(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 1871bd,1871bdts,1871,1872tsbr,1873ts,1874,1877ts,1878,1879ts,1880bdts,1880tsbr,1880,1882br,1885ts,1886br, 1886,1888bdts,1888,1889ts,1893tsbr,1896,1898bdtsbr,1899tsbr,1902tsbr,1903bdtsbr,1909bdts,1910bdtsbr,1916bdtsbr,1920ts,1921, 1926bdtsbr,1928bdts,1928tsbr,1928bd,1930tsbr,1933bdts,1934bdts,1935br,1939bdts,1940bdts,1944bdbr,1945,1945bdbr,1946ts,1947ts, 1949bdts,1950,1950bdtsbr,1950ts,1960bdbr,1966br,1968,1974subtsbr,1982subts,1984bdts,1985br,1995
bdts,2000ts,2004-2bdts,2008tsbdbr 61 times in 140yrs end of 2011
Names from list above Easy,King,Love,Donna,Alma,Gladys,Isadore,Elena,Erin,Gordon, Frances,Jeanne,Fay,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=40, 65.57% H=21, 34.43%
Longest gap between storms 9 years 1950-1960 & 1985-1995
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 2.30 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes,not including back door hurricanes) (13h)once every 10.77 years
Statistically when this area should be affected
next 1 year overdue
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 96 mph
Last affected
by 2008 Aug 22nd Tropical storm Fay moves west well North of here with 45mph winds while moving slowly west towards the panhandle. .
This areas hurricane
past 1871 Aug 17th,80mph from the SSE just east of here
1871 Sept 6th, 80mph from the WSW just north of here
1874 Sept 27th 80mph from the S.W
1878 Sept 10th, 105mph from the SSW
1880 Oct 8th ,80mph from the S.W
1886 July 18th ,80mph from the SSW
1888 Oct 10th 105mph just north from the S.W
1896 Sept 29th, 125mph from the SSW just north
1921 Oct 25th a cat 2 hurricane hits with 100mph winds from the S.W approx 40 miles south of here storm surges of 6 to 10 ft were reportedin many locations most notably in the tampa bay area where 10 ft was reported unofficial reports of 8 killed.
1928 Sept 17th,110mph from the SSE just east of here
1945 June 24th 90mph from the S.W while moving in just north of here
1950 Sept 5th,Easy hits with 120mph winds from the WSW after doing a loop in gulf heavy
flooding nearly 40 inches of rain . weather map
1968 hurricane Gladys oct 18th,80mph from the S.W gusts to 100mph while moving NE press 28.85 mobile homes flipped & some roof damage as far inland as Ocala. 6 1/2 ft storm tides observed in area & down to Sarasota. 3 motorist reported killed,less than 6 inches of rain recorded. Hurricane hunter has turbulence problems with Bob Sheets aboard 1 seriously injured. 1985 Hurricane Elena with 115mph winds brushes by to the west while looping in the gulf 65 miles to the west causing some coastal flooding here newspaper article #1 | newspaper article #2 1995 erin b.d hit just south with 65 mph
winds
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.............
Homosassa,Florida's history with tropical
systems
