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ARLENE (7/11-7/18)
MAX WINDS=50 MPH MIN PRESS=1000 mb CATEGORY=TS
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Arlene Tracking Details
Arlene Tracking Data
ARLENE ORIGINATED IN THE SUBTROPICAL ATLANTIC ABOUT 550 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA FROM A NON-TROPICAL DISTURBANCE...ALONG THE REMAINS OF A FRONT...ON 11 JUNE. IT STRENGTHENED INTO A TROPICAL STORM THE FOLLOWING DAY WHILE DRIFTING NORTHWARD. ARLENE THREATENED BERMUDA BUT PASSED ABOUT 100 MILES TO THE EAST AND DID NOT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THESE ISLANDS. ARLENE DISSIPATED ON THE 18TH TO THE NORTHEAST OF BERMUDA. Back to TopTWO (7/3)
MAX WINDS=35 MPH MIN PRESS=1004 mb CATEGORY=TD
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Two Tracking Details
Two Tracking Data
TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO FORMED OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO ON 2 JULY FROM A TROPICAL WAVE THAT WAS TRACKED FROM THE COAST OF AFRICA ON 20 JUNE...INTO THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA ON 30 JUNE...AND ACROSS THE YUCATAN PENINSULA ON 1 JULY. SOON AFTER DEVELOPING...THE SYSTEM MOVED WESTWARD AND MADE LANDFALL ON THE COAST OF MEXICO ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF TUXPAN LATE ON THE 2ND. IT DISSIPATED OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF MEXICO EARLY ON THE 3RD. THERE WERE REPORTS OF UP TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN OVER MEXICO...BUT NO KNOWN CASUALTIES OR DAMAGE.BRET (8/18-8/23)
MAX WINDS=140 MPH MIN PRESS=945 mb CATEGORY=MAJOR HCANE 4
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Bret Tracking Details
Bret Tracking Data
BRET FORMED IN THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO ON THE 18TH ABOUT 310 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF TAMPICO MEXICO...AND REACHED TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH DURING THE AFTERNOON OF THE 19TH. BRET MOVED ON A NORTHWARD TRACK AND BECAME A HURRICANE LATE ON THE 20TH. BRET TURNED TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST DURING THE 22ND...AND IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE REACHED ITS PEAK INTENSITY OF 140 MPH...CATEGORY FOUR ON THE SAFFIR- SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE...ON THE MORNING OF THE 22ND ABOUT 100 MILES EAST OF THE SOUTH TEXAS COAST. BRET MADE LANDFALL LATER THAT EVENING AS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE...WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 125 MPH...IN A SPARSELY-POPULATED AREA MIDWAY BETWEEN BROWNSVILLE AND CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS. BRET GRADUALLY WEAKENED WHILE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS AS IT MOVED SLOWLY WEST-NORTHWEST OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS.CINDY (8/19-8/31)
MAX WINDS=140 MPH MIN PRESS=944 mb CATEGORY=MAJOR HCANE 4
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Cindy Tracking Details
Cindy Tracking Data
CINDY FORMED IN THE EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC NEAR THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS LATE ON THE 18TH...INTENSIFIED TO A TROPICAL STORM ON THE AFTERNOON OF THE 20TH...AND BECAME A HURRICANE LATE ON THE 21ST. BY THE 22ND...CINDY BEGAN EXPERIENCING STRONG EASTERLY VERTICAL SHEAR AND WAS DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL STORM THAT AFTERNOON. THE SHEAR RELAXED ON THE 25TH AND CINDY REGAINED HURRICANE STATUS LATER THAT DAY. THE HURRICANE REACHED ITS PEAK INTENSITY OF 140 MPH...CATEGORY FOUR...ON THE MORNING OF THE 28TH. CINDY MOVED WEST-NORTHWEST THROUGH THE 24TH...AND THEN NORTHWEST FROM THE 25TH THE 28TH. ON THE 29TH THE SYSTEM TURNED NORTHEAST AND BEGAN TO ACCELERATE ON THE 30TH. CINDY WAS DECLARED EXTRATROPICAL ON THE MORNING OF THE 31ST AS IT MERGED WITH A MID LATITUDE LOW OVER THE NORTH ATLANTIC ABOUT 985 MILES WEST OF THE AZORES. Back to TopDENNIS (8/19-8/31)
MAX WINDS=105 MPH MIN PRESS=962 mb CATEGORY=HCANE 2
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Dennis Tracking Details
Dennis Tracking Data
DENNIS FORMED IN THE WESTERN ATLANTIC A COUPLE HUNDRED MILES EAST OF THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS LATE ON THE 23RD. THE SYSTEM MOVED SLOWLY WEST-NORTHWEST TO NORTHWEST FOR THE NEXT FIVE DAYS...BECOMING A TROPICAL STORM ON THE AFTERNOON OF THE 24TH...AND A HURRICANE EARLY ON THE 26TH. DENNIS REACHED A PEAK INTENSITY OF 105 MPH... CATEGORY TWO...ON THE AFTERNOON OF THE 28TH AND MAINTAINED THIS INTENSITY UNTIL EARLY ON THE 30TH WHILE PARALLELING THE LOWER SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST. THE HURRICANE LASHED THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST ON THE 30TH AND PART OF THE 31ST WITH SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...WITH GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE...LARGE WAVES AND HIGH SURF. THE HURRICANE TURNED NORTHEASTWARD AWAY FROM THE COAST ON THE MORNING OF THE 30TH...THEN BEGAN TO ACCELERATE LATER THAT DAY WHILE MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST. DENNIS STALLED ABOUT 150 MILES EAST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA ON THE MORNING OF THE 31ST AND THEN BEGAN TO DRIFT WESTWARD AND WEAKEN. AS THE MONTH CONCLUDED... TROPICAL STORM DENNIS WAS DRIFTING WESTWARD ABOUT 100 MILES EAST OF CAPE HATTERAS.AFTER LASHING THE COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA AS A HURRICANE AT THE END OF AUGUST...TROPICAL STORM DENNIS MEANDERED ABOUT 90 TO 100 MILES EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH 2 SEPTEMBER. BY 4 SEPTEMBER DENNIS RE-INTENSIFIED AS IT TURNED BACK TOWARD THE COAST AND MADE LANDFALL AS A 70 MPH TROPICAL STORM ON THE NORTH CAROLINA OUTER BANKS...ABOUT 35 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF MOREHEAD CITY. DENNIS WEAKENED TO A DEPRESSION EARLY ON THE 5TH WHILE MOVING NORTHWESTWARD INTO NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...AND DISSIPATED IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA ON 6 SEPTEMBER. Back to Top
EMILY (8/24-8/28)
MAX WINDS=65 MPH MIN PRESS=1004 mb CATEGORY=TS
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Emily Tracking Details
Emily Tracking Data
EMILY FORMED ABOUT 400 MILES EAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS ON THE AFTERNOON OF THE 24TH. THE SYSTEM WAS UPGRADED TO A TROPICAL STORM BASED ON DATA RECEIVED FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT. BY THE 26TH...HURRICANE CINDY BEGAN TO DISRUPT THE SMALL CIRCULATION OF EMILY...AND EMILY WAS DOWNGRADED TO A DEPRESSION THAT AFTERNOON WHILE MOVING NORTHWESTWARD. EMILY TURNED NORTHWARD ON THE 27TH...AND BRIEFLY REGAINED TROPICAL STORM STATUS. HOWEVER...THE INTERACTION WITH CINDY CONTINUED TO TAKE ITS TOLL AND EMILY WAS ABSORBED INTO THE CIRCULATION OF CINDY ON THE 28TH. Back to TopFLOYD (9/17-9/17)
MAX WINDS=155 MPH MIN PRESS=921 mb CATEGORY=MAJOR HCANE 5
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Floyd Tracking Details
Floyd Tracking Data
HURRICANE FLOYD FORMED FROM A TROPICAL WAVE WHICH MOVED OFF THE COAST OF AFRICA ON 2 SEPTEMBER. THE SYSTEM BECAME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON 7 SEPTEMBER ABOUT 1000 MILES EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES. IT STRENGTHENED INTO A TROPICAL STORM EARLY THE NEXT DAY WHILE LOCATED ABOUT 850 MILES EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES AND INTO A HURRICANE ABOUT 240 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS. FLOYD TURNED FROM A WESTWARD TO A NORTHWESTWARD COURSE...AND ITS INTENSIFICATION TREND TEMPORARILY HALTED. HOWEVER AS FLOYD TURNED BACK TO THE WEST IT STRENGTHENED INTO A MAJOR HURRICANE...AND THEN TO A STRONG CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR/SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE...WITH 155 MPH WINDS. WEAKENING ONLY SLIGHTLY...THE HURRICANE RAVAGED PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST BAHAMAS ON 13-14 SEPTEMBER...AND POSED A SERIOUS THREAT TO FLORIDA.FLOYD TURNED TO A NORTHWESTWARD AND NORTHWARD COURSE WHILE SLOWLY WEAKENING...EVENTUALLY MAKING LANDFALL NEAR CAPE FEAR NORTH CAROLINA AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE AROUND 230 AM EDT 16 SEPTEMBER. THE HURRICANE MOVED OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THAT STATE AND ACCELERATED NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD UP THE COAST...WEAKENING TO A TROPICAL STORM BEFORE MOVING INTO NEW ENGLAND AND LOSING ITS TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS EARLY ON THE 17TH. FLOYD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MASSIVE INLAND FLOODING OVER PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES... PARTICULARLY IN NORTH CAROLINA. THE CURRENT DEATH TOLL AS REPORTED BY THE MEDIA...69...WOULD MAKE THIS THE DEADLIEST UNITED STATES TROPICAL CYCLONE SINCE AGNES OF 1972. THE DAMAGE TOTAL IS INCOMPLETE BUT IS AT LEAST 3 BILLION DOLLARS. Back to Top
GERT (9/17-9/17)
MAX WINDS=150 MPH MIN PRESS=930 mb CATEGORY=MAJOR HCANE 4
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Floyd Tracking Details
Floyd Tracking Data
GERT FORMED OVER THE EASTERN ATLANTIC ABOUT 175 MILES SOUTH OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS ON 11 SEPTEMBER...AND BECAME A TROPICAL STORM ON THE 12TH WHILE CENTERED ABOUT 560 MILES WEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. GERT MOVED TOWARD THE WEST...AND STRENGTHENED INTO A HURRICANE ABOUT 1400 MILES EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES ON 13 SEPTEMBER. GERT CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN AND BECAME THE FOURTH MAJOR HURRICANE OF THE SEASON...REACHING A PEAK INTENSITY ON THE 15TH ABOUT 750 MILES EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS WITH WINDS NEAR 150 MPH.GERT MAINTAINED MAJOR HURRICANE STATUS FOR SEVERAL DAYS. IT TURNED NORTHWEST AND THEN NORTHWARD...AND PASSED 130 MILES TO THE EAST OF BERMUDA ON THE 21ST AS A STRONG CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE WERE EXPERIENCED ON BERMUDA. GERT THEN TURNED NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD AND ACCELERATED INTO THE FAR NORTH ATLANTIC... PASSING JUST EAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND ON 23 SEPTEMBER...WHERE LARGE WAVES CAUSED SOME DAMAGE. Back to Top
HARVEY (9/19-9/22)
MAX WINDS=60 MPH MIN PRESS=995 mb CATEGORY=TS
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Harvey Tracking Details
Harvey Tracking Data
TROPICAL STORM HARVEY FORMED FROM A TROPICAL WAVE WHICH MOVED THROUGH THE CARIBBEAN SEA AND INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE SYSTEM BECAME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON 19 SEPTEMBER OVER THE CENTRAL GULF AND BEGAN TO MOVE TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST. DESPITE HOSTILE UPPER-LEVEL WESTERLY WINDS...THE CYCLONE BECAME A TROPICAL STORM WHILE CENTERED ABOUT 315 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS. PEAK WINDS REACHED 60 MPH WHILE HARVEY WAS LOCATED ABOUT 250 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF TAMPA FLORIDA. THE STORM TOOK AN ABRUPT TURN TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AND WEAKENED BEFORE MOVING INLAND SOUTH OF NAPLES FLORIDA. HARVEY PRODUCED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OVER PORTIONS OF THE KEYS AND EXTREME SOUTH FLORIDA AS IT MOVED ACROSS THE PENINSULA. THE CYCLONE WAS THEN ABSORBED BY A FRONTAL SYSTEM JUST OFF THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST. Back to TopELEVEN (10/4-10/6)
MAX WINDS=35 MPH MIN PRESS=1002 mb CATEGORY=TD
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Eleven Tracking Data
TROPICAL DEPRESSION ELEVEN FORMED OVER THE BAY OF CAMPECHE ON 4 OCTOBER ABOUT 150 MILES EAST OF VERACRUZ MEXICO. THE DEPRESSION DRIFTED ERRATICALLY TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AND DISSIPATED ON THE 6TH ABOUT 150 MILES NORTHEAST OF VERACRUZ. HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEPRESSION CONTRIBUTED TO WIDESPREAD FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES OVER THE COASTAL STATES OF SOUTHEASTERN AND EASTERN MEXICO. MEDIA REPORTS INDICATE AS MANY AS 400 PEOPLE MAY HAVE DIED FROM THE FLOODING. Back to TopTWELVE (10/6-10/8)
MAX WINDS=35 MPH MIN PRESS=1007 mb CATEGORY=TD
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Twelve Tracking Details
Twelve Tracking Data
TROPICAL DEPRESSION ELEVEN FORMED OVER THE BAY OF CAMPECHE ON 4 OCTOBER ABOUT 150 MILES EAST OF VERACRUZ MEXICO. THE DEPRESSION DRIFTED ERRATICALLY TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AND DISSIPATED ON THE 6TH ABOUT 150 MILES NORTHEAST OF VERACRUZ. HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEPRESSION CONTRIBUTED TO WIDESPREAD FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES OVER THE COASTAL STATES OF SOUTHEASTERN AND EASTERN MEXICO. MEDIA REPORTS INDICATE AS MANY AS 400 PEOPLE MAY HAVE DIED FROM THE FLOODING.TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWELVE DEVELOPED FROM A TROPICAL WAVE ABOUT 1050 MILES EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES ON THE 5TH. THE DEPRESSION MOVED GENERALLY WEST-NORTHWESTWARD WITHOUT INTENSIFICATION UNTIL IT DISSIPATED ON THE 8TH ABOUT 915 MILES EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES. Back to Top
IRENE (10/6-10/8)
MAX WINDS=105 MPH MIN PRESS=958 mb CATEGORY=HCANE 2
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Irene Tracking Data
HURRICANE IRENE ORIGINATED FROM A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE SOUTHWEST CARIBBEAN. THE LOW GRADUALLY BECAME BETTER ORGANIZED OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL DAYS AND A TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMED ON THE 13TH. TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH WAS REACHED LATER THAT DAY WITH THE CENTER ABOUT 230 MILES SOUTH OF THE ISLE OF YOUTHS CUBA. IRENE MOVED NORTHWARD...TURNED NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD...MAKING LANDFALL ON THE ISLE OF YOUTH ON THE 14TH. THE CENTER OF IRENE CONTINUED NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD OVER WESTERN CUBA AND INTO THE FLORIDA STRAITS AND POST ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT IRENE BECAME A HURRICANE AROUND THIS TIME. THE CENTER PASSED OVER KEY WEST FLORIDA EARLY ON THE 15TH. AT THIS TIME MOST OF THE HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WERE EAST OF THE CENTER OVER THE LOWER TO MIDDLE FLORIDA KEYS. LATER THAT DAY THE CENTER MADE LANDFALL ON THE FLORIDA PENINSULA NEAR FLAMINGO ...AND MOVED ACROSS SOUTHEAST FLORIDA. TORRENTIAL RAINS...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 10-20 INCHES...AND WINDS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE WERE EXPERIENCED OVER MAINLAND FLORIDA...WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS CONFINED TO SQUALLS OFF THE FLORIDA EAST COAST. THE CENTER OF IRENE MOVED OFFSHORE NEAR JUPITER FLORIDA LATER ON THE 15TH. IT RETAINED HURRICANE STRENGTH AS IT MOVED NORTHWARD PARALLEL TO THE FLORIDA COAST. IRENE THEN TURNED AND ACCELERATED TO THE NORTHEAST JUST EAST OF THE NORTH CAROLINA OUTER BANKS EARLY ON THE 18TH. AFTER PASSING THE OUTER BANKS...IRENE RAPIDLY INTENSIFIED...AND REACHED A PEAK INTENSITY OF 105 MPH ON THE 18TH. IRENE CONTINUED NORTHEASTWARD AND WAS ABSORBED BY AN EXTRATROPICAL LOW ON THE 19TH. ALTHOUGH DAMAGE ESTIMATES ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE...IRENE CAUSED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE DUE TO FLOODING IN SOUTH FLORIDA. SEVEN DEATHS...FIVE DUE TO ELECTROCUTIONS AND TWO AUTOMOBILE-RELATED DROWNINGS...ARE INDIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO IRENE IN FLORIDA. Back to TopJOSE (10/17-10/25)
MAX WINDS=100 MPH MIN PRESS=977 mb CATEGORY=HCANE 2
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Jose Tracking Details
Jose Tracking Data
HURRICANE JOSE ORIGINATED FROM A TROPICAL WAVE THAT MOVED OFF THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA ON THE 8TH. THE WAVE MOVED SLOWLY WESTWARD ACROSS THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC FOR SEVERAL DAYS. WHEN THE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN AFRICA AND THE LESSER ANTILLES IS BECAME BETTER ORGANIZED...AND DEVELOPED INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ABOUT 700 MILES EAST OF THE SOUTHERN WINDWARD ISLANDS ON THE 17TH. MOVING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD...THE DEPRESSION STRENGTHENED INTO TROPICAL STORM JOSE ON THE 18TH WHILE CENTERED ABOUT 400 MILES EAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS. AFTER TURNING TO THE NORTHWEST...JOSE BECAME A HURRICANE LATE ON THE 19TH ABOUT 150 MILES EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS. HURRICANE JOSE STRUCK THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS...PASSING OVER ANTIGUA AND ST MAARTEN ON THE 20TH AND 21ST. THERE WAS SEVERE FLOODING DUE TO VERY HEAVY RAINS OVER PORTIONS OF THESE ISLANDS...AND AT LEAST TWO FATALITIES. JOSE THEN WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL STORM JUST BEFORE MOVING OVER THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS ON THE 21ST. THE STORM PASSED ABOUT 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF PUERTO RICO. JOSE TURNED NORTHWARD...THEN NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD ON THE 22ND.IT REGAINED HURRICANE STRENGTH AND PASSED 300 MILES EAST OF BERMUDA ON THE 24TH. JOSE ACCELERATED INTO THE NORTH ATLANTIC AND LOST TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS ON THE 25TH. Back to Top
KATRINA (10/28-11/1)
MAX WINDS=40 MPH MIN PRESS=999 mb CATEGORY=TS
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Katrina Tracking Details
Katrina Tracking Data
TROPICAL STORM KATRINA DEVELOPED FROM A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE SOUTHWEST CARIBBEAN...REACHING TROPICAL DEPRESSION STATUS ON THE 28TH WHILE LOCATED ABOUT 190 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BLUEFIELDS NICARAGUA. THE DEPRESSION INITIALLY MOVED WEST...THEN NORTHWEST AS IT APPROACHED THE NICARAGUAN COAST...AND REACHED TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH JUST BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL SOUTH OF PUERTO CABEZAS NICARAGUA ON THE 29TH. KATRINA WEAKENED BACK TO DEPRESSION STATUS AND MOVED NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS NORTHEASTERN NICARAGUA AND HONDURAS. THE DEPRESSION THEN MOVED INTO THE GULF OF HONDURAS ON THE 30TH...AND ACROSS BELIZE AND OVER THE YUCATAN PENINSULA ON THE 31ST. AT MONTHS END THE DEPRESSION WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWESTWARD OVER THE YUCATAN. THE DEPRESSION DISSIPATED ON NOVEMBER 1ST...AS IT WAS ABSORBED BY A COLD FRONT JUST NORTH OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA. ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE OR DEATH...IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 10 TO 15 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AMERICA. Back to TopLENNY (11/13-11/21)
MAX WINDS=150 MPH MIN PRESS=929 mb CATEGORY=MAJOR HCANE 4
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Lenny Tracking Data
HURRICANE LENNY FORMED OVER THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA WITHIN A BROAD TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE. AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF SLOW ORGANIZING AND AIMLESS DRIFTING...THE ORIGINATING AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER BECAME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON THE NOVEMBER 13TH...NOT FAR FROM THE CAYMAN ISLANDS. MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD AND THEN SOUTHEASTWARD... LENNY BECAME A TROPICAL STORM ON THE 14TH... CENTERED ABOUT 175 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JAMAICA. LENNY MOVED MOSTLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN ON THE 15TH AND 16TH AND INTENSIFIED...BECOMING A HURRICANE ON THE 15TH ABOUT 140 MILES SOUTH OF JAMAICA. THEN TURNING NORTHEASTWARD...LENNY REACHED ITS PEAK INTENSITY OF 155 MPH ON THE 17TH WHILE PASSING JUST SOUTH OF ST. CROIX IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. LENNY WAS GRADUALLY WEAKENING WHEN ITS CENTER PASSED VERY SLOWLY OVER ST. MAARTEN ON THE 17TH. MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD AND AWAY FROM THE LEEWARD ISLANDS...LENNY WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL STORM ON THE 20TH. THE MOTION TURNED AGAIN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND THEN EASTWARD...AND LENNY DISSIPATED ON THE 23RD ABOUT 625 MILES EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS LIKELY EXPERIENCED CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE CONDITIONS...WINDS OF 96 TO 110 MPH. THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS RECEIVED TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS. CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE WINDS WERE MEASURED AT ST. MAARTEN AND IT IS LIKELY THAT CATEGORY 2 WIND SPEEDS OCCURRED AT THIS LOCATION. OTHER ISLANDS AFFECTED BY LENNY INCLUDE ANGUILLA...BARBUDA...ST. KITTS...NEVIS...AND MONSERRAT. FOR MANY LOCATIONS HEAVY RAINS OVER SEVERAL DAYS WAS THE PRIMARY IMPACT OF LENNY. THE APPROACH FROM THE WEST CAUSED UNPRECEDENTED WAVE AND STORM SURGE DAMAGE TO WESTWARD-FACING HARBORS. Back to Top
Last Updated on 10/22/00
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