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Hurricane Michael making landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida as a Category 5 hurricane on October 10, 2018. In the 21st century, 80 tropical and subtropical cyclones, their remnants, and their precursors have affected the U.S. state of Florida. Collectively, cyclones in Florida during the time period resulted in more than $236 billion in damage ...
Tropical cyclone naming began for Atlantic tropical cyclones using the phonetic alphabet by 1947, [9] switching to female names in 1953. [10] Starting in 1950, the Miami Hurricane Warning Office began to prepare the annual hurricane season summary articles. [11] Tropical cyclone track forecasts for one day in the future began in 1954. [12]
Track forecast errors were less than half of the 10-year average for 2005. Four- to five-day errors were slightly larger than the shorter-term overall; however, this was largely related to the west-southwest track shift across the Florida Panhandle rather than Katrina's path in the days leading up to landfall along the Gulf Coast. [52]
2024 forecast probability of major hurricane impact, top 5: A major hurricane is a Category 3 or higher, the maximum sustained winds of at least 111 mph. North Carolina didn't make the top 5 ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Hurricane Helene is now predicted to reach Florida as a Category 4 hurricane, part of a frightening forecast of 130-mph winds and high storm surge that brings a dire scenario ...
Maps show the areas impacted by storm surge, rainfall levels and more as Helene, once a major hurricane and now a tropical storm, moves inland from Florida's Gulf Coast over Georgia.
Hurricane Charley 5-day forecast map on August 13, 2004. On August 13, 2004, a tropical storm watch was issued for Cape Fear, southward to South Carolina. The watch was extended northward to Oregon Inlet later that day; the watch further extended to Chincoteague, Virginia.
1935 Labor Day Hurricane. The Great Labor Day Hurricane slammed through Florida in early September 1935, becoming what the hurricane center says is the most intense storm ever to make landfall in ...