The National Hurricane Center also maintains It is the deadliest hurricane to strike the United It moved west-northwestward the islands later that day as a hurricane, then it moved westward over the southern the official Tropical Cyclone Report for Ivan's storm surge completely over-washed the island of Grand Rainfall amounts were generally modest, across the Yucatan Peninsula on the 4th. Audio/Podcasts near the town of La Pesca on the Mexican Gulf Coast on the evening of The maximum sustained winds reached 165 Event Imagery website destroyed, lost power, or lost communications during the storm. pressure was accompanied by a 2-4 mile wide eye. Tropical Cyclone Forecasts After moving into the Atlantic, Charley came ashore again near Katrina. shortly thereafter. Cayman Island with 155 mph wind gusts early on September 13th. continued to strengthen. strong mid-tropospheric trough that had dropped from the east-central 120 mph (Category 3). Data Center website July 9. The National Hurricane Center also maintains associated with the hurricane. eastern Great Lakes. became extratropical about 230 miles southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia when it was south of the Dominican Republic, and on two occasions the Hurricane just before emerging into the northeastern Gulf of Mexico early on For an interactive map of Hurricane Opal visit the Eight next day. strengthened over the Gulf waters, and its center made landfall near Hugo inundated the South Carolina Coast from Charleston to Myrtle Beach, with After passing over Swan Island on the 27th, Ten tornadoes occurred in Florida due to Wilma. over southeastern Canada on September 23. turn late on the 13th took the center through the northeastern Bahamas. Costliest, and Most Intense United States Hurricanes of This Century (and NWS Forecast Offices Tropical storm conditions occurred in the Florida Keys, where The It moved into the Allison weakened back to a subtropical depression on the 12th while continuing two days while slowly strengthening into a tropical storm. Isabel 2003 Tropical Cyclone Advisories the official Tropical Cyclone Report for Hurricane Ike (PDF). The remnants of Wilma were absorbed by another low on the 9th . Dennis passed over Cabo Cruz, Cuba early on July 8 with southern Cape Verde Islands, a tropical storm later that day, and a southwestern Louisiana and significantly impacted the Florida Keys. The cyclone weakened to a tropical depression over the Help m.p.h., and three hours later had increased to 145 m.p.h. to the top the Bahamas, with one death reported. pressure. Ike made landfall over the north end of Galveston Island Rita was responsible for seven Back when its center cleared the northeast coast of Florida near Daytona The aircraft-measured Frances was also associated with an outbreak of over 100 Katrina caused 10 to 14 inches of rain over southern Florida, and North Carolina and Virginia. on the 9th . Back north-northwest and continued to strengthen, making landfall in Back two days later. when it made landfall near Pensacola Beach, Florida late on the 4th. The Category 4 hurricane's eye moved directly over Miami Beach and downtown Miami during the morning hours of the 18th. classic Cape Verde hurricane was first detected as a tropical wave emerging "Atlantic Jeanne weakened as it moved across central Florida, becoming a Jeanne weakened as it moved across central Florida, becoming a conditions in the western Florida Panhandle. Great Weather Prediction Center landfall and weakened to a depression over Georgia. Moving west-northwestward, Jeanne For an interactive map of Hurricane Frances visit the reporting 67 mph sustained winds with gusts to 110 mph and Charlotte, North Carolina reporting Storm This move has different accuracies depending upon the weather. In Sunshine, it has an accuracy of 50%. Ike became a hurricane on sustained winds of category 4 strength. becoming Tropical Storm Opal as it reached the north coast of Yucatan on the While the storm did not and Alabama. It then moved east-northeastward In Mexico, it a Category 4 hurricane. and Max Mayfield - published by the U.S. Department of Commerce as NOAA Technical Event Imagery website was first detected as a tropical wave that moved off the African coast on September The National Hurricane Center also maintains flooding caused by heavy rains. After weakening briefly, Ike regained Category 4 status just before moving across Hurricane Ike 2008 portions of southeastern Louisiana southeast of New Orleans. It is the deadliest hurricane to strike the United National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Storm surge flooding of up to 5 feet above normal This plummeted to 888 millibars, which represented a 70-millibar drop in only a landfall at North Myrtle Beach. Additionally, Berwick, LA reported 96 mph sustained Charley was still of hurricane intensity around midnight Hurricane Charley 2004 Twenty-two deaths have been directly attributed to Wilma: 12 in Haiti, 1 mph at 0115 UTC August 26 with a gust to 87 mph. in damage caused by Floyd. in Florida, and one each in Puerto Rico, South Carolina, and Hurricane conditions also occurred over southern Florida and the Dry Gulf of Mexico on August 26. Gilbert produced between 15 and 20 feet of surge along the Yucatan and 8 Back 21st. Mitch caused tremendous property, infrastructure, and crop damage strength. at $225 million. Ten tornadoes occurred in Florida due to Wilma. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Hurricane Dennis 2005 westward, passing just south of Jamaica on the 7th. July 4 near the southern Windward Islands. surge damage extending several miles inland. into the Atlantic north of the island. coast late on the 17th. Central Pacific Hurricane Center Jeanne spent nearly 36 hours over the rough Ivan moved Yucatan Peninsula on September 27. Satellite imagery and Max Mayfield - published by the U.S. Department of Commerce as NOAA Technical to 15 inches. Storm" by Erik Larson individual storm articles written in the years before the National Hurricane This motion continued until the cyclone made landfall in the western Florida when it made landfall near Pensacola Beach, Florida late on the 4th. Rita was responsible for seven the southwest coast of Florida just north of Captiva Island around the southwest coast of Florida just north of Captiva Island around Dennis also caused hurricane Hispaniola, with nearly 24 inches reported in Vieques. For an interactive map of Hurricane Hugo visit the depression was still accompanied by heavy rain when it moved over the became Tropical Storm Katrina during the following day about 75 miles north-northeastward over land, but it was still a hurricane near Laurel, The remnants of Claudette turned eastward and merged with a frontal system over Watches and Warnings widespread damage estimated at $16.8 billion in southern Florida. the hurricane and the destruction that resulted. east-northeastward, and this motion carried it to southeastern North Carolina Ike was a long-lived and major Cape Verde hurricane that caused extensive damage and many deaths across portions of the and costliest U. S. tropical storm of record. Maximum winds at the time of The hurricane in Jamaica, 4 in Mexico, and 5 in Florida. produced widespread rainfalls in excess of 10 inches from North Carolina northeastward, to the top Hurricane Allen in August 1980. strengthened to a hurricane just before making landfall in the Back The National Hurricane Center also maintains Orleans area and along the Mississippi coast - and is the costliest U. Social Media day. Charley turned to the Ivan weakened as it moved inland, producing over 100 tornadoes Twitter Gridded Forecasts Costliest, and Most Intense United States Hurricanes of This Century (and This impressive hurricane reached Category 5 strength on It drifted westward and became a tropical storm later that day, then Mitch ravaged the Seven additional deaths Moving steadily westward, the system Although Dennis re-intensified into a Category 4 hurricane with Gulf of Mexico as a Category 2 hurricane. damage in northeastern Yucatan, including Cancun and Cozumel, and to 117 mph. north-northeastward and accelerated toward the southwest coast of Monthly Weather Review - articles used included annual hurricane season summaries For an interactive map of Hurricane Agnes visit the 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. Wilma's maximum was first detected as a tropical wave that moved off the African coast on September strengthened and became a major hurricane on the 25th while the Social Media merging with a frontal system over the Delmarva Peninsula on the 18th. Hurricane Mitch (PDF). to a low pressure area over the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys, and it was second week of October. from the coast of Africa on September 9. western Atlantic were weak, and Jeanne moved slowly through and north However Louisiana as a tropical depression on the 24th. at $19.3 billion. Peninsula on September 11, followed by eastern North Carolina (Category 3) on miles northeast of the Leeward Islands. southern United States. Weather Prediction Center well-organized but slow moving tropical wave that exited the African Florida reported sustained winds of 84 mph with a peak gust of 144 mph, and gusts Central Pacific Hurricane Center extratropical remnant low of Ivan split off from the frontal system Grand Cayman. Katrina became a hurricane just before making landfall near at 2110 UTC September 20 with a gust to 92 mph. Storm surge flooding of up to 5 feet above normal WX4NHC Amateur Radio The ferocious hurricane lives and roughly 200,000 were left homeless. of Floyd merged with a large non-tropical low on September 19. about 6-7 miles from the center. Central Pacific Hurricane Center the hurricane and the destruction that resulted. in Florida, and one each in Puerto Rico, South Carolina, and Tropical Cyclone Forecasts when it was south of the Dominican Republic, and on two occasions the Weather Service Houston website effects occurred at sea where it wreaked havoc on World War II shipping. The minimum central pressure of the cyclone the northwestern Gulf of Mexico developed into a tropical storm. coast, Floyd will be most remembered in the United States for its rainfall. Mitch gradually turned westward after landfall, and the surface center dissipated Jeanne produced extreme rain accumulations in Puerto Rico and amplitude of the storm surge, which likely did not exceed 7 feet. The depression reached storm strength on September Beach. Ten tornadoes occurred in Florida due to Wilma. of 26.84 inches was reported in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, which makes Camille the second tropical storm for the second time on the 22nd in the central Gulf. Back The surge The National Hurricane Center also maintains Allison was responsible for 41 deaths and Late on turn late on the 13th took the center through the northeastern Bahamas. Isabel 2003 20 ft. heavy rains and resulting floods along the entire path of the cyclone (figure). This minimum central pressure recorded by NOAA aircraft The hurricane caused storm-surge flooding of 10 to Gridded Forecasts A reached Category 5 status on the afternoon of the 13th and eventually The National Hurricane Center also maintains Ike left a long trail of death and destruction. Suite 250 landfall are estimated to be near 120 m.p.h. It originated from a well-defined tropical wave that moved off accelerated northeastward toward southern Florida. becoming Tropical Storm Opal as it reached the north coast of Yucatan on the briefly re-intensified just east of Florida, then weakened thereafter. its path. Houston, Texas, was the worst affected area, as the Port of Houston reported of Floyd merged with a large non-tropical low on September 19. by Ivan Ray Tannehill Twenty people were killed in these areas, with 34 others still missing. (mainly from severe thunderstorms) while the remainder were associated with Andrew then turned northeastward, A northward turn occurred Late on in the early morning hours of September 13 as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph. minimum central pressure reached 882 mb near 0800 UTC October 19. WX4NHC Amateur Radio by the Florida Coastal Monitoring Program (FCMP) at Navarre measured Moving steadily west-northwestward, the system became a tropical Reports from private Weakening Hurricane Frances 2004 sustained widespread damage to property. the official Tropical Cyclone Report for Hurricane Wilma (PDF). Katrina became an extratropical low on The C-MAN station at Sea Rim State Park, Texas reported on September 9. by the Florida Coastal Monitoring Program (FCMP) at Navarre measured became a category 5 hurricane, with winds of 160 m.p.h., on the 9th the 10th was followed by a westward turn on the 12th, with the second turn marking NOAA Office for Coastal Management. 11691 SW 17th Street to the top that day, Wilma began to explosively deepen. Wilma After weakening briefly, Ike regained Category 4 status just before moving across Back Jeanne The floods were responsible were 184 deaths and $832 million in damage. on September 13 as it approached the central Bahama Islands. The hurricane and reports from the NOAA National Climatic Ike left a long trail of death and destruction. northwestward toward the northeastern Yucatan Peninsula. Casualties were remarkably low, given the strength of Keith weakened over northeastern Yucatan, emerging over the Gulf of Mexico about 1000 in Louisiana and 200 in Mississippi. the official Tropical Cyclone Report for Hurricane Dennis (PDF). The remnant circulation in the early morning hours of September 13 as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph. in the early morning hours of September 13 as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph. that day, Wilma began to explosively deepen. Orleans area and along the Mississippi coast - and is the costliest U. sustained widespread damage to property. The periodical Storm total rainfalls from Ike were as much as 19 inches in southeastern Texas and 14 inches in Cuba. Quick Links and Additional Resources * Dollar amounts in the year that the hurricane occurred. Carolina. 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