When did Hurricane Floyd hit North Carolina?
1999
Long Beach, NC, September 17, 1999 — Hurricane Floyd brought a devastating 15-foot-high storm surge that destroyed or damaged hundreds of houses along this community’s ocean front.
How wide was Hurricane Floyd?
580 miles
Almost twice the size of typical Atlantic hurricanes, Floyd was some 580 miles (933 km) across and packed tropical storm-force winds (40 to 73 mph) or greater across that entire span.
What was the worst hurricane to hit North Carolina?
Hurricane Hazel was the deadliest and costliest hurricane of the 1954 hurricane season (Figure 1) and is the strongest and only Category 4 hurricane to ever hit the North Carolina coast.
How many people died from Hurricane Floyd?
87
Hurricane Floyd/Total fatalities
Why was Katrina storm surge so high?
“Katrina came into the Mississippi Gulf Coast on the worst possible track for a high storm surge,” he says. “The shallow depth of the offshore shelf in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as the bay-like shape of the shoreline, contributed to the high surge.”
What is the highest storm surge ever recorded?
27.8 feet
The all-time record for highest U.S. storm surge is Hurricane Katrina’s 27.8 feet in Pass Christian, Mississippi in 2005 (measured from a “still water” mark found inside a building where waves couldn’t reach).
Does North Carolina get a lot of hurricanes?
A total of 84 tropical cyclones made landfall over the 169-year period from 1851 to 2020, which means NC averages one tropical cyclone making landfall every two years. Of those 84 tropical storms, 52 of them were hurricanes, so NC averages one hurricane making landfall every 3.25 years.
Where did Hurricane Floyd hit in North Carolina?
Floyd’s huge rainfall totals and subsequent river flooding were at the time unprecedented in the history of the Carolinas. By the end of the storm, rainfall totals of 12 to 20 inches were reported from Georgetown and Conway, South Carolina, northward across eastern North Carolina and into southeastern Virginia.
Where was the strongest wind in Hurricane Floyd?
The strongest wind gusts reported locally occurred in the Wilmington area including 120 mph at the New Hanover County Emergency Operations Center, 122 mph on Topsail Beach, and 138 mph measured at a height of eight stories above ground level on a Wrightsville Beach hotel.
How big was the Hurricane Floyd in miles?
Yet, this was no ordinary Category 3 storm. Almost twice the size of typical Atlantic hurricanes, Floyd was some 580 miles (933 km) across and packed tropical storm-force winds (40 to 73 mph) or greater across that entire span.
Where did Hurricane Floyd hit on September 16, 1999?
Hurricane Floyd: September 16, 1999 Location Peak Wind (kt) Peak Wind (mph) Pressure (mb) Rainfall FLORIDA Daytona Beach 60 69 991.8 1.23 Melbourne (airport) 59 68 989.1 1.35 GEORGIA