hurricanes with 2 major landfalls

[docjoe]

Outside of Andrew, how many hurricanes have made more than one landfall as a major in the U.S.?

docjoe

[Jim Cantore]

Betsy
Donna (Keys and mainland)
Katrina

thats all I have for now

[tornadotony]

Long Island Express 1938 (LI and New England)
Camille (Mouth of MS and Mississippi)
The Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 (not completely sure)

[AussieMark]

the ones that come to mind without thinking are

Great Miami Hurricane of 1926


Donna - 1960


Betsy - 1965

[Jim Cantore]

[Jim Cantore]

[MGC]

Most people think of Camille as affecting Mississippi. But, Camille did make landfall in Louisiana first........MGC

[TSmith274]

Most people think of Camille as affecting Mississippi. But, Camille did make landfall in Louisiana first........MGC

Yes, and actually very near Buras, as Katrina did. I belive it was more toward Venice, which is only about 10 miles south... or perhaps Pilottown which is about another ten miles south. One interesting thing is that with both landfalls being so close, Katrina wiped lower Plaquemines off the map. Camille, while bad, didn't turn the lower end of the parish into a complete wasteland, as Katrina did. However, I suppose 15-20 miles can make a huge difference.

[Derek Ortt]

I do not believe that the center of the eye crossed LA; thus, it did not technically make landfall, but instead scored a direct hit. The effects were the same though for Plaquemines

[boca]

Wilma was a major as it went into SW Florida with 120mph winds. Look at the advisory.

Hurricane WILMA
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HURRICANE WILMA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 36A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
7 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

...WILMA MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA...

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA
KEYS... INCLUDING THE DRY TORTUGAS AND FLORIDA BAY...ALONG THE
FLORIDA WEST COAST FROM LONGBOAT KEY SOUTHWARD... AND ALONG THE
FLORIDA EAST COAST FROM TITUSVILLE SOUTHWARD... INCLUDING LAKE
OKEECHOBEE.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST
COAST NORTH OF LONGBOAT KEY TO STEINHATCHEE RIVER...AND ALONG THE
FLORIDA EAST COAST NORTH OF TITUSVILLE TO ST. AUGUSTINE.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE NORTHEAST COAST
OF FLORIDA FROM NORTH OF ST. AUGUSTINE TO FERNANDINA BEACH.

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CUBAN PROVINCES OF
CIUDAD DE LA HABANA...LA HABANA...AND PINAR DEL RIO. A TROPICAL
STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLE OF YOUTH. A HURRICANE
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PROVINCE OF MATANZAS. THESE WARNINGS
AND WATCHES WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED LATER THIS MORNING.

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN
BAHAMAS...INCLUDING THE ABACOS...ANDROS ISLAND...BERRY ISLANDS...
BIMINI...ELEUTHERA...GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND...AND NEW PROVIDENCE.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 7 AM EDT...1100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA WAS LOCATED JUST
INLAND NEAR LATITUDE 26.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 81.4 WEST OR ABOUT 10
MILES NORTH OF EVERGLADES CITY FLORIDA.

WILMA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH AND A CONTINUED
INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON
THIS TRACK THE CENTER WILL CROSS THE SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA AND
MOVE INTO THE ATLANTIC LATER TODAY. THIS IS A LARGE HURRICANE AND
THE STRONGEST WINDS IN THE EYEWALL EXTEND WELL AWAY FROM THE
CENTER. PERSONS ARE ADVISED NOT TO VENTURE OUTDOORS DURING THE
RELATIVE CALM OF THE EYE BECAUSE WINDS WILL SOON INCREASE QUITE
RAPIDLY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 120 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WILMA
IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.
SOME WEAKENING IS LIKELY AS WILMA CROSSES THE SOUTHERN FLORIDA
PENINSULA TODAY.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230
MILES. A WIND GUST TO 95 MPH WAS REPORTED AT EVERGLADES CITY AND A
GUST TO 75 MPH WAS REPORTED AT NAPLES FLORIDA.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 950 MB...28.05 INCHES.

STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 12 TO 18 FT ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS
STILL POSSIBLE ALONG THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST NEAR AND TO THE
SOUTH OF WHERE THE CENTER HAS MADE LANDFALL. STORM SURGE
FLOODING OF 5 TO 9 FT ABOVE NORMAL IS POSSIBLE IN THE FLORIDA KEYS
AND FLORIDA BAY... AS WELL AS IN LAKE OKEECHOBEE. STORM SURGE
FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN
COAST OF FLORIDA.

WILMA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES...ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FLORIDA KEYS. WESTERN CUBA MAY SEE
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH TODAY.
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE
NORTHWEST BAHAMAS.

TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
FLORIDA PENINSULA AND THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY.

REPEATING THE 7 AM EDT POSITION...26.1 N... 81.4 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 22 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...120 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 950 MB.

AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 9 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM
EDT.

FORECASTER PASCH

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Tropical Cyclone, Tropical Weather, & TPC Information Topics

[boca]

Other majors were Charley, Hugo, Jeanne, also Brett which hit S. Texas.

[cheezyWXguy]

Ya, but none of those made to landfalls as majors

[Scorpion]

We're talking about hurricanes that struck the US twice as a major. I do not understand how New Orleans barely got scathed by Camille since she was a Cat 5 and Camille hit within 10 miles of Katrina.

[boca]

Wima was a Cat 3 according to the advisory I posted. I thought a Cat 3 is considered a Major. 10 miles north of Everglade City is on the coast.

[boca]

Scorpion you are right I missed the title of the thread my bad. I was thinking just majors hitting the US.

[gtalum]

We're talking about hurricanes that struck the US twice as a major. I do not understand how New Orleans barely got scathed by Camille since she was a Cat 5 and Camille hit within 10 miles of Katrina.

Camille was tiny and Katrina was huge.

[BayouVenteux]

We're talking about hurricanes that struck the US twice as a major. I do not understand how New Orleans barely got scathed by Camille since she was a Cat 5 and Camille hit within 10 miles of Katrina.

Camille was tiny and Katrina was huge.

Yep. According to the Post-Camille NWS Preliminary Report:

New Orleans, with the exception of the extreme eastern portion of the city, was spared the full fury of Camille's winds because of their small areal extent particularly in the storm's western quadrants. Sustained winds reached 40 to 50 miles an hour with gusts to 60 miles an hour in most of the city; however over eastern sections gusts probably reached 100 miles an hour. Damage was mostly minor glass and roof problems.

Even taking in to account Katrina's massive wind field and mammoth storm surge, many people are of the opinion that if the Orleans Parish levee system had held up during and immediately following Katrina, history would now state that the city "dodged a bullet" once again, when compared to the devastation that occurred in Plaquemines, St. Bernard and the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

But of course, that's not what happened.

[terstorm1012]

Hugo did hit the US twice as a major.

Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands ARE part of the United States.

[Lindaloo]

Katrina was not a major for south Florida.

[Lindaloo]

We're talking about hurricanes that struck the US twice as a major. I do not understand how New Orleans barely got scathed by Camille since she was a Cat 5 and Camille hit within 10 miles of Katrina.

Camille was tiny and Katrina was huge.

Camille was not that tiny. That is/was a myth.

Hurricane Georges. Hit Puerto Rico then me.