Dauphin Island,Alabama's history with tropical
systemscurrent weather(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
1880br,1881ts,1882br,1885bd,1887ts,1893,1895tsbr,1900ts,1901-02-04ts,1906,
1910,1911br,1912br,1914tsbr,1916br,1919tsbr,1922tsbr,1923tsbr,
1926,1932,1934ts,1939ts,1944tsbr,1947ts,1950,1956br,1959ts,1960tsbr,1979,
1985,1985tsbr,1995br,1997,1998br,.2002ts,2004,2005-2tsbr,2005,2009ts
42 times in 139yrs end of
2009
Names from list
above
Baker,Irene,Ethell,Dora,Frederic,Elena,Juan,Erin,Danny,Georges,Hanna,Ivan,Arlene,Cindy,Katrina,Ida,
How often this area gets
affected?
brushed or hit every 3.31 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes)
(12h)once every 11.58 years
Statistically when this area should be affected
next
affected in 2009
Last affected by
2009 tropical storm Ida hits directly Nov 10th while moving NE with 50mph winds.
This
areas hurricane past
1906 press 28.84 high storm surge sept 27th 130mph winds cause heavy damage
1926 a cat 1 hits from the east while weakening.Newspaper headline
1932 a cat
1 hits the area
1956 hurricane Flossy dumps very heavy rain here while passing to the south
1979 sept 12th frederic hits just east with 130mph winds gusts to
145mph but due to being east frederic pulled water away from shore.moderate
damage here an 11 ft surge near mainland wipes out the causeway leading to dauphin island. Damage photo | Newspaper headline
1985 hurricane elena sept 2nd brushes 15 miles to the west area gets 100mph winds
with gusts to 135mph,moderate damage.Dauphin Is.,AL 3:08 am 9/2 98 mph 122 mph --Dauphin Island, AL 5.6 Transit to debris
Beach Road- bayside line, BM 4 ft. Most of Dauphin Island was inundated.Wind map
1995 erin hit pensacola with 85mph gusts to 105mph minor
damage to dauphin island
1997 danny hits direct with 80mph winds bar 29.06
stayed near the same area for almost 24hrs with sustained winds on dauphin
island at 70mph(some minor roof damage)very heavy rain 2 killed.
2004 ,sept 16th very early morning,Hurricane Ivan just East by 25 miles with 130mph winds moving NNE over Eastern Alabama with Ivan having a wind field approx 85 miles out.Moderate damage here with reports of tidal flooding. Ivan wind swath map
Aug 29th Hurricane Katrina hits western Mississippi as a cat3/4 passing approx 80 west of here. Dauphin island reports heavy damage to many structures,oil rig washes onshore.Dauphin island (dpia1) - 986.1 mb at 1450 utc ,Surge dauphin island (daua1) 6.63ft at 1645 utc,gusts to 102mph .Storm tide flooding occurred on dauphin island with the west end
of the island completely submerged. Damaged oil rig near shore
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.............
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