(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 1872br,1880bdbr,1881ts,1882br,1885bd,1887ts,1889br,1893,1895tsbr,1900ts,1901,1902-04ts,1906,1909,1911br,1912ts,
1916,1919tsbr,1922-23tsbr,1926,1932,1934-39ts,1944ts,1950,1959tsbr,1969br,1979,1985br,1995,1997,1998,2002ts,2004,2005-2tsbr,2005-2br,2009ts 41
times in 139yrs end of 2009
Names
from list
above Baker,Judith,Camille,Frederic,Elena,Erin,Danny,Georges,Hanna,Ivan,Arlene,Cindy,Dennis,Katrina,Ida,
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 3.39 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes) (13h)once every 10.69 years
Statistically when this area should be affected
next before the end of 2013
Last affected by 2009 tropical storm Ida hits Nov 10th while moving NE with 45mph winds.
This areas hurricane past 1901 storm
tide 7.4ft from a cat 1 july 11th 1906 a 10 ft s.s bar 28.50 sept 27th 130mph winds. Update according to hurricane research division has it at cat 1 at landfall. 1909 sept a storm surge
of 7.8ft for a cat 1 1912 sept storm surge 4.4ft with a t.s 1916 bar 28.92
s.s 11.6ft with 80mph winds gusts to 106mph.7 killed & reports of heavy damage from Mobile to Pensacola,Florida. 1926 sept area was on west side of hurricane
& water was taken out of mobile bay with low of 10.9 ft below normal. Newspaper headline 1944
11 inches of rain fell 1950 baker a cat 1 brushes to east. 1969 even though camille was well to the west storm surge was still 10 ft here 1979 frederic sept 12th
132 mph heavy damage to mobile press 27.94 storm surge 12 ft. Newspaper headline | #2 | #3 1997 danny stalled 30 miles to south with
80mph winds bar 29.06 30 inches of rain
2004 ,sept 16th very early morning,Hurricane Ivan just East with 130mph winds moving NNE over Eastern Alabama with Ivan having a wind field approx 85 miles out.Moderate to heavy damage here from primarilly North & west winds. Ivan radar at landfall | Ivan wind swath map
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.............
