(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 1871tsbr,1872ts,1873tsbr,1874bdtsbr,1876,1877tsbr,1878tsbr,1878,1879,1880,1881br,1882ts,1882br,1885bd,1885tsbr, 1887-2,1887tsbr,1888ts,1889ts,1893-2bdts,1893ts,1893tsbr,1894-2tsbd,1897ts,1897-2tsbr,1899,1901ts,1907xtropts,1908br, 1908,1908ts,1910ts,1910xtropst,1912xtropst,1913,1918ts,1924br,1925xtropst,1928bdts,1933,1934xtrophbr,1936br,1937ts,1938xtropst, 1944br,1945ts,1946ts,1949br,1953,1954-3br,1955-2,1958,1960bdts,1960,1962ts,1964bdts,1964ts,1968br,1971ts,1971,1972bdts,1975tsbr, 1981ts,1982subtrop,1984,1985br,1986,1995xtropstbd,1996tsbr,1996-2,1996xtropstbd,1998,1999ts,1999,1999br,2002tsbr,2003, 2004ts,2005,2006tsbr,2007ts,2007xtropstbd,2008tsbr,2011
92 times in 140 yrs end of 2011
Names from list
above Barbara,Carol,Edna,Hazel,Connie,Ione,Helene,Brenda,Donna,Isabell,Alma,Dora,Isbell,Gladys,Doria,Ginger ,Agnes,Hallie,Dennis,Diana,Gloria,Charley,Andrew,Arther,Allison,Bertha,Fran,Bonnie,Dennis,Floyd,Gustav, ,Isabel,Charley,Ophelia,Ernesto,Gabrielle,Barry,Cristobal,Irene,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=52, 56.52% H=40, 43.48%
Longest gap between storms 8 years 1986-1995
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 1.52 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(hurricane force winds for a few hours) (27h)once every 5.19 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 101 mph
Statistically when this area should be affected
next before the end of the 2013 season 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 from the south with 85mph winds .
This areas
hurricane past 1876 Sept 17th 85mph from the south,2 dead in Onslow countyfrom Okracoke to rocky mount reports were gathered of killed & injured. 1878 Oct 22nd, 105mph from the south just west an anemometer registered 138mph
before being blown . 1879 aug 18th a hurricane from the SSW with 115mph winds 1880, 80mph sept 9th from SSW 1885bd hit 80mph Aug 25th from the WSW 1887 Aug 20th, 120mph to the east from the S.W 1887 just 4 days later Aug 24th, 125mph winds just east from the S.W 1899 aug 17th a hurricane with 120mph winds hits just east & north from the S.E ,the whaling communities of shakleford banks were destroyed 1908 July 31st 80mph from the S.W 1913 Sept 3rd,85mph from the S.E 1933 Sept 16th,95mph from the ESE 1944 Pamlico sound back washed on the capes with
105mph winds 1953 hurricane Barbara hits with 105mph winds on Aug 14th from the south ,1 killed 1/2 dozen injured.Reported lull for 15 minutes at 9:30PM.Roofs blown off several homes.weather map 1955 Aug 12th,hurricane connie to the east by 25 miles 75mph from the south gusts to 83mph Newspaper headline 1955 hurricane Ione Sept 19th,
105mph from the south. 1958 sept 27th hurricane Helene brushes just SE by 25 miles with 125mph winds from the WSW tides here rose 8 ft,heavy coastal damage 1960 sept 11th hurricane Donna hits with 110mph winds from the SSW causing moderate to heavy damage here 100 injured more here 1971 Sept 30th Hurricane Ginger hits with 80mph winds from the S.E 1984 Sept 12th, hurricane Diana hits from the WSW just south with 105mph winds 1986 Aug 17th,hurricane Charley just east with 75mph
winds 1996 hurricane Bertha july 12th,105mph, 45 miles to the south area had gusts tp
100mph bertha had winds of 105mph press 28.85. Newspaper article | Radar 1996 sept 5th,hurricane Fran just S.W
with 115mph winds from the SSE. Newspaper headline | #2 | satelite image 1998 Aug 27th Hurricane Bonnie hits with 85mph winds while moving N.E back out to sea. 1999 Hurricane Floyd Sept 16th 75mph winds from the SSW
2003 Sept 18th Hurricane Isabel hits with 100mph winds causing moderate damage. Moving NW @24mph some roof damage,some coastal homes destroyed. 1 killed here, 400 or 500 houses with flood damage.Mill Creek also suffered extensive road flooding. East part of Carteret county hit hard & west had minimal damage.The city’s old number two fire station near Camp Glenn had the flat portion of its roof lifted up and suffered some damage. | damage photos | Newspaper article
2005 Sept 15th Hurricane Ophelia passes just south with 90mph winds Northern eyewall over Morehead city for a couple of hours.Heavy damage by surge in Salter path.Pier badly damaged in Atlantic bch. Widespread power outages with some roof damage & coastal flooding.Damage in Salter path
2011 Aug 27th Hurricane Irene hits from the south with 85mph winds .Soybean losses amounted to about 40 percent.Cotton losses were at least 65 percent.Emerald Isle ,Morehead city and Beaufort reported the largest figures for damages topping $700,000 in preliminary estimates . 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.............
Morehead City,North carolina's history with
tropical systems
