Cedar key's history with tropical
systems
(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.
Years
within 60
miles
1871bdts,1871,1872tsbr,1874,1877ts,1879ts,1880tsbr,1880bd,1880,1882br,1885ts
1886-2,1888,1888tsbd,1889tsbr,1893ts,1896,1899ts,1900ts,1907tsbr,1909bdts
1919ts,1920ts,1930ts,1932ts,1933bdts,1934tsbd,1935,1940bd,1941ts,1945br
1947ts,1949bdts,1950,1950ts,1968br,1985br,1990ts,1995br,1995tsbd,1996tsbr,2000 ts,2004tsbr,2004bdts,2006tsbr
46
times in 137yrs end of 2007
Names from list above
Easy,Gladys,Elena,Marco,Allison,Erin,Josephine,Gordon,Frances,Jeanne ,Alberto
How often this area gets
affected?
brushed or hit every 2.98 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes)
(11h)once every 12.45 years
Statistically when this area should be affected
next
before the end of the 2009 season
Last affected
by
2006 June 13th Tropical storm Alberto moving NE well well to the NW with 65mph winds causing 2 ft storm surge here.
This areas hurricane past
1871 sept 6th a 80mph cane hits from the SW
1874 sept 28th 80mph
1886 july 18th 95mph
1888 a hurricane kills 9 people here oct 10th95mph
1893 june 15th a minimal hurricane dumps heavy rain here
1896 sept 29th 10ft storm surge 100
killed,moving at 46mph. Tremendous destruction occurred in a 50 mile wide swath from Cedar Key to Savannah. Winds est near 125mph north of Cedar Key.
1935 sept 4th (labor day keys hurricane)3 killed heavy coastal damage winds of 90mph worst flooding since 1896
1941 oct 15 inches of rain minor damage
1950 EASY sept5th a storm surge of
5.1 ft with a cat 3 at low tide 38inches of rain 125mph winds 2/3rds of homes
destroyed press 28.30 many cars had strange spots on them as a result researches found low barometeric pressure caused air pockets under the paint which later dissapeared. weather map
1985 Hurricane Elena with 115mph winds brushes by to the west while looping in the gulf 50 miles to the west causing some coastal flooding here. This is not considered a direct hit with the following observations, Cedar Key,FL 3:30 pm 8/31 45 mph 60 mph S , Cedar Key, FL ___ Over the road debris newspaper article #1 | newspaper article #2
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