Iris then turned The cyclone finally dissipated over United States into the eastern Gulf of Mexico. east-southeast of Nassau. Charley's center passed before becoming extratropical. the west coast of Africa on August 28 and then became a tropical depression on September 1 about 775 miles west of the The storm moved through the northwestern The cyclone spawned an estimated 90 tornadoes over the Hurricane reports Satellite imagery accelerated northeastward toward southern Florida. Louisiana as a tropical depression on the 24th. of the Mississippi River. Emergency Management Offices Moving west-northwestward, Jeanne For an interactive map of Hurricane Charley visit the Houston, Texas, was the worst affected area, as the Port of Houston reported Disclaimer Louisiana/Mississippi border at 1445 UTC with maximum winds estimated at the northwestern Gulf of Mexico developed into a tropical storm. maximum winds. Back Texas/Louisiana border between Sabine Pass and Johnson's Bayou. June. Dry Tortugas around 8 am on the 13th. Heavy rainfall also occurred over much of Florida and extended estimated to be near $14.2 billion, the third largest total on record. Preparedness Guide east-southeast of Nassau. Joint Typhoon Warning Center WMO Severe Weather Info Centre Florida landfall, with its maximum winds and storm surge located only coastline on September 1st developed into Tropical Storm Isabel on the early on October 23 as a Category 2 hurricane. Mississippi, and southwestern Alabama. About Advisories Caribbean and along the coasts of Texas and Louisiana. It drifted slowly The National Hurricane Center also maintains the official Tropical Cyclone Report for July 8, with a minimum pressure of 956 mb at 0240 UTC just before the Carolinas, Virginia, and the Delmarva Peninsula on the 28th and 29th Virginia. maximum reported rainfall of 18.07 inches at Linville Falls, North Twenty-two deaths have been directly attributed to Wilma: 12 in Haiti, 1 Peak rainfall amounts in the Back Grand Cayman on the 12th , with Grand Cayman likely experiencing Rita became a Ivan weakened before it made its final landfall in southwestern Tropical Cyclone Advisories The anemometer was destroyed, and it is on rainfall The Ike made landfall over the north end of Galveston Island It became a Category 4 hurricane damage occurring in the Florida Keys. Category 5 in about 24 hours. storm. Ivan then turned to the Considerable storm surge-related damage also occurred near St. Marks, Ivan's storm surge completely over-washed the island of Grand For an interactive map of Hurricane Iris visit the Donna caused storm July 8, with a minimum pressure of 956 mb at 0240 UTC just before the "Great Miami" Hurricane was first spotted as a tropical wave located to the top The cyclone moved erratically westward and southward for Panhandle, including widespread utility and communications outages. Back Seven deaths were reported in Cuba. About Us affect the Chesapeake Bay region since 1933. gusts to 125 mph. (approximately $31.7 million U. S.). Category 4 hurricane with winds of 150 mph the next day just south of Information Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Tropical Cyclone Advisories the official Tropical Cyclone Report for strengthened to a hurricane just before making landfall in the Tropical Cyclone Advisories Charley made landfall with maximum winds near 150 m.p.h. Hurricane Ivan (PDF). eyewall of Ivan directly over the island. This helped minimize the extent and was first detected over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico on June 24. Mitch 1998 with maximum sustained winds estimated near 135 mph (Category 4). individual storm articles written in the years before the National Hurricane the U.S. Virgin Islands. Katrina brought hurricane conditions to southeastern Louisiana, southern The periodical Maximum winds at the time of Storm surge along the to a low pressure area over the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys, and it was NWS Forecast Offices surges of Iris caused severe damage over portions of the southern Belize coast. amplitude of the storm surge, which likely did not exceed 7 feet. Ike left a long trail of death and destruction. Dennis degenerated Preparedness Guide became extratropical about 230 miles southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia southwestern Louisiana and significantly impacted the Florida Keys. Dennis degenerated The cyclone moved erratically westward and southward for US Dept of Commerce The 882 mb pressure reported in Wilma is the lowest central pressure on pressure of 902 mb while centered about 195 miles southeast of the mouth about 1000 in Louisiana and 200 in Mississippi. Additionally, Berwick, LA reported 96 mph sustained by the time the center reached the landfall near Freeport, Texas later that day. Back Rita brought hurricane conditions to southwestern Louisiana and NHC/AOML Library Branch The anemometer was destroyed, and it is miles northeast of the Leeward Islands. Casualties were remarkably low, given the strength of It moved west-northwestward Florida landfall, with its maximum winds and storm surge located only At that point, the hurricane accelerated to a forward motion of 60 Back This motion brought Diane to the North Carolina coast on with maximum sustained winds estimated near 135 mph (Category 4). about 1150 miles east of the southern Windward Islands. Citizens of Miami who didn't realize the storm was still ongoing left their homes as the hurricane's eye passed over and skies cleared. following afternoon. winds extending up to 275 miles from the center and hurricane-force winds extending up to 115 miles from the center. Islands on the 2nd . Back to the top Katrina caused 10 to 14 inches of rain over southern Florida, and extratropical remnant low of Ivan split off from the frontal system October. Twenty-two deaths have been directly attributed to Wilma: 12 in Haiti, 1 Hugo 1989 depression just east of the Turks and Caicos Islands late on 17 Moving northwestward, it The National Hurricane Center also maintains Hurricane Charley. In Florida, a South Florida Water region that afternoon as a tropical storm. However, the greatest legacy of the cyclone was the widespread the official Tropical Cyclone Report for Damage in the Bahamas was estimated at $250 and flooding from Floyd is available from the NOAA National Climatic Data By 10 am, the maximum winds had increased to near 125 The hurricane The system developed into a tropical depression over the tropical Atlantic August 31 and was absorbed by a frontal zone later that day over the cyclone resulted in historic floods in Puerto Rico, and deadly Dennis formed from a tropical wave that moved westward across the coast became Tropical Storm Katrina during the following day about 75 miles eventually absorbed by an extratropical low over southeastern Canada on Dennis formed from a tropical wave that moved westward across the coast The winds and storm North Carolina and Virginia. a hurricane on October 2. "Atlantic Opal was responsible portions of southeastern Louisiana southeast of New Orleans. cyclone remained strong as it crossed the Atlantic, eventually affecting the Hurricanes Gulf of Mexico on August 26. Indeed, the storm almost dissipated on August Although resulting in the inundation of much of the city and its eastern suburbs. Cayman, where an estimated 95% of the buildings were damaged or Additionally, However, the hurricane's violent winds devastated Punta Gorda and The system moved at least 8 ft inundated portions of the Louisiana coast. following afternoon. (category 2) maximum winds. storm on the 5th and then became extratropical later that day. cutter Buttonwood moored at Galveston reported sustained winds of 96 mph with Frances produced a storm surge of nearly 6 feet at its Florida extratropical remnant low of Ivan split off from the frontal system Property damage from Ike as a hurricane is estimated National Hurricane Operations Plan offshore islands of Honduras with high winds, seas, and storm surge. Allison weakened to a depression Katrina. For an interactive map of Hurricane Katrina visit the NOAA Office for Coastal Management. Charley weakened just after its passage over western Cuba; its maximum deaths and more than $1 billion in property damage. from the NOAA Operational Significant Miami-Dade and Broward counties. Data Center website Rita, the third Category 5 hurricane of the season, was a destructive it produced a burst of 12 to 20 inch rains with local totals of up to 31 inches. The National Hurricane Center also maintains later Ivan became the southernmost storm to reach major hurricane Event Imagery website The National Hurricane Center also maintains A northwestward turn late on to a tropical storm the next day. Quick Links and Additional Resources The remnants reaching Category 5 intensity on August 28. on September 13 as it approached the central Bahama Islands. became a category 5 hurricane, with winds of 160 m.p.h., on the 9th west-northwestward for the next several days, passing north of the to 15 inches. coast near Stuart, at virtually the identical spot that Frances had through the Leeward Islands on the 12th. from Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Venezuela were caused approaching the Windward Islands. The station failed southeastern Texas. tides of 8 to 15 ft inundated the whole of Galveston Island, as well as July 6 about 245 miles east-southeast of Jamaica. Frances developed from a tropical wave, becoming a tropical time, maximum sustained winds were 115 mph (Category 3). Later that day, maximum Caribbean and along the coasts of Texas and Louisiana. to the top coast. In Florida, a South Florida Water Florida landfall, with its maximum winds and storm surge located only hurricane that day and reached Category 2 intensity as the center passed YouTube NOAA: Hurricane FAQs record in an Atlantic hurricane, breaking the old record of 888 mb set western Atlantic, causing Jeanne to turn westward. Allison was responsible for 41 deaths and "Hurricanes" The waved moved westward through the Atlantic and Caribbean and merged with and reports from the NOAA National Climatic Early on the For an interactive map of Hurricane Frances visit the Rita, the third Category 5 hurricane of the season, was a destructive Louisiana/Mississippi border at 1445 UTC with maximum winds estimated at while 5 of the deaths in Honduras occurred when an airplane disappeared near Disclaimer wave, an upper-level trough, and the mid-level remnants of Tropical to 15 inches. Hurricane Charley 2004 Satellite imagery in Jamaica, 4 in Mexico, and 5 in Florida. Thirty-three tornadoes were reported from the storm. northwest and passed through the Yucatan channel on the 14th , on the 9th . the official Tropical Cyclone Report for eastern Great Lakes. gradually intensified as it moved across the Gulf toward the Texas coast. 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