| neospaceblue |
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| Sat Aug 25 2007 12:20 AM |
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My list of Possible Category Five hurricanes
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Here is my list of storms that I think may have reached Category Five at peak intensity.
Before 1928
Great Hurricane of 1780 ( 1780 )
1856 Last Island Hurricane ( 1856 )
Indianola Hurricane of 1886 ( 1886 )
1893 Cheniere Caminada Hurricane ( 1893 )
Hurricane San Ciriaco ( 1899 )
Galveston Hurricane ( 1900 )
After 1928
Hurricane Fox ( 1952 )
Hurricane Hazel ( 1954 )
Hurricane Cleo ( 1964 )
Hurricane Betsy ( 1965 )
Hurricane Georges ( 1998 )
Hurricane Floyd ( 1999 )
Hurricane Lenny ( 1999 )
Hurricane Dennis ( 2005 )
( Post would have been more meaningful if you had added your rationale for the intensity upgrades.)
| dem05 |
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| Sat Aug 25 2007 05:59 PM |
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Re: My list of Possible Category Five hurricanes
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That is a pretty ambitious list! I don't know about all of those, but if memory serves me correctly, there has been research into the 1926 and the 1928 hurricanes as possible Category 5 hurricanes at landfall. I did not see them on your list. That said...Nothing substantial enough to call them Category 5 Hurricanes has been presented at this time. As far as more recent storms, I would dismiss Lenny and Dennis from the list for sure. And in the Recon era, I would also dismiss Georges from the list. All of these hurricanes were very severe none the less. I image that history will remain unchanged for all of these storms.
| Lysis |
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| Sun Aug 26 2007 01:08 AM |
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My father went through Betsy in 65'; we actually have 8mm film of the storm!
The NHC reports for storms of this antiquity are pretty thorough, and can be found here:
Archive
The database dates back to 1958, and offers a virtual treasure chest of information for history buffs such as myself.
Back to Betsy, a category 5 recertification would not be totally implausible; its 941mb central pressure would be suspect though. However, considering that Betsy was no where near its peak strength at either landfall, there is really no precedence for such an upgrade.
Hurricane history and climatology is a really great thing to get into, and I would encourage you to foster your interests in this regard.
| LisaC |
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| Mon Aug 27 2007 02:20 PM |
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Re: My list of Possible Category Five hurricanes
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Missing is Hurricane Andrew.
| CaneTrackerInSoFl |
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| Tue Aug 28 2007 12:27 AM |
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Hurricane Andrew was already given the official upgrade.
| neospaceblue |
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| Wed Jun 10 2009 01:36 PM |
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Re: My list of Possible Category Five hurricanes
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I realize that it has been two years since I first made this post, but since then I have become a more experienced hurricane tracker and looking back at some of my estimates, I have removed some storms, and added others.
Indianola (1886) - I believe that the Indianola storm hit 140kts before striking Texas, taking into account that it was still intensifying when it reached the coast.
Sea Islands (1893) - HURDAT lists it as maintaining 105kts for about 4-5 days. It likely got up to a Category 5 sometime during this time period.
Florida Keys (1919) - Had a similar track to Hurricane Rita. Taking into consideration that the storm was 130kts in the keys, and still had not moved into the Gulf, it probably reached at least 145kts at peak intensity, and maybe as high as 155kts if it crossed the loop current.
Hazel (1954) - Probably a Category 5 in the southern Carribbean.