(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 1873ts,1878br,1879ts,1885ts,1886br,1887tsbr,1888bdts,1892ts,1894br,1897ts,1903bdts,1910bdbr,1921 1925,1928bdbr,1930tsbr,1933bd,1935,1937ts,1939tsbr,1940bdbr,1944 1945tsbr,1946ts,1947tsbr,1949bdbr,1950,1959tsbr,1960bd,1966br,1968br,1984tsbr 1988ts,1990ts,1995bdtsbr,2001ts,2004-2bdts,2007ts 39
times in 138 yrs end of 2008
Names from list
above Easy,Donna,Alma,Gladys,Isadore,keith,Marco,Erin,Gabrielle, Frances,Jeanne,Barry,
How often Tampa gets
affected? brushed or hit every 3.54 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes) (7h)once every 19.71 years
Statistically when Tampa should be affected
next before the end of the 2011 season
Last affected
by June 2nd,2007 a weakening Tropical Storm Barry moves in from the SW with 35 to 40mph winds.
This areas
hurricane past 1910
70mph blew water out of tampa bay from strong east winds grounding 40
ships 1921 Oct 25th,Tampa's Tides surged to almost 11 feet above normal when the 'Tarpon Springs' storm slammed ashore. It caused $3 Million in damages, and is blamed for the deaths of at least eight people. Pressure 952mb,125mph
1925 latest hurricane to ever hit land in fla december 1st with gusts to 75mph
1935 labor day florida keys hurricane passes approx 40 miles to the west of here with 105mph winds pressure here reported at entrance to tampa bay 28.94 at 11PM,Tampa reports 86mph winds. 1944 oct 19th first weather balloon flown into a hurricane
near tampa bay gusts here 100mph just east press 28.55. Forecaster Grady Norton foecasted a hit in Tampa 48 hrs earlier. 1946 80mph oct 8th 1950 easy hit N.W of tampa 60 mph winds tides 6.5
ft sept 5th,Hurricane Easy zig zags near the area going north while just west as a major hurricane ,then turning back south passing just NE of Tampa as a cat 1 with 80mph winds before moving away to the N.E. 1960 Hurricane Donna sept 10th coming from the south sustained winds out of north at 70mph with gusts to 83mph,press 29.11. more here 1966 alma just west with 75mph winds 1.5 million in damage june 9th 1968 gladys
85mph just north 5ft tides oct 18th
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.............
