StormLover
(Weather Watcher)
Sat Aug 28 2004 03:45 PM
HurricaneFran'96

Hurricane Fran made landfall in early Sept. 1996. It was a Category 3 storm when it came ashore. What were the max sustained winds when it came ashore? Opal was also a Category 3 when it made landfall in the Fla. panhandle a year earlier. Was Fran more powerful than Opal?


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