(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 1877,1881ts,1882,1885ts,1887ts,1889ts,1893,1894ts,1895tsbr,1900tsbr,1901,1902ts,1904tsbr,1906, 1907ts,
1911,1912,1914tsbd,1916-2,1917,1919tsbr,1923-2tsbr,
1926,1932,1934ts,1939ts,1944tsbr,1947ts,1950,1955tsbr,1956,1959ts,1960tsbr,1964bdxtropst,1969br,1979,
1985,1985tsbr,1995br,1997,1998br,.2002ts,2004,2005-2tsbr,2005,2009ts 49 times in 140yrs end of
2011
Names from list
above Baker,Irene,Flossy,Ethell,Hilda,Camille,Dora,Frederic,Elena,Juan,Erin,Danny,Georges,Hanna,Ivan,Arlene,Cindy,Katrina,Ida,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=27, 55.10% H=22, 44.89%
Longest gap between storms 9 years 1969-1979 & 1985-1995
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 2.86 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(hurricane force winds for at least a few hours) (19h)once every 7.37 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 101mph
Statistically when this area should be affected
next before the end of the 2012 season
Last affected by 2009 tropical storm Ida hits directly Nov 10th while moving NE with 50mph winds.
This
areas hurricane past 1877 Sept 19th 80mph from the WSW 1882 Sept 9th 115mph from the SW 1893 Oct 2nd 105mph from the S.W 1901 90mph from the SW Aug 15th 1906 press 28.84 high storm surge sept 27th 130mph winds cause heavy damage 1911 Aug 11th 80mph from the S.E 1912 Sept 13th 80mph from the south 1916 July 5th 120mph from the south 1916 Oct 18th 115mph from the SSW 1917 sept 28th 105mph from the S.W just SE of here 1926 Sept 20th,115mph from the ESE while weakening.Newspaper headline 1932 Aug 31st,a cat
1 80mph hits the area from the SE. 1950 Aug 30th Hurricane baker hits from the south with 85mph winds 1956 Sept 24th 90mph hurricane Flossy dumps very heavy rain here while passing to the south moving ENE 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 July 18th,danny hits direct from the SW 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.............
Dauphin Island,Alabama's history with tropical
systems
