Hurricane Florida August 2004

Hurricane charley forecast map from the morning of august 13 2004.

Hurricane florida august 2004. Nearly every square inch of florida felt the impacts from at least one of those four storms. The national hurricane center estimated sustained winds up to 95 mph with gusts up to 115 mph and movement to the north at 16 mph. Aftermath from hurricane charley throughout punta gorda port charlotte and zolfo springs florida in august 2004. Hurricane charley august 13 2004 the hurricane intensified rapidly before becoming a powerful category four storm with estimated surface winds of 145 mph 126 kts.

Several weeks later on september 5 hurricane frances made landfall as a category 2 at hutchinson island on the florida east. State and since 1851 only eighteen hurricane seasons passed without a known storm impacting the state. Due to the development of a modoki el niño a rare type of el niño in which unfavorable conditions are produced over the eastern. Hurricane charley was a small but powerful hurricane.

Florida officially known as the sunshine state was dubbed the plywood state by media after it was battered by four hurricanes in only six weeks during the 2004 hurricane season. The list of florida hurricanes encompasses approximately 500 tropical or subtropical cyclones that affected the state of florida more storms hit florida than any other u s. 2000 florida gulf of mexico cuba tampa st. It is rare for hurricanes to make landfall as a category 4 or 5 and to intensify rapidly just before making landfall.

This is a satellite image showing hurricane charley approaching the florida coast on august 13 2004 at 11 15 am. Landfall occurred during the afternoon of august 13th with the patch continuing about 100 miles south of the line track. Petersburg iso topic. It intensified rapidly just before moving onshore near cayo costa florida on august 13 2004 as a category 4 hurricane on the saffir simpson scale.

Collectively cyclones that hit the region have resulted in over 10 000 deaths most of which occurring prior to the. The 2004 atlantic hurricane season was a very deadly destructive and hyperactive atlantic hurricane season with over 3 200 deaths and more than 61 billion 2004 usd in damage more than half of the 16 tropical cyclones brushed or struck the united states. Charley made landfall along the west coast of florida just north of fort myers at cayo costa on friday 13th. Post time appears in print every thursday in.

From noaa hurricane frances.