A few make it across, here are four C. V. classics

StormWarning1 · #1 Postby **StormWarning1** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:19 pm

Not saying TD 4 will end up like any of these, but there are a few storms that become TD's off the coast of Africa and make it all the way to the
U. S.

1980 Hurricane Allen almost hit Brownsville as a cat 4 before stalling and turning northwest.
http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/at198001.asp

1938 New England Hurricane
http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/at193804.asp

1928 Lake Okeechobee, Floridas worst in terms of loss of life and surely one of the strongest.
http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/at192804.asp

1915 Galveston, this is the strongest to ever hit the upper Texas coast in the 1851 to 2005 period.
http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/at191502.asp

#2 Postby **skysummit** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:21 pm

The few, the proud...the C.V. monsters.

Extremeweatherguy · #3 Postby **Extremeweatherguy** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:21 pm

2 of the 4 hit TX!?! That's crazy. What a long way for them to travel!

This time though I highly doubt the system will make it that far.

#4 Postby **curtadams** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:27 pm

Note - they all started out moving more or less due west. TD4 is still hard to locate exactly but it has a substatial N component to its movement - making a US strike pretty unlikely.

HurricaneHunter914 · #5 Postby **HurricaneHunter914** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:32 pm

Ivan and Andrew (I think) should be added to that list.

#6 Postby **angelwing** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:00 pm

Where did Floyd originate from...just wondering if it came from the same area Gloria and Agnes did

Thatsmrhurricane · #7 Postby **Thatsmrhurricane** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:08 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Floyd_1999_track.png

I hope I never see anything like that anytime soon in my life. We stayed in Rocky Mount NC with my parents. Would have been better off at the beach with the flooding in the coastal plains region. They still have not fixed everything that was broken as a result of Floyd in those areas most flooded.

#8 Postby **angelwing** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:14 pm

Thank you!!!

Thatsmrhurricane · #9 Postby **Thatsmrhurricane** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:15 pm

Fran made it all the way across:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fran_1996_track.png

Glad I was not at the beach for that one!

Thatsmrhurricane · #10 Postby **Thatsmrhurricane** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:18 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelle_%28hurricane%29

Isabelle formed not far off the African coast. Do not want to go there.

MetroMike · #11 Postby **MetroMike** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:34 pm

According to TWC Hurricane Hugo made it across too!

Jim Cantore · #12 Postby **Jim Cantore** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:38 pm

Ivan, Frances, Fran, Georges, Hugo, Frederic, Gloria, Donna, just to name a few.

#13 Postby **TampaFl** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:40 pm

And Hurrricane Donna of 1960. (Though it was a little further south than TD 4).

http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/at196005.asp

Robert 8-)

Patrick99 · #14 Postby **Patrick99** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 7:32 pm

I think Andrew should be in that list, though admittedly it was a storm that took a long time and covered a great distance before really becoming anything. Sucker fought shear the entire way across the Atlantic until it started heading west into Florida.

yeah, hurricane "It's Too Close to the Equator to Form!" Ivan....

jdray · #15 Postby **jdray** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:23 pm

http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atl ... /track.gif
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Dora_1964_track.png

Probably the closet to form to Africa...

hurricanedude · #16 Postby **hurricanedude** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:50 am

Hurricane isabel made it too

http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookin ... o_eye.html

A few make it across, here are four C. V. classics

A few make it across, here are four C. V. classics

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