(br)=brush (ts)=Tropical Storm
(bd)=Back Door,meaning coming from over land from opposite coast.Not all names
are noted,also storms before 1950 were not named.Not every stat on every storm
description is given(since 1871).
Years
within 60
miles 1871,1874,1877ts,1878,1879br,1879ts,1882,1884br,1885ts,1887ts,1887br,1888,1889ts,1891,1893br,1896br, 1899,1900ts,1901tsbr,1903ts,1906br,1908,1919,1921ts,1924,1926-2,1928ts,1928,1932ts,1932-2br,1933br, 1933,1935tsbr,1938ts,1939ts,1940tsbr,1941ts,1942ts,1945,1946ts,1952tsbr,1954,1956br,1959tsbr,1960,1963, 1981-3ts,1985,1995tsbr,1996br,2004,2005ts ,2008tsbr,2008br,2011
59 times in 140yrs end of 2011
Names from list
above Charlie,Hazel,Betsy,Gracie,Donna,Flora,Arlene,Gert,Katrina,kate,Erin,Lili, Frances,Rita ,Hanna,Ike,Irene,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=26, 44.06% H=33, 55.93%
Longest gap between storms 17 years 1963-1981
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 2.37 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(hurricane force winds for at least a few hours) once every 6.67 years (21h)
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 112mph
Statistically when this area should be affected
next affected in 2011
Last affected by 2011 Aug 24th Hurricane Irene passes over while moving WNW with 115mph winds causing heavy damage.
This areas hurricane past 1871, Aug 23rd,105mph just north from the ESE 1874 Nov 3rd,80mph from the SSW 1878 Sept 29th,90mph from the south just east 1882 Sept 3rd, 90mph from the ESE 1888 sept 3rd,115mph from the ESE direct hit many killed 1891 Aug 22nd,95mph from the ESE 1899 Aug 10th,120mph from the ESE just south 1908 Sept 12th, 110mph from the ESE just south 1919 Sept 7th,105mph just north from the ESE 1924 Nov 11th 80mph from the S.W 1926 July 25th 125mph from the SE 427 homes destroyed.
1926 sept 17th 150mph winds eye passed just north from the ESE .Storm surge killed many and mass graves were used to bury the dead. 1928 Sept 15th,155mph from the ESE 1933 Aug 31st,85mph from the ESE 1933 Sept 3rd passes just north with 140mph winds,nearly every home severely damaged. Fourteen people drowned with 8 missing. 1945 Sept 14th, 120mph from the ESE 1954 Hurricane Hazel passes just east with 105mph winds while moving north on Oct 14th. 1960 in september 7th hurricane Donna
hit with 135mph winds for 13 hrs totally destroying the island,90% of homes suffered extreme damage more here | Gordon Dunn talks about forecasting Donna 1963 Oct 8th,hurricane
Flora hits with 85mph from the WSW just south causing moderate to heavy damage 1985 Nov 18th, 90mph hurricane kate passes just south from the east
2004,Sept 2nd Hurricane Frances passes just North with 145mph winds,causing minor to moderate damage here from the ESE.
2011, Aug 24th Hurricane Irene passes over while moving WNW with 115mph winds causing heavy damage.Extreme heavy damage up to 90% NEMA said that 90 percent of the settlement at Lovely Bay, Acklins has been wiped out. Irene model history
Text Sources:The Major Hurricanes to affect the Bahamas Wayne Neely.....Hurricane Watch Dr. Bob Sheets & Jack Williams.....Inside the Hurricane Pete Davies.....The Ship & the Storm Jim Carrier.....Lunatic Wind William Price Fox...Sudden Sea R.A Scotti.....Hurricane Almanac Bryan Norcross.....Divine Wind Kerry Emanuel.....Florida's Hurricane History Jay Barnes.....Stormscaping Pamela Crawford.....Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States Rick Scwartz..... Killer Cane Robert Mykle..... Isaac's Storm Erik Larson.....Florida Hurricanes & Tropical Storms John M. Williams & Iver W.Duedall.....Path of destruction John McQuaid & Mark Schleifstein.....Sun sentinel newspaper(microfilm).....Miami Herald newspaper(microfilm).....NOAA research division.....hurricanecity.com (calculations) Jim Williams.....plus many more.............
Acklins Island's history with tropical
systems
