(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.(since 1871)
Years
within 60 miles 1871br,1871bdts,1874bdts,1877-2bdtsbr,
1878bd,1878bdts, 1879bdts,1880bdts,1880bd,1885,1885bdts,1885bdtsbr,1886bdts,1888bdts,1888bd,1889tsbd,1893,
1894bd 1896bd,1897tsbd,1898,1900tsbd,1907-1910-1920tsbd,1928bd,1932tsbd,1934ts
bd 1936ts,1938tsbdbr,1940tsbd,1944bdts,1945bd,1947ts br,1950bdtsbr, 1960bdbr,
1964tsbd 1964,1968br,1979,1984tsbd,1988tsbr,2000tsbd,2005 ts,2008ts 46 times in 139yrs
end of 2009
Names from list
above Easy,Donna,cleo, dora, Gladys,david, isadore,chris,Gordon,Tammy,Fay,
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 3.02 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes,not including back door hurricanes) (12h)once every 11.58years
Statistically when this area should be affected
next before the end of 2012
Last affected (within 60 miles)by 2008 Aug 21st & 22nd Tropical storm Fay moves inland just south of here with 60mph winds moving slowly while causing heavy flooding..
This areas hurricane past 1871 a hurricane moves north approx 35 miles offshore 90mph winds would make a loop in the Atlantic & end up hitting Georgia. 1880 75mph Oct 8th 1886 july 14th a hurricane hits just south with 90mph winds while moving out to sea 1888 oct 11th 85mph from the SW 1893 115mph just off shore while moving north.Distance from downtown Jacksonville of 45 nm yields a central pressure of 943.5 mb at the storm’s closest point of approach to Jacksonville. Damage reports from the 1893 hurricane are very similar to damage sustained in Hurricane Floyd in 1999 and it appears the 1893 event was a similar storm for those areas.
1894 sept 26th a hurricane from the SW heavy damage to crops & homes passes just south & southeast with 80mph winds 1896 Sept 29th a very fast moving hurricane from the gulf of Mexico passes 40 miles west with 100mph winds causing heavy damage. 1898 Oct 2nd a major hurricane with 120mph winds moves into the Georgia N Florida border coming from the SE. 1928 sept 18 90mph 1944 oct 19th from the SW a Tropical storm causes a storm surge over 12 ft while moving NNE 1945 june 25th a hurricane from the SW passes just South with winds of minimal hurricane strength 1947 a
hurricane well to south produced a tornado on northern edge causing some
damage 1950 tropical storm Easy to west dumps over 12 inches of rain here 1964 dora sept 9th 110mph winds just south by 30 miles 3 killed 230mill in damage area battered by hurricane force winds for 15 hrs,heavy damage here. N.E winds @ 85mph observedNewspaper headline
1979 sept 4th David passes by just offshore by 40miles arguably a brush with 95mph 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.............
