Timeline of the 1995 Atlantic hurricane season
The 1995 Atlantic hurricane season was a very active year in which nineteen named storms formed, tying it with the seasons of 2010, 2011, and 1887 for the third most active hurricane season on record.[nb 1] Although Hurricane Allison formed on June 2, 1995, the season officially began on June 1 and ended on November 30, dates that conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones develop in the Atlantic basin. The season's last storm, Hurricane Tanya, dissipated on November 3.[1]
The season had nineteen tropical cyclones, of which all nineteen intensified into tropical storms, eleven became hurricanes, and five became major hurricanes. The high amount of activity throughout the basin was linked to the formation of La Niña, which lowers wind shear, and very warm sea surface temperatures. The three most notable storms during the season were Hurricane Luis, Hurricane Marilyn, and Hurricane Opal. Hurricane Luis was a powerful Cape Verde-type hurricane that caused extensive damage in the northern Leeward Islands. Hurricane Marilyn affected the same area a few days later, becoming the most destructive hurricane to hit the U.S. Virgin Islands since Hurricane Hugo in the 1989 season. Lastly, Opal was a strong Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale, the strongest of the season, that made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane near Pensacola Beach, Florida. The system caused $3.9 billion (1995 USD) in damage, making it the eighteenth costliest hurricane in United States history. All three names were retired by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in the spring of 1996.
This timeline includes information that was not operationally released, meaning that information from post-storm reviews by the National Hurricane Center, such as a storm that was not operationally warned upon, has been included. This timeline documents tropical cyclone formations, strengthening, weakening, landfalls, extratropical transitions, and dissipations during the season.
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Timeline of Events
June
- June 3
- 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT June 2) – Tropical Depression One develops from an area of low pressure roughly 230 mi (370 km) east of Belize City, Belize.
- 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Depression One strengthens into Tropical Storm Allison, the first named of the 1995 season.
- June 4
- 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Allison intensifies into a Category 1 hurricane, the first of the season, roughly 240 mi (390 km) west of Key West, Florida. At this time, Allison additionally attains peak intensity with winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 987 mbar (29.1 inHg).
- June 5
- 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) – Hurricane Allison weakens to a tropical storm.
- 1400 UTC (10:00 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Allison makes a first landfall near Alligator Point, Florida with winds of 70 mph (110 km/h).
- 1500 UTC (11:00 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Allison makes a final landfall near Saint Marks, Florida with winds of 65 mph (105 km/h).
- June 6
- 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT June 5) – Tropical Storm Allison weakens to a tropical depression over southeastern Georgia.
- 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Depression Allison transitions into an extratropical cyclone.
July
- July 6
- 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) – Tropical Depression Two forms from an frontal low-pressure area
- July 7
- 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Depression Two intensifies into a tropical storm to the west-southwest of Bermuda.
- 2100 UTC (5:00 p.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Barry reaches its peak intensity with winds of 70 mph (110 km/h).
- July 9
- 2130 UTC (5:30 p.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Barry makes a first landfall near Hart Island, Nova Scotia with winds of 60 mph (95 km/h).
- 2200 UTC (6:00 p.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Barry makes a final landfall near Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia with winds of 50 mph (80 km/h).
- July 10
- 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Barry transitions into an extratropical cyclone near the western coast of Newfoundland.
- July 12
- 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT July 11) – Tropical Depression Three forms from a tropical wave a few hundred miles east of the northern Leeward Islands.
- July 14
- 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT July 13) – Tropical Depression Three intensifies into a tropical storm northeast of Puerto Rico.
- July 17
- 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT July 16) – Tropical Storm Chantal reaches its peak intensity with winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 991 mbar (29.3 inHg).
- July 20
- 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Chantal transitions into an extratropical cyclone southeast of Newfoundland.
- July 28
- 1800 UTC (1:00 p.m. CDT) – Tropical Depression Four forms from an area of low pressure roughly 300 mi (480 km) southeast of New Orleans, Louisiana.
- July 30
- 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) – Tropical Depression Four intensifies into a tropical storm roughly 60 mi (95 km) from the upper Texas coast.
- July 31
- 0000 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT July 30) – Tropical Storm Dean reaches its peak intensity with winds of 45 mph (70 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 999 mbar (29.5 inHg).
- 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Erin forms from a tropical wave in the Bahamas.
- 0200 UTC (9:00 p.m. CDT July 30) – Tropical Storm Dean makes a first and final landfall near Freeport, Texas with winds of 45 mph (70 km/h).
- 0600 UTC (1:00 a.m. CDT) – Tropical Storm Dean weakens to a tropical depression over southeastern Texas.
August
- August 1
- 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT July 31) – Tropical Storm Erin intensifies into a Category 1 hurricane near Rum Cay in the Bahamas.
- August 2
- 0615 UTC (2:15 a.m. EDT) – Hurricane Erin makes a first landfall near Vero Beach, Florida with winds of 85 mph (135 km/h).
- 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) – Hurricane Erin weakens to a tropical storm over central Florida.
- August 3
- 0000 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT August 2) – Tropical Depression Dean dissipates into a non-convective remnant low pressure area near the Texas/Oklahoma border.
- 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT August 2) – Tropical Storm Erin re-intensifies into a Category 1 hurricane over the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
- 1330 UTC (9:30 a.m. EDT) – Hurricane Erin attains its peak intensity with winds of 100 mph (160 km/h) and concurrently makes a second landfall near Fort Walton Beach, Florida at this intensity.
- 1600 UTC (12:00 p.m. EDT) – Hurricane Erin attains its peak intensity with a minimum barometric pressure of 973 mbar (28.7 inHg) and concurrently makes a third and final landfall near Pensacola Beach, Florida with winds of 85 mph (135 km/h).
- August 4
- 0000 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT August 3) – Hurricane Erin weakens to a tropical storm over southeastern Mississippi.
- 1200 UTC (7:00 a.m. CDT) – Tropical Storm Erin weakens to a tropical depression.
- August 5
- 1800 UTC (1:00 p.m. CDT) – Tropical Depression Six develops from an area of low pressure in the Bay of Campeche.
- August 6
- 1200 UTC (7:00 a.m. CDT) – Tropical Depression Erin merges with a frontal system over West Virginia.
- 2300 UTC (6:00 p.m. CDT) – Tropical Depression Six makes landfall near Cabo Rojo, Mexico with winds of 35 mph (55 km/h).
- August 7
- 0000 UTC (1:00 p.m. CDT) – Tropical Depression Six attains its peak intensity with a minimum barometric pressure of 1,002 mbar (29.6 inHg).
- 1800 UTC (1:00 p.m. CDT) – Tropical Depression Six dissipates over the high terrain of Mexico.
- August 8
- 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT) – Tropical Depression Seven forms from a tropical wave roughly 400 mi (640 km) west-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands.
- 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) – Tropical Depression Seven intensifies into a tropical storm.
- August 9
- 1800 UTC (1:00 p.m. CDT) – Tropical Depression Eight forms from an area of low pressure roughly 160 mi (260 km) east of La Pesca, Mexico or roughly 225 mi (360 km) southeast of Brownsville, Texas.
August 10
- 1200 UTC (7:00 a.m. CDT) – Tropical Depression Eight intensifies into a tropical storm.
- August 11
- 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Felix intensifies into a Category 1 hurricane roughly 500 mi (800 km) east-northeast of the Leeward Islands.
- 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) – Hurricane Felix rapidly intensifies into a Category 2 hurricane.
- 2000 UTC (3:00 p.m. CDT) – Tropical Storm Gabrielle reaches its peak intensity with winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 988 mbar (29.2 inHg). Concurrently, the system makes landfall just south of La Pesca, Mexico at this intensity.
- August 12
- 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT August 11) – Hurricane Felix rapidly intensifies into a Category 3 hurricane.
- 0000 UTC (7:00 p.m. CDT August 11) – Tropical Storm Gabrielle weakens to a tropical depression and dissipates south of the United States/Mexico border.
- 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) – Hurricane Felix rapidly intensifies into a Category 4 hurricane.
- 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) – Hurricane Felix attains its peak intensity with winds of 140 mph (230 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 929 mbar (27.4 inHg).
- August 13
- 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) – Hurricane Felix weakens to a Category 3 hurricane.
- 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) – Hurricane Felix weakens to a Category 2 hurricane.
- August 14
- 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) – Hurricane Felix weakens to a Category 1 hurricane.
- August 20
- 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) – Hurricane Felix weakens to a tropical storm.
- August 22
- 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT August 21) – Tropical Depression Nine forms from a tropical wave.
- 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Depression Nine intensifies into a tropical storm.
- 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Depression Ten forms from a tropical wave roughly 600 mi (970 km) east of the Lesser Antilles.
- 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Felix transitions into an extratropical cyclone roughly 300 mi (480 km) east-northeast of Newfoundland.
- 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) – Tropical Depression Ten intensified into a tropical storm.
- August 23
- 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Humberto intensifies into a Category 1 hurricane.
- 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Iris intensifies into a Category 1 hurricane.
- August 24
- 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) – Hurricane Humberto reaches its peak intensity with winds of 110 mph (180 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 968 mbar (28.6 inHg).
- 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) – Hurricane Iris weakens to a tropical storm.
- August 27
- 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Iris makes landfall near Montserrat, Antigua with winds of 60 mph (95 km/h).
- 2300 UTC (7:00 p.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Iris makes landfall on Barbuda with winds of 65 mph (105 km/h).
- August 28
- 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Iris re-intensifies into a Category 1 hurricane.
- August 31
- 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT )– Hurricane Humberto weakens to a tropical storm.
September
- September 1
- 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Humberto becomes absorbed within a larger extratropical low.
- 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) – Hurricane Iris reaches its peak intensity with winds of 110 mph (180 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 965 mbar (28.5 inHg) several hundred miles southeast of Bermuda.
- September 2
- 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) – Hurricane Iris weakens to a Category 1 hurricane.
- September 4
- 0600 UTC (2:00 a.m. EDT) – Hurricane Iris weakens to a tropical storm.
- 1200 UTC (8:00 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Iris transitions into an extratropical cyclone southeast of Newfoundland.
October
November
See also
Notes
- ^ An average season has eleven tropical storms, six hurricanes and two major hurricanes.
References
- ^ Pasch, Richard. "Hurricane Tanya Preliminary Report". National Hurricane Center. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/1995tanya.html. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
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