(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 1871-2bdts,1873ts,1874bd,1877bdts,1878bd,1878bdts,1880bdts,1880bdtsbr,1881br,1882bdts,1884tsbr,1885,1885-2bdts,1885bdtsbr,1886tsbd,1888bd 1889bdts,1893bdts,1893-2,1894,1896bd,1898,1899bdtsbr,1900bdts,1906ts,1907bdts,1910bdts,1912ts,1914ts, 1915ts,1916bdts,1926tsbr,1928bd,1932bdts,1934tsbr,1936tsbr,1938tsbd,1944bdts,1945bdts,1947tsbd,1947ts,1953tsbd,1960bdts,1960br,1964tsbd 1964,1968ts,1972subts,1976subts,1979,1984tsbd,2005ts,2008tsbr
56 times in 140yrs end of 2011
Names
from list above Brenda,Donna,Cleo,Dora,Abby,David,Isadore,Tammy,Fay,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=42, 75.00% H=14, 25.00%
Longest gap between storms 20 years 1984-2005
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 2.50 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(hurricane force winds for at least a few hours) (12h)once every 11.67 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 99mph
Statistically when this area should be affected
next 1 year overdue
Last affected by 2008 Aug 21st & 22nd Tropical storm Fay moves inland well south of here with 60mph winds moving slowly inland.
This areas hurricane past 1874 Sept 28th 75mph from the S.W
1878 sept 11th,cat 1 90mph just east while moving north from the SSW.
1885 Aug 24th,cat 2, 105mph just east while moving north
1888 Oct 11th back door cat 1 80mph from the SW
1893 Aug 27th 115mph from the SSE just east
1893 Oct 13th 120mph from the south just east
1894 Sept 26th 80mph from the SSW
1896 Sept 29th 105mph from the SSW just west
1898 Oct 2nd 130mph bar 28.95 4 ft
storm surge $500,000 damage,Ft clinch flooded up to 8 ft winds of 90 to 100mph reported here as the Hurricane hit near Brunswick, Georgia as a cat 4. Hurricane was moving WNW @ 15mph,Fernandina bch inundated during this event..
1928 Sept 17th a cat 1 85mph from the south 1950 tropical storm easy well to west dumps over 12 inches of rain here.
1964 Sept 10th ,Dora hits with 110mph just south from the East
1979 Sept 4th,Hurricane David passes 30 miles to the east with 95mph winds while moving north.
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.............
Fernandina Beach,Florida's history with tropical
systems
