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[edit] April
[edit] Subtropical Storm
A system was detected off the Carolina coastline in Mid-April, the system was forecasted to be a sub-tropical storm. In the afternoon of April 15, one of the officals wrote to the NHC stating; "Looks like we may have a second April subtropical storm in three years..."[1] Satellite photographs showed the storm having a tight circulation and an eye-like structure as it moved eastward. By April 16 the storm had 60mph winds as it moved eastward, but despite this it never recived a name. Also, the officals rechecked their data and found that the storm was an "occluded cyclone" with a few showers near its center.[2]
[edit] Hurricane Ginny
| Category 2 hurricane (SSHS) | ||
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 Hurricane Ginny viewed from Space. |
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| Formed | October 16, 1963 | |
| Dissipated | October 29, 1963 | |
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| Lowest pressure | 958 mbar (hPa) | |
| Damage | $300,000 (1963 USD) $18.4 million (2005 USD) |
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| Fatalities | 7 direct | |
| Areas affected |
Maine, Atlantic Canada | |
| Part of the 1963 Atlantic hurricane season |
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Hurricane Ginny was a Category 2 hurricane that formed off the Bahamas on October 16. The storm zig-zaged off the U.S. East coast before making landfall in Nova Scotia. It was unusual in that it produced snow on the northwest side of the storm. Ginny was one of three hurricanes to make hit Nova Scotia in a short period.
[edit] Storm History
Hurricane Ginny formed as a tropical depression on October 16. The depression moved steadily northward, reaching tropical storm status on October 19 and then a hurricane on October 20. Ginny took an erratic track off the U.S. East coast, first going westward, then looped to the southwest, and finally recurving to the northeast. As the storm was looping off the southeast coast, it fluctuated between tropical storm and hurricane strength. Later, Hurricane Ginny reached a peak wind speed of 110 mph as it rapidly headed northeastward. Positioned well offshore, the hurricane passed south of Maine on October 29, but due to its large wind field, it brought winds and snow to the state before finally making landfall as a Category 1 hurricane in Nova Scotia.
[edit] Impact
Ginny caused 7 deaths and $300,000 dollars (1963 USD) in damage.
Southern Maine recived a total of 1.5 inches of rain while Lewiston recived a total of 1.73 inches of rain and a dusting of snow. Eastport recived the most rain at 2.75 inches. Aroostook County recived a total of 13 inches of snow from Ginny, while on Mount Katahdin, there was 4 feet of snow. But warmer tempretures melted the snow quickly. There was some wind damage. Several television antennas were knocked down during the storm and in Portland a storage shed was damaged. Off shore, four sailiors lost their lives when the tugboat Ortho sank in the storm. Two people also scumbed to the sudden snowstorm that Ginny brought.[3]
In Atlantic Canada, Ginny was the second hurricane in a year to strike the region the previous year the area was hit by Hurricane Daisy and earlier by the Esumac Hurricane of 1959.
[edit] Unusual Characteristics
The most unusual aspects of Ginny was its very erratic track and its ablity to produce snow. Its track was highly erratic. It executed two loops off the east coast, making it difficult to predict with the technology at the time. Its erratic track was due to constantly changing steering currents, causing Ginny to take a long time to settle a track to the northeast.
Ginny was unusual because it produced snow due to cold air entrained in the circulation. Ginny was one of a handful of hurricane to produce perciptation other than rain. Other storms include a hurricane in 1804 that dropped 10 inches of snow in central Massachusetts, a hurricane in 1831 that caused hail, a hurricane in October of 1841 that produced 18 inches of snow in Connecticut, and Hurricane Marilyn producing hail in its eyewall.
[edit] Lack of retirement
Because the damage was nor extreme, the name Ginny was not retired. However the name was not used in any of the future lists at that time and isnt on the post 1979 lists.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
[edit] Hurricane Dennis (1981)
| Category 1 hurricane (SSHS) | ||
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.JPG/235px-Hurricane_Dennis_(1981).JPG) Hurricane Dennis off of North Carolina coastline |
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| Formed | August 7, 1981 | |
| Dissipated | August 22, 1981 | |
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| Lowest pressure | 995 mbar (hPa) | |
| Damage | $25 million (1981 USD) $55.9 million (2005 USD) | |
| Fatalities | none | |
| Areas affected |
Windward Islands, Cuba, Florida, Carolinas | |
| Part of the 1981 Atlantic hurricane season |
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Hurricane Dennis was a long-lived hurricane of the 1981 Atlantic hurricane season. It took longer than any other Atlantic hurricane on record to reach hurricane strength. Dennis brought torrential amounts of rain to the Miami, Florida area before moving out to sea. Dennis is also one of two notable minimal hurricanes of the 1981 Atlantic hurricane season.
[edit] Storm History and Impact
The tropical wave that later would be Dennis, formed off the African coastline on August 5. By August 7 the wave reached tropical depression status as it headed westward. On the same day the storm reached tropical storm strength and was named Dennis, the 4th named storm of the 1981 season. As Dennis approched the Caribbean Sea, strong upper level winds degenerated the storm back into a tropical wave by August 11. The tropical wave crossed over southeastern Haiti before stalling south of Cuba. On August 15 Dennis regained tropical storm status as it crossed Cuba and moved into the Straits of Florida.
On the 18th and 19th of August, Dennis traversed the Florida peninsula as a weak tropical storm, bringing heavy rains and gusty winds. The rains helped end a spring/summer drought in Florida. Click here for the storm total rainfall graphic for Dennis. The cyclone later moved offshore and skirted the Carolinas and then briefly reached hurricane strength before being declared extratropical on August 22.
[edit] Damage
Dennis left $10 million dollars (1981 USD) in agraculture damage. In south Florida, 516mm of rain fell in a 24 hour period. Structural damage was minor and the damage was totaled to $25 million (55.9 million 2005 USD). The damage was minimal because the storm was weak and because of a good warning system. In the North Carolina about 10+ inches of rain fell in Wilmington and the Outer Banks. Damage estimates in the Windward Islands and the Caribbean is unknown, due to sketchy press reports at the time.
[edit] Long Duration
Hurricane Dennis took a long time to reaching hurricane strength which was 12 1/4 days. Other storms that took a long time to reach hurricane strength was 2004's Hurricane Lisa and 2005's Hurricane Irene.
[edit] Lack of retirement
Because the damage was minimal, the name was not retired so it was used again in 1987, 1993, 1999 and 2005.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Hurricane Dennis (1981)
- Monthly Weather Review
- HPC rainfall summary for Dennis
- Hurricane Dennis 1981 track (Unisys)
[edit] Hurricane Henri (1991)
| Category 1 hurricane (SSHS) | ||
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 Hurricane Henri on November 1 |
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| Formed | October 28, 1991 | |
| Dissipated | November 2, 1991 | |
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| Lowest pressure | 980 mbar (hPa) as tropical system
972 mbar (hPa) as extratropical system |
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| Damage | $1.3 billion (2005 dollars) | |
| Fatalities | 12 direct | |
| Areas affected |
New York, New England, Atlantic Canada | |
| Part of the 1991 Atlantic hurricane season |
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- This article is about the hurricane of 1991; for the book and movie go to The Perfect Storm.
Hurricane Henri, also known as the 1991 Halloween Nor’easter, and the Perfect Storm, was an unusual event combining an extratropical low and a hurricane in October of 1991.
The Perfect Storm is not officially called as such; the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NWS Natural Disaster Survey Report called it The Halloween Nor’easter of 1991. The "perfect storm" moniker was coined by NWS Boston Deputy Meteorologist, Robert Case, in a discussion with Junger. In New England it is still colloquially referred to as simply "the Halloween Storm."
Case explained that, "[a] strong disturbance associated with a cold front moved along the U.S.-Canadian border on October 27 and passed through New England pretty much without incident. At the same time, a large high-pressure system was forecast to build over southeast Canada. When a low pressure system along the front moved into the Maritimes southeast of Nova Scotia, it began to intensify due to the cold dry air introduced from the north. […] These circumstances alone, could have created a strong storm, but then, like throwing gasoline on a fire, a dying Hurricane Grace delivered immeasurable tropical energy to create the perfect storm."
After the peak of the storm, a hurricane formed in the center of the circulation. It was born far north of the typical tropical storms breeding grounds, but had all the characteristics of a tropical system.
[edit] Storm History
Hurricane Henri began as a typical nor'easter, but developed into a powerful storm reminiscent of the Blizzard of 1978 when it was stalled offshore by the high pressure in Canada. To add fuel to the fire, Hurricane Grace, laden with moisture and heading north in the Atlantic, responded to the cold front and headed toward the low. The massive wind shear associated with the hurricane shredded the storm, but the large amount of moisture associated with Grace helped intensify the storm.
Henri reached peak intensity at approximately 12:00 UTC 30 October 1991 with the lowest pressure being 972 millibars. This huge storm, with its associated high winds from the pressure gradient between the high and low, created huge waves. NOAA buoy 44011 located at 41.1° N, 66.6° W reported maximum sustained winds of 49 knots (91 km/h) with gusts to 65 kt (120 km/h) and a significant wave height of 39 feet (12 m) near 15:00 UTC. Buoy 44008 located at 40.5° N, 69.5° W reported maximum sustained winds of 53 kt with gusts to 63 kt (117 km/h) and a significant wave height of 31 ft (9 m) near 00:00 UTC on October 31. Other, higher waves (such as the one shown in the movie) were reported by ships, but not confirmed.
The core of the storm, which moved southwards, ended up over warmer Gulf Stream waters and began to develop the convection (thunderstorms, rain, etc.) of a tropical storm early on November 1. It later strengthed to true hurricane status, with minimum pressure of 980 mbar and sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h), making it a Category 1 hurricane. The Hurricane Henri continued to the northeast, and dissipated on November 2 after making landfall on Nova Scotia.
[edit] Damage and results of the storm
Damage from Hurricane Henri was costly; Walter Drag, Senior Forecaster at the Boston National Weather Service office, estimates the cost of the storm to be under 1 billion U.S. dollars. It caused 12 confirmed deaths; 6 onboard the Andrea Gail. It lashed northeastern U.S. with a storm tide of >14 ft (4 m) above a storm surge of approximately 5 ft (1.5 m), and piled on top of that 30 ft (10 m) waves. Fortunately, the worst of the storm stayed offshore.
The cold front also spawned a major blizzard in Minnesota. The Halloween Blizzard, as it was called, pounded the eastern half of Minnesota over a three day period. The storm dropped 28.4 inches (72 cm) of snow on the Twin Cities, a single storm record for the region. Duluth received 36.9 inches (94 cm) of snow. This remains the largest snowfall amount from a single storm total in Minnesota history. In southern Minnesota, with slightly warmer temperatures, it became a major ice storm. Especially hard hit was the area around Albert Lea and Austin. The extremely cold temperatures that followed hindered highway snow removal and transportation was largely shut down.
[edit] Hurricane Earl (1998)
| Category 2 hurricane (SSHS) | ||
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.gif/235px-Hurricane_Earl_(1998).gif) Hurricane Earl making landfall |
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| Formed | August 31, 1998 | |
| Dissipated | September 8, 1998 | |
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| Lowest pressure | 988 mbar (hPa) | |
| Damage | $15 million (1998 USD), $79 million (2005 USD) | |
| Fatalities | 2 direct, 1 indirect | |
| Areas affected |
Florida, Georgia, Carolinas, Atlantic Canada | |
| Part of the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season |
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Hurricane Earl was a strong category 2 hurricane that made landfall in Florida as a Category 1. The storm killed 3 people and left $15 million dollars in damage. Huricane Earl was one of three hurricanes to make U.S. landfall (the othes being Hurricane Georges and Hurricane Bonnie).
[edit] Storm History
Earl formed in the Gulf of Mexico on August 31 south of Louisiana. The tropical depression had a dynamic structure which is that "mutliple centers" were detected in the storm and thus the center of the developing storm was very difficult to track. By September 2, Hurricane Earl had reached hurricane strength based on aircarft and satellite data and was centered 125 miles southeast of New Orleans, Louisiana. Satallite imagery showed Earl not having a classic hurricane look, insted the storm looked more like an subtropical or an extratropical storm as it neared the U.S. Gulf Coast. Earl briefly reached category 2 status before making landfall near Panama City, Florida as a category 1 on September 3. Earl then weakened and became extratropical on the same day. Moving rapidly, Earl moved through Georgia and the Carolinas before hitting Atlantic Canada. After the remiants of Earl merged with the extratropcial storm that was Hurricane Danielle.
[edit] Impact
Earl killed three people and left $15 million dollars (1998 USD) in damage.
[edit] U.S. Peperation
The storm forced many Florida residences to evacuate, especally people living in the barrer islands that dot the Florida Gulf Coast. About 30 Airforce jets, from Eglin Air Force Base were sent to Oklahoma[4] while hurricane watches and warnings were issued from the Florida Gulf Coast to the Tampa area.
[edit] Florida
Hurricane Earl produced a storm surge about 2.5 meters high in the Big Bend area of Florida and Panama City recived 41 cm (12 inches) of rain and there were reports of tornadoes one of which damaged eleven homea and six businesses in Brevard County.[5] Offshore, two boats sank during the storm drowning two people. In Port St Joe,Florida, Earl destroyed portions of a seawall while seven miles of Highway 98 was washed out by storm surge.[6] Fifteen boats docked at Shell Island Fish Camp were tossed around and wrecked. In Desten Harbor, strong underwarter currents caused the sea floor to shift, endangering several vessels from future storms. Hurricane Earl also destroyed several turtle nests.[7] In Tampa Bay, 90% of the eggs were destroyed while in Gulf County, Florida about 150 sea turtle eggs were lost to the storm.[8] Beach erosion was heavy along the Florida Gulf Coast.
Hurricane Earl also detachted an football field sized island that floated 500 yards down the coast of Deer Point Lake before it got lodged against the banks of Cedar Creek. Residences worried that the island might break loose again during another hurricane and will drift into Deer Point Lake Dam.[9]The storm also washed up several military ammunition , much of it dated back to World War II onto beaches.[10]
[edit] Southeastern U.S.
Hurricane Earl spun produced a tornado outbreak across the states of North Carolina , South Carolina and Georgia. One of the tornadoes killed one person in St. Helena, South Carolina, while others did minimal damage.[11] In Georgia, a four people were injured when a tornado hit a house north of Savannah.[12]
[edit] Atlantic Canada
Earl battered Nova Scotia with heavy rains and gale force winds.
[edit] Lack of retirement
Because the damage was not extreme, the name Earl was not retired. So it was used again in 2004 and will be used in 2010.
[edit] Tropical Storm Josephine 1996
| Tropical storm (SSHS) | ||
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.gif/235px-Tropical_Storm_Josephine_(1996).gif) Josephine making landfall |
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| Formed | August 4, 1996 | |
| Dissipated | August 16, 1996 | |
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| Lowest pressure | 981 mbar (hPa) | |
| Damage | $130 million (1996 USD) $158 million (2005 USD) | |
| Fatalities | 2 indirect | |
| Areas affected |
Texas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, New York, Atlantic Canada | |
| Part of the 1996 Atlantic hurricane season |
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Tropical Storm Joesphine was a strong tropical storm that made landfall in the Florida Panhandle and rode up the U.S. Eastern Seaboard.
[edit] Storm History
Josephine formed from the tail end of a front that had stalled in the Gulf of Mexico. Josephine then reached tropical depression status on August 4 and a tropical storm on August 6 after meandering around for days as a tropical depression. Betweent the 6th and 7th of August, Josephine rapidly moved eastward and and was nearing hurricane strength before upper level wind shear disrupted the storm structure. Later on the 7th, the storm made landfall near Apalachee Bay, Florida as a strong tropical storm. When the storm crossed the coast, it lost tropical characteristics and was declared an extratropical storm as it moved over Georgia. The extratropical remiants of Josephine then raced across the U.S. East coast and Atlantic Canada before merging with another extratropical storm on October 16.
[edit] Impact
Josephine killed 2 people indirectly and left $130 million dollars (1996 USD).
[edit] Damage
Although the storm did not make landfall while in the Gulf of Mexico, Josephine did manage to cause extensive beach erosion and destroy a house. The storm also produced heavy rains along the S. Texas coast.[13]
Josephine produced heavy rains across northern Florida. In Jacksonville, about 9.08 inches of rain fell in a 48 hour period, flooding 80 streets and leaving 100,000 homes without power. Josephine also spawned a tornado that damaged 131 mobile homes in Putnum County. Eight other tornadoes were reported elsewhere in Florida.
As the storm moved up the U.S. Eastern Seaboard, it dumped more than 4 inches of rain over Wilmington, North Carolina and spawned a tornado that damaged a home in Brunswick County, North Carolina. Charlotte County, North Carolina recived $230,000 dollars in damage, mainly from flooding.[14] In Virginia, the rains brought by Josephine caused 70 traffic accidents in the southeastern part of the state but there were no deaths or serious injuries. In Newport News, the storm dumped heavy rains that caused considerable flooding which is the result of a combination of the rains and the dranage system that was unable to take that amount of water.[15] Elsewhere in the state, Josephine left 55,000 homes and businesses without power and there was moderate tree damage.[16] The damage was considerable in the areas that were already affected by Hurricanes Bertha and Fran months earlier. InNew York, the storm postponed the American League baseball playoffs.[17]
[edit] Lack of retirement
Because the damage was minimal, the name was not retired and was used again in 2002 and will be used in 2008
[edit] Hurricane Helene (1958)
| Category 4 hurricane (SSHS) | ||
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 Path of Hurricane Helene |
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| Formed | September 21, 1958 | |
| Dissipated | September 29, 1958 | |
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| Lowest pressure | 934 mbar (hPa) | |
| Damage | $11 million (1958 USD) $72.15 million (2005 USD) |
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| Fatalities | 0 direct, 1 indirect | |
| Areas affected |
North Carolina, Atlantic Canada | |
| Part of the 1958 Atlantic hurricane season |
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Hurricane Helene was of the most intense storms of the 1958 Atlantic hurricane season and the only hurricane to affect the United States, also Helene was one of several hurricane to impact the outer banks as a category 4 hurricane (others being Hurricane Able of 1950). Helene was also the only hurricane atlantic hurricane to produce damage above $300,000 (1958 USD).
[edit] Storm history
A tropical wave was detected on September 19 near the Cape Verde Islands. The system began to slowly intensify as it moved west-northwest at 20 MPH. On the 20th, hurricane hunter aircaft crews reoported a fall in pressure and maximum winds between 35 and 40 mph.[18] Helene reached tropical storm strength on 23rd with 50 mph winds as it slowed down and intensifed further. After reaching hurricane strength, the storm then moved rapidly west-northwest where was 80 miles east of Charleston, South Carolina. [19] On September 26, the eye of Helene was approxmently 10 miles off the coast of North Carolina where turned and rapaidly moved north-eastward and made landfall in Newfoundland. Later, Helene contiued across the altantic as a powerful extratropical storm.
[edit] Impact
Hurricane Helene caused $11 million dollars (1958 USD, $72.15 million 2005 USD) in damage but luckily there were no deaths. A several weather stations in North Carolina reported hurricane force winds with one recording a gust of 135mph.[20] In Cape Fear, 125 mph sustianed winds were reported with gusts up to 160 mph.[21] According to reports, the damage wrought by Helene was considered worse than the damage from Hurricane Hazel.[22] However, North Carolina did dodged a bullet from another catastrophic hurricane and the damage was limited to the coastal sections.[23]
[edit] Trivia
Hurricane Helene was only ten miles of making landfall as a Category 4 hurricane. If it made landfall, it would be one of two hurricanes to make landfall as a category four at that lattitude (Hurricane Diana being the other storm).[24]
[edit] Experiments
Hurricane Helene was one of the earliest hurricanes to be experimented as hurricane hunter planes dropped airborned balloons equipped with radio transmissions.[25]
[edit] Lack of retirement
Because of the damage was not extreme, the name was not retired and the name Helene was used for future storms and will be used for the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season.
[edit] Hurricane Esther
| Category 4 hurricane (SSHS) | ||
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 Satellite image of Hurricane Esther, one of the first such images to be taken of a hurricane. |
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| Formed | September 10, 1961 | |
| Dissipated | September 27, 1961 | |
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| Lowest pressure | 927 mbar (hPa) | |
| Damage | $6 million (1961 USD) | |
| Fatalities | 0 direct, 7 indirect | |
| Areas affected |
Atlantic Ocean, Massachusetts, Maine | |
| Part of the 1961 Atlantic hurricane season |
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A Category 4 Hurricane, Esther spent its life time as an offshore storm before making landfall in Maine. Esther left $6,000,000 dollars (1961 USD) in damage and seven indirect deaths when a Navy Plane crashed 120 miles east of Bermuda.
[edit] Storm History
On September 10, a tropical wave in the central tropical Atlantic developed into a tropical depression. It moved northwestward initially, becoming Tropical Storm Esther on the next day. Intensification continued, with Esther reaching hurricane strength on the 12th. It would have likely turned north and gone out to sea, but with Hurricane Debbie leaving behind high pressures to the north, Esther turned westward, where it became a major hurricane on the 13th.
For the next four days, intensification was halted, but on the 18th, it reached its peak of 140 mph while heading towards the east coast of the United States. Luckily for the Mid-Atlantic, it turned northeastward, where a New England threat materialized. When it approached the Massachusetts coastline on the 21st, a shortwave trough pushed Esther southward, saving New England from a major hurricane landfall. Cooler waters weakened the hurricane to a tropical storm, and while looping back to the south, it was only a weak tropical storm. Another shortwave trough pulled Esther northward, and the tropical storm hit the coast of Maine on the 26th, dissipating on the 27th.
Trivia: Hurricane Esther threatened the New England coast 23 years to the day of the 1938 New England Hurricane.[26]
[edit] Unusual track
Esther was noted for its two distinct landfalls, after a landfall in Nantucket, a frontal system moved in, forcing Esther to move out over the cooler waters of the North Atlantic. The storm went it into a loop and then sharply moved northward as the Bermuda High began to strengthen and combined with another high pressure system over Nova Scotia, the storm sharply went due north where it made landfall in Maine.[27]
[edit] Project Stormfury
- Main article: Project Stormfury
Esther was also noted because a this was the first time that Project Stormfury began seeding hurricanes. 400 miles north of Puerto Rico, a Navy plane flew into the eye of Esther and began to drop silver iodide crystals into the storm. The results were that the storm stopped growing and began to show signs of weakening. The following day the aircraft returned to seed again but the results were completly different since the seeding canasters fell outside the eyewall and the storm showed no signs of change. [28]
[edit] Impact
The storm made landfall in Massachusetts and in Maine as a tropical storm, damage was minimal though (mainly downed trees and isolated power outages)[29], thanks to the rapid weakening of the storm and a good warning system. The estimated damage from Esther was $6 million (1961 USD). About 7 to 8 inches of rain fell in southern New England while Maine experienced 2 inches of rain.[30] Because the storm did minimal damage, the name Esther was not retired. However when formal lists were created in 1970, the name Esther has not been used since.
[edit] Plane Crash/Rescue Mission
However, Esther did caused 7 indirect deaths, when a Navy P5M aircraft crashed. The plane crashed about 120 miles off the coast of Bermuda. A merchant ship, the African Pilot was in the area where the plane crashed and the captian of the ship recived a message from the Bermuda Coast Guard that "We have aircraft in trouble in that vicinity..."[31]. On request, the Captian of the Pilot, diverted the ship in order to assist the coast guard of searching for the lost plane. The heavy seas brought by Esther, made things difficult. In the end only three of the ten crewmen were rescued, other seven were declared lost at sea. [32]
[edit] Close call
When Esther was a major hurricane, the center of the storm was only several hundred miles off the coast of New England, before the storm quickly weakened and turned east and southeast. Had the storm not turned, it would've produced damage similar to Hurricane's Carol and Edna of 1954.
[edit] Hurricane Daisy (1962)
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 Hurricane Daisy on October 5, 1962 |
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| Formed | September 29, 1962 | |
| Dissipated | October 8, 1962 | |
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| Lowest pressure | 965 mbar (hPa) | |
| Damage | $10 million (1962 USD) $62 million (2005 USD) | |
| Fatalities | 24 direct | |
| Areas affected |
New England, Atlantic Canada | |
| Part of the 1962 Atlantic hurricane season |
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Daisy was a strong category 2 hurricane that left 10 million dollars (1962 USD) in damage and left 2 people dead. Daisy was the strongest hurricane to hit Atlantic Canada since the Esumac Hurricane of 1959.
[edit] Storm history
On September 28, a weak low pressure system was spotted by satellite near the Lesser Antillies. The next day , the system was upgraded to a tropical depression. The depression had a cold core that remained that way for several days. By October 1 the tropical depression moved west-northwest and by October 3 the depression had strengthened into a tropical storm and was given the name Daisy, on that same day Daisy reached hurricane strength. On October 6, Hurricane Daisy bypassed east of Bermuda brining gusty winds to the island. Daisy's winds peaked at 100 M.P.H. and the storm lowest barametric pressure was at 965 mb as the storm headed northward.[33] On October 7, Hurricane Daisy made landfall near Yarmouth, Nova Scotia as a tropical storm. The storm became extratropical the next day.
[edit] Impact
Hurricane Daisy caused widespred damage across New England and the Canadian Maritimes. The storm killed 24 people and rain fell for 65 hours. Coastal areas of Maine felt 70 M.P.H. winds and number of small boats were ripped away from their moorings and were ether sunk or damaged.[34] and there were severe flooding in Maine and 7.69 inches rain was reported while Portland, Maine recived 3.13 inches in 6 hours a record that stood untill 1991 when Hurricane Bob[35]. Elsewhere in New England, the storm produced 14.25 inches of rain in Massachusetts. [36] A Coast Guard base was severely damaged during the storm and there was sigifigant losses to the lobster industry. Daisy also washed away a walkway connecting to the Mount Desert Lighthouse as well a couple of fuel tanks, the storm forced three coast guardsmen to seek refuge inside the lighthouse.[37] One of the Coastguard men, John Baxter, said later:
"The bad thing was that when we went in the tower you could feel the tower sway, like someone was shaking it. It was scary! The next morning, when things calmed down, we went outside the tower. We had an engine room, probably 90 feet by 90 feet. And it was gone. Crushed. A boulder had rolled up onto the bank and just crushed it. That was really scary then, because we got thinking. What if that boulder had hit that tower? It would've knocked that over, or done a good job on it. There's no way we would've survived it."[38]
The combined damage from Daisy and a noreaster was 10 million dollars (1962 USD).
[edit] Lack of retirement
Despite the damage, the name was not retired. However when the new set of lists were introduced in 1970 and 1979 the name Daisy has not been used since.
