Dauphin Island,Alabama's history with tropical systems
current 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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