(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 1876-77-78bdts,1879bd,1881bdbr,1885bdbr,1887xtropstbd,1888bdts,1889bdbr,1892bdts 1893bdts,1893bdbr,1894bd,1897-2ts,1899,1899bdbr,1901,1907xtropst,1908br,1910ts,1918ts,1924xtropstbd,1925ts 1928tsbd,1933ts,1933br,1935bdts,1936br,1942ts,1944br,1944bdts,1953,1955-2ts, 1956xtropsstbd,1960bdts,1960,1961bdts,1964extropstbd,1971ts,1972bdts,1984ts,1985br,1986ts,1992tsbr,1995xtropbdbr, 1996bd,1996bdbr,1996bdxtropstbr,1998tsbdbr,1998xtropstbd,1999 ,2003,2004bdts,2006xtropstbd,2007tsbd,2008tsbdbr,2011 59
times in 140yrs end of 2011
Names
from list
above Barbara,Connie,Ione,Brenda,Donna,Doria,Agnes,Diana,Gloria,Andrew Danielle,Allison,Bertha,Fran,Josephine,Bonnie,Floyd ,Earl,Isabel,Charley,Hanna,Irene,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=38, 64.41% H=21, 35.59%
Longest gap between storms 11 years 1972-1984
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) (10h)once every14.00 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 86mph
Statistically when this area should be affected
next affected in 2011 This is just a statistical average &
does not mean the area will be affected by that year
Last affected by 2011 Aug 27th, Hurricane Irene hits with 80mph winds while moving NNE.
This areas hurricane past 1879 Aug 18th from the south with 115mph winds moving north 1894 A tropical storm regains Hurricane strength with 80mph winds while pulling away on Sept 29th 1899 Aug 18th 80mph from the S.E 1901 July 11th from the east category 1 winds 80mph
1935 the remnants of the 1935 labor day hurricane that hit the keys causes tonadoes in this area on the way out to sea. 1953 aug 13th hurricane Barbara hits from the south with 80mph gusts to 90mph. weather map 1955 Connie a slow moving hurricane with 75mph winds weakened to tropical storm while hitting Elizabeth city,Connie causes 7
ft tides & destroyes the beaches .Newspaper headline 1960 Sept 12th Hurricane Donna passes by just east while moving NNE with 105mph winds 1996 Bertha,July 13th,75mph from the south 1999 Sept 16th Hurricane Floyd hits from the SSW with 80mph winds
2003 Sept 18th Hurricane Isabel passes approx 50 miles to the west while moving NNW. Isabel approx 85mph at the passage downed many trees & virtually all of Elizabeth city was without power.Scores of downed trees, snapped power lines and at least one death left a testament to the fury of the storm. And some residents might not see power restored for two weeks, officials said. A 25-year-old woman, Angelique Jones, was killed on Carl Drive, a street in the Cape Colony subdivision, when a tree fell on her Honda Passport at about 1:30 p.m. Five injured by flying glass at evacuation shelter here. Newspaper headline | damage photos | Newspaper article
2011 Aug 27th, Hurricane Irene hits with 80mph winds while moving NNE causing minor damage. Official high wind gust was 74mph in Elizabeth city with sustained around 50mph Aug 27-28th. 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.............
Elizabeth City,North carolina's history with
tropical systems
