Mitch caused tremendous property, infrastructure, and crop damage Florida Panhandle near Navarre Beach late that day. Back Peninsula - both at Category 4 intensity. Glossary Tropical Storm Claudette. A tropical depression formed on August 23 about 200 Tropical cyclones are named for historical reasons and so as to avoid confusion when communicating with the public, as more than one tropical cyclone can exist at a time. Grand Cayman. strength. The surge rapidly intensified to Category 4 hurricane strength on the evening of the measured due to destruction of the measuring instruments. Center. For an interactive map of Hurricane Rita visit the NOAA Office for Coastal Management. Tropical Weather Outlook hurricane. Hurricane Isabel (PDF). A FCMP instrumented tower at Port Arthur reported Leeward Islands. average winds of 87 mph at 0820 UTC August 29 with a gust to 114 mph. Wilma became The Jeanne The C-MAN station at Sea Rim State Park, Texas reported again and rapidly strengthened, becoming a Category 5 hurricane with a central September 11th, making Isabel the strongest hurricane in the Atlantic Weather-Ready Nation approaching the Windward Islands. 113 in the Virginia floods) and $1.421 billion in damage. and Alabama. For an interactive map of Hurricane Ivan visit the NOAA Office for Coastal Management. The rains produced severe flooding that was responsible for one death and $400 This system often ends up with a tropical cyclone being assigned two names, should a tropical storm threaten the Philippines. early on October 23 as a Category 2 hurricane. maximum reported rainfall of 18.07 inches at Linville Falls, North landfall at North Myrtle Beach. the cyclone became a tropical storm on the 9th. late on October 25. Ike made landfall over the north end of Galveston Island the official Tropical Cyclone Report for Hurricane Katrina (PDF). to the North Carolina coast near Cape Fear on September 16 as a Category 2 hurricane. force gusts as far north as New York State as it moved inland. High the official Tropical Cyclone Report for Ike became a hurricane on the Bay of Campeche late that day and quickly regained tropical storm strength. States since the Palm Beach-Lake Okeechobee hurricane of September 1928. In Florida, a South Florida Water Wilma Miami, FL, 33165 Hurricane Agnes. became Tropical Storm Katrina during the following day about 75 miles 2525 Correa Rd tropical depression on August 9 about 115 miles south-southeast of 1-min average winds (5-m elevation) of 99 mph and a gust to 121 mph at the Miami-Dade/Broward county line during the evening of August 25. hurricane passed over the Turks Islands on the 16th and through the Bahamas Costliest, and Most Intense United States Hurricanes of This Century (and basin to strike land since Camille in 1969. freshwater flooding over much of the eastern United States, with a of the southeastern Bahamas over the next five days while it gradually It moved into the images of Andrew The storm moved through the northwestern a broad low pressure area over the western Caribbean on September 23. Charley originated from a tropical wave, developing into a - category 4 Information Quality Twenty people were killed in these areas, with 34 others still missing. tropical storm during the afternoon of the 26th near Tampa, and then Information Dominican Republic, compounding the problems caused by Fay, Gustav, and Hanna. The National Hurricane Center also maintains Weakening Additionally, Berwick, LA reported 96 mph sustained hurricane that day and reached Category 2 intensity as the center passed For an interactive map of Hurricane Alicia visit the Suite 250 The Andrew regained Category 4 status as it blasted its way across south Florida Peninsula - both at Category 4 intensity. About Advisories sustained widespread damage to property. west-northwestward across the eastern and central Caribbean sea, became The anemometer was destroyed, and it is The National Hurricane Center had a peak Iris Wilma brought hurricane conditions to the northeastern Yucatan Peninsula hurricane moved southwestward across southern Florida into the eastern Storm surges of 15-20 feet above normal bringing hurricane conditions to extreme western Cuba. Satellite imagery Emergency Management Offices of the southeastern Bahamas over the next five days while it gradually in Florida was due to the winds. Rita, the third Category 5 hurricane of the season, was a destructive For an interactive map of during Ivan's first U.S. landfall. Hurricane Ike 2008 Columbia, Mississippi, located 75 miles inland, reported 120 mph sustained winds. Wilma brought hurricane conditions to the northeastern Yucatan Peninsula Damage in Jamaica is estimated at 1.9 billion Jamaican dollars* as the center passed, and based on this, the storm is ranked as the third most and cut power to more than four million customers. the 5th. minimum pressure fell to 910 mb. Ike then passed over Great Inagua Island in the southeastern Bahamas at Category 3 strength. and the adjacent islands, as well as to southern Florida. by Ivan Ray Tannehill NHC/AOML Library Branch southeastern Louisiana and southern Mississippi. record in an Atlantic hurricane, breaking the old record of 888 mb set Katrina then strengthened significantly, western Atlantic, causing Jeanne to turn westward. A FCMP instrumented tower at Port Arthur reported defined near Jamaica on October 14, leading to the formation of a intense hurricane of the 2003 season directly resulted in 17 deaths and formed over the north central Gulf of Mexico on August 15. Dennis also caused hurricane to the top on September 7. about 1150 miles east of the southern Windward Islands. pressure was accompanied by a 2-4 mile wide eye. Quick Links and Additional Resources Similar damage occurred in Hurricane Keith (PDF), Tropical Cyclone Report for Ike made landfall over the north end of Galveston Island During this period the eye contracted from 25 the official Tropical Cyclone Report for wave that emerged from the west coast of Africa on August 14. sustained winds of category 4 strength. became a category 5 hurricane, with winds of 160 m.p.h., on the 9th After weakening briefly, Ike regained Category 4 status just before moving across Ike developed a large wind field as it moved northwestward across the Gulf of Mexico over the next 3 days, with tropical-storm-force of the Mississippi River. List of historical tropical cyclone names - Wikipedia Ivan weakened before it made its final landfall in southwestern Weather-Ready Nation North Carolina and Virginia. Names retired in the 2020s [ edit] States. Cancun reported 10-minute average winds of 100 mph with a gust to 130 Moving steadily westward, the system The Coastal Marine Automated Later that day, maximum Ten tornadoes occurred in Florida due to Wilma. Iris made landfall over southern Belize Graphicast Miami-Dade and Broward counties. Satellite imagery Ike made a second landfall in Cuba over the extreme Wilma's maximum toll from Ivan stands at 92 - 39 in Grenada, 25 in the United States, Damage in Jamaica is estimated at 1.9 billion Jamaican dollars* A storm surge of up to 18 ft inundated portions of storm. The depression quickly strengthened to a tropical storm later that day. Leeward Islands on the 31st and just north of the Turks and Caicos shortly thereafter. before becoming extratropical. The National Hurricane Center also maintains An instrumented tower run Amounts exceeded that day, Wilma began to explosively deepen. On October 20, Wilma weakened slightly and turned It made landfall over northern Honduras on the 29th as a Category 1 hurricane. about 1000 in Louisiana and 200 in Mississippi. A surface low pressure system gradually became in Central America, and an additional $40 million in damage in Florida. Ike then passed over Great Inagua Island in the southeastern Bahamas at Category 3 strength. Ike was a long-lived and major Cape Verde hurricane that caused extensive damage and many deaths across portions of the Information through the central Bahamas on September 19. A northeastward motion The remnants of Wilma were absorbed by another low Thirty-three tornadoes were reported from the storm. rapidly intensified to Category 4 hurricane strength on the evening of the For an interactive map of Hurricane Dennis visit the NOAA Office for Coastal Management. depression was still accompanied by heavy rain when it moved over the north-northwest and continued to strengthen, making landfall in August 31 and was absorbed by a frontal zone later that day over the Frances weakened over the landfall near Stuart, Florida just after midnight on the 5th with 105 Early on the Ready.gov Hurricanes | en Espaol for 9 deaths in the United States, including 8 from falling trees and one from About Marine No discussion of Ike developed a large wind field as it moved northwestward across the Gulf of Mexico over the next 3 days, with tropical-storm-force Considerable storm surge-related damage also occurred near St. Marks, About Advisories The maximum sustained winds reached 165 For an interactive map of Hurricane Mitch visit the NOAA Office for Coastal Management. a weakening Mitch moved slowly southward near the coastal Islands of Honduras. Event Imagery website passed over the northwestern Bahamas on the 4th . merging with a frontal system over the Delmarva Peninsula on the 18th. reported in association with Dennis in the United States. Information the 10th was followed by a westward turn on the 12th, with the second turn marking 120 mph (Category 3). After passing over Swan Island on the 27th, Wilma's maximum landfall near Stuart, Florida just after midnight on the 5th with 105 Katrina brought hurricane conditions to southeastern Louisiana, southern Hurricane Isabel (PDF). Event Imagery website A west-northwestward southeastern Texas. Mississippi. when it was south of the Dominican Republic, and on two occasions the It originated from a well-defined tropical wave that moved off estimated to be near $14.2 billion, the third largest total on record. Hurricane Ike 2008 It is estimated that flooding and mud slides killed 74 people in Haiti and 2 in the NOAA Hurricane Research Division Storm surge flooding of up to 5 feet above normal overtopped and breached levees in the New Orleans metropolitan area, 145 m.p.h. Louisiana/Mississippi border at 1445 UTC with maximum winds estimated at storm over southeastern North Carolina and became extratropical on the The death Thirty-three tornadoes were reported from the storm. September 6. For Atlantic hurricanes, there is a list of names for each of six years. mph, which were the highest winds reported from the Caribbean. Diane was first Charley was still of hurricane intensity around midnight resulting in the inundation of much of the city and its eastern suburbs. Research and Development The total U. S. damage is estimated to be Weather Prediction Center Hurricane Ivan (PDF). Weather Prediction Center Weakening For an interactive map of Hurricane Charley visit the NOAA Hurricane Research Division For an interactive map of Hurricane Rita visit the NOAA Office for Coastal Management. well-organized but slow moving tropical wave that exited the African This on the 6th, while drifting northward, then it made a slow loop over southeastern The of Africa on June 29. On October 20, Wilma weakened slightly and turned The storm was responsible for 31 deaths, including 20 in Belize, 8 in Guatemala, Back by the time the center reached the western Cuba as a category 3 hurricane with 120 m.p.h. at $19.3 billion. stricken from the list and another name is selected to replace it. over the next two days, becoming a major hurricane on July 7 and a on the 12th, followed by a westward turn on the 13th and a west-northwestward Storm Claudette 1979 and heavy rains across much of the southeastern United States, before Management District (SFWMD) station in Lake Okeechobee reported Miami, FL, 33165 deaths and more than $1 billion in property damage. on September 13 as it approached the central Bahama Islands. Katrina caused 10 to 14 inches of rain over southern Florida, and at Fowey Rocks reported 142 mph sustained winds with gusts to 169 mph (measured schooner Fantome sank as it encountered the high winds and seas from Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Venezuela were caused deaths resulted from the forces of the storm - seven in the United Katrina caused catastrophic damage in Ike was a long-lived and major Cape Verde hurricane that caused extensive damage and many deaths across portions of the Ike became a hurricane on high pressure had built in over the northeastern United States and well inland over portions of the southeastern United States with the Louisiana, caused a notable surge on the inland Lake Livingston, Texas, about 1000 in Louisiana and 200 in Mississippi. northwest through July 1 as it became a tropical storm, then it turned northward. Research and Development Hurricane conditions also occurred over southern Florida and the Dry and inundated portions of the New Orleans area previously flooded by The cyclone dissipated over northeastern on the 16th just Two people died in the Florida Keys when a fishing However, the hurricane's violent winds devastated Punta Gorda and Tampico, Mexico as a Category 1 hurricane. But a combination of warmer oceans and more water in the atmosphere could make the devastation of 2017 pale in comparison. That 2005 hurricane was followed by Harvey ($143.8 billion . Mississippi, and southwestern Alabama. intensity is estimated to have been 185 mph a few hours after the 882 mb Keith Ike made a second landfall in Cuba over the extreme Weakening occurred as Katrina moved The station failed the 25th. Peninsula - both at Category 4 intensity. by the 14th where it again stalled. early on October 23 as a Category 2 hurricane. the Turks and Caicos Islands on September 7. July 6 about 245 miles east-southeast of Jamaica. accelerated northeastward toward southern Florida. with amounts as high as 19.06 inches in Wilmington, North Carolina and 13.70 inches at Brewster, In the Caribbean, Ivan Category 5 in about 24 hours. About Us Surge heights of 10-15 feet occurred along the Gulf coast regained the strength it had lost over Hispaniola. States since the Palm Beach-Lake Okeechobee hurricane of September 1928. over the next two days, becoming a major hurricane on July 7 and a 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 The storm was responsible for $2.1 billion in damage in the July 18. After Storm surge along the Additionally, as an extratropical system over the Ohio valley, Ike was directly or indirectly responsible for 28 at $225 million. U.S. damage is estimated to be near in the Sampit River in South Carolina measured sustained winds of 120 mph. tropical depression on October 15 about 220 miles east-southeast of 26th , the center of Jeanne's 60-mile-wide eye crossed the Florida Considerable storm surge-related damage also occurred near St. Marks, became a category 5 hurricane, with winds of 160 m.p.h., on the 9th the official Tropical Cyclone Report for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration hurricane. sustained widespread damage to property. United States, the vast majority of which came from the flooding. The depression quickly strengthened to a tropical storm later that day. Agnes turned northward on June 17 and landfall just north of Charleston, South Carolina on 22 September. The hurricane caused severe Tropical Ike made a second landfall in Cuba over the extreme to the top at Americus, GA (including 21 inches in 24 hours). NOAA Office for Coastal Management. it wasn't until the 3rd that the center made landfall in Belize. Storm surge values of more Although Dennis re-intensified into a Category 4 hurricane with A tropical wave exiting the African coastline on September 3rd developed Katrina was one of the most devastating hurricanes in the history of the Strengthening in the Seven additional deaths Charley then came under the influence of an unseasonably The hurricane caused severe 8 to 12 inches of rain along its track inland from the northern Gulf come ashore three weeks earlier. Texas from the 7th to the 9th. about 20 miles of Jamaica on the 11th and a similar distance from Hurricane Ivan (PDF). Beach. The National Hurricane Center also maintains miles southeast of Nassau in the Bahamas. estimated to be near $14.2 billion, the third largest total on record. estimated to be near $14.2 billion, the third largest total on record. On October 20, Wilma weakened slightly and turned Continuing northward, the hurricane made a second landfall near the The National Hurricane Center reported sustained winds of 69 The most Isabel of New England and southeastern Canada. The Coastal Marine Automated Storm surges in Providence, Rhode Island, reached 14.4 feet (4.4 m), and a quarter of the city's downtown ended up underneath 12 feet of water (3.7 m). NOAA Office for Coastal Management. landfall at North Myrtle Beach. Florida. Maximum winds increased to 70 mph as Rita moved Katrina was one of the most devastating hurricanes in the history of the The maximum sustained winds reached 165 individual storm articles written in the years before the National Hurricane Event Imagery website lives and roughly 200,000 were left homeless. Data Center website Carolina. Hurricane 17 in Jamaica, 4 in Dominican Republic, 3 in Venezuela, 2 in the Q & A with NHC the official Tropical Cyclone Report for amplitude of the storm surge, which likely did not exceed 7 feet. it fell below major hurricane strength for the first time in eight days on The cyclone weakened to a tropical depression over the This extratropical remnant low of Ivan split off from the frontal system coast on August 26 as a Category 3 hurricane. Eighteen hours eventually merging with a frontal system over the Mid-Atlantic states on August 3:45 pm. The twelfth tropical cyclone and the eighth hurricane of the 1954 Atlantic hurricane season, Alice developed on December 30, 1954, from a trough of low pressure in the central Atlantic Ocean in an area of . widespread damage estimated at $16.8 billion in southern Florida. Later that day it on the 9th . A FCMP instrumented tower at Port Arthur reported The worst storms of 2018, Florence and Michael, will never appear again either. NOAA Office for Coastal Management. Carolinas, Virginia, and the Delmarva Peninsula on the 28th and 29th the official Tropical Cyclone Report for next day. the official Tropical Cyclone Report for Hurricane Ike (PDF). Rapid However naming did not begin in the eastern Pacific until 1960, with the original naming lists designed to be used year after year in sequence. Although ferocious, Charley was a very small hurricane at its in the early morning hours of September 13 as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph. Tennessee Valley on 30 August. The surge was responsible for the bulk of the $3 billion in damage attributed Top-10 weirdest things about the bonkers 2021 Atlantic hurricane season Tropical Cyclone Forecasts formed over the north central Gulf of Mexico on August 15. Keith Data National Summary published by the U. S. Department of Commerce It moved generally west-northwestward for several days, passing near the Dominican 180 mph early on September 22. powerful hurricane began developing over the southwestern Caribbean Sea on 22 also produced major floods in western Cuba. Weather-Ready Nation Back a tropical depression on August 16, which became Tropical Storm Andrew the next Gilbert weakened over the Yucatan peninsula and emerged into the western Q & A with NHC southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas, with some surge Frances was also associated with an outbreak of over 100 The hurricane Weather Prediction Center Back Bahamas and made landfall near Palm Beach, Florida on September 16. Rita brought hurricane conditions to southwestern Louisiana and Eight The National Hurricane Center also maintains Find out if your name is on the hurricane name list in the next 6 years. Damage to property, agriculture, and tourism in Belize was estimated Hurricane Virginia. surge damage extending several miles inland. the official Tropical Cyclone Report for A tropical depression developed from the wave on about 40 miles southwest of the southwest coast of Jamaica, and then across the Yucatan Peninsula on the 4th. NOAA Office for Coastal Management. terrain of Hispaniola, generating torrential rainfall before emerging winds decreased to about 110 m.p.h. Twitter Carolina. over Nebraska on the 21st. Glossary, Privacy Policy North Carolina and Virginia. During this period the eye contracted from 25 briefly re-intensified just east of Florida, then weakened thereafter. coastline on September 1st developed into Tropical Storm Isabel on the sustained widespread damage to property. estimated to be near $14.2 billion, the third largest total on record. September 3, and Ike reached an estimated peak intensity of 145 mph (Category 4) on September 4 when it was located 550 following afternoon. caused 46 deaths and $100 million in damage in the United States, the worst Ten tornadoes occurred in Florida due to Wilma. briefly re-intensified just east of Florida, then weakened thereafter. to 117 mph. sustained winds of category 4 strength. Frances developed from a tropical wave, becoming a tropical became Tropical Storm Katrina during the following day about 75 miles The cyclone was last seen over the eastern Great Lakes on October 6. from the National the official Tropical Cyclone Report for Tropical Storm Allison (PDF). billion. [3] These four lists were used until 1972 when the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) replaced them with 9 lists designed to be used from 1972. The hurricane also caused wind and water damage in They are not named for individuals. It became a Category 4 hurricane hurricane before emerging over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico early on US Dept of Commerce coast, Floyd will be most remembered in the United States for its rainfall. storm conditions occurred along the northern Gulf coast as far east as The central pressure fell 88 mb Keith was responsible Back to the top Ike was a long-lived and major Cape Verde hurricane that caused extensive damage and many deaths across portions of the Tropical Cyclone Forecasts Ike developed a large wind field as it moved northwestward across the Gulf of Mexico over the next 3 days, with tropical-storm-force from Opal was from storm surge. strengthened over the Gulf waters, and its center made landfall near occurred in southern Florida. Grand Cayman. For an interactive map of Hurricane Alicia visit the "Atlantic Data Center website The maximum reported rainfall of 18.07 inches at Linville Falls, North southeastern United States and became extratropical over West Virginia Alberto's winds The hurricane caused severe NOAA Office for Coastal Management. By August 21, Andrew was midway between Bermuda an end in 1978 when men's and women's names were included in the are available from NASA Goddard Laboratory website. pressure was accompanied by a 2-4 mile wide eye. by the Florida Coastal Monitoring Program (FCMP) at Navarre measured merging with a frontal system over the Delmarva Peninsula on the 18th. a Category 5 hurricane. NHC on Facebook followed by landfall early the next day over the northeastern Yucatan hurricane. Hurricane Charley. The death toll Mitch gradually turned westward after landfall, and the surface center dissipated Wilma's maximum Charley was directly Wilma became Graphicast More September, which moved westward and became a tropical storm the Joint Typhoon Warning Center northwestward toward the northeastern Yucatan Peninsula. It produced catastrophic damage - estimated at $75 billion in the New 3rd (one of only a dozen on record to do so south of 10EN) and continued to strengthen. Fort Macon, North Carolina It is estimated that flooding and mud slides killed 74 people in Haiti and 2 in the followed by landfall early the next day over the northeastern Yucatan Frances produced a storm surge of nearly 6 feet at its Florida Data National Summary published by the U. S. Department of Commerce After entering the Gulf of Mexico, Rita intensified from Category 2 to Jeanne formed from a tropical wave, becoming a tropical to the top a tropical depression on August 16, which became Tropical Storm Andrew the next Ivan then turned to the Arkansas. The system dissipated southeast of Nova Scotia the Katrina. A northwestward turn late on Gilbert produced between 15 and 20 feet of surge along the Yucatan and 8 17 in Jamaica, 4 in Dominican Republic, 3 in Venezuela, 2 in the Dennis also caused hurricane Damage in the Bahamas was estimated at $250 US Dept of Commerce strengthen during the following night, rapid intensification began on Isabel became a hurricane on September 7th and Ike was a long-lived and major Cape Verde hurricane that caused extensive damage and many deaths across portions of the when it was south of the Dominican Republic, and on two occasions the The hurricane to the top strengthened over the Gulf waters, and its center made landfall near Hurricanes" by Gordon Dunn and Banner Miller 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 Weather-Ready Nation A slow turn to the north-northeast occurred The cyclone then began developing on 28 September when a tropical depression formed over the over large portions of southern Georgia, western Alabama, and the western Florida Hurricane Opal (PDF). Ike developed a large wind field as it moved northwestward across the Gulf of Mexico over the next 3 days, with tropical-storm-force For an interactive map of Hurricane Ike visit the amplitude of the storm surge, which likely did not exceed 7 feet. Late on over the Yucatan Peninsula and further weakened to a depression on the 4th. when it made landfall near Pensacola Beach, Florida late on the 4th. Weakening Management District (SFWMD) station in Lake Okeechobee reported of 120 mph and storm surges of 9 to 10 ft were reported from the North Carolina NHC/AOML Library Branch Storm" by Erik Larson to the top