Sept 1935 Key West Cat 5 Cane

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Sept 1935 Key West Cat 5 Cane

#1 Postby charleston_hugo_veteran » Sat Aug 28, 2004 4:43 pm

I was just listening to TWC and they are talking of all the Cat 5 canes that have hit U.S. 400 people died in the 1935 cane.

They also say Andrew was a Cat 5....hummmm....did not know that!
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#2 Postby NorthGaWeather » Sat Aug 28, 2004 4:45 pm

Yeah Andrew was a Cat 5. Camille killed close to 400 also.
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#3 Postby Brent » Sat Aug 28, 2004 4:46 pm

Andrew was upgraded to a Cat 5 in 2002.
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#4 Postby Typhoon_Willie » Sat Aug 28, 2004 4:46 pm

Yes after a review of all the damage report and other data it was decided that Andrew had reach cat 5 status at land fall...
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#5 Postby c5Camille » Sat Aug 28, 2004 4:49 pm

Andrew was cat 5 in the atlantic... cat 4 at landfall
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#6 Postby btsgmdad » Sat Aug 28, 2004 4:51 pm

After further review, the NHC revised Andrew's status in 2002
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#7 Postby NorthGaWeather » Sat Aug 28, 2004 4:53 pm

Andrew actually continued to intensify while making landfall and was at peak intensity over land.
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#8 Postby B-Bear » Sat Aug 28, 2004 4:53 pm

The 1900 Galveston hurricane HAD to be a cat 5, I would think, with a storm surge such as it had.
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#9 Postby ColdFront77 » Sat Aug 28, 2004 4:55 pm

charleston_hugo_veteran wrote:I was just listening to TWC and they are talking of all the Cat 5 canes that have hit U.S. 400 people died in the 1935 cane.

They also say Andrew was a Cat 5....hummmm....did not know that!

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#10 Postby KeyLargoDave » Sat Aug 28, 2004 4:58 pm

One correction. It's not the "Key West" 1935 hurricane. It made landfall around Long Key-Lower Matecumbe Key, about 60-plus miles northeast of Key West. It was before storms were assigned names, but today, it's almost universally known as the "Labor Day Hurricane."

A monument to the more than 400 killed actually holds the ashes of some victims, who were cremated in a pile of wood coffins where the monument stands, in Islamorada on Upper Matecumbe Key.

It's an absolutely fascinating and frightening storm, a lot's been written about it.
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#11 Postby c5Camille » Sat Aug 28, 2004 5:00 pm

andrew was actually more than 24 hours past peak... boarderline 3-4 at impact... documented
cat 4 at impact

http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/at199202.asp
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#12 Postby NorthGaWeather » Sat Aug 28, 2004 5:18 pm

Nope, Andrew continued to intensify over land.
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#13 Postby mf_dolphin » Sat Aug 28, 2004 5:20 pm

c5Camille wrote:andrew was actually more than 24 hours past peak... boarderline 3-4 at impact... documented
cat 4 at impact

http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/at199202.asp


You may have missed it above but the NHC upgraded Andrew to a CAT 5 in 2002. That's at landfall. :-)
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#14 Postby mb229 » Sat Aug 28, 2004 5:34 pm

Here's the link to the announcement:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/NOAA_pr_8-21-02.html
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#15 Postby Hurricanehink » Wed Oct 13, 2004 3:55 pm

Big news from Hurdat! The Labor Day storm was indeed stronger, and is now analyzed of having a peak intensity of 160 knots, or 185 M.P.H. Just letting you know. Here's the link. Go to "A reanalysis of 1926 and 1935".
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/presentations.html
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#16 Postby Stormsfury » Wed Oct 13, 2004 4:40 pm

Hurricanehink wrote:Big news from Hurdat! The Labor Day storm was indeed stronger, and is now analyzed of having a peak intensity of 160 knots, or 185 M.P.H. Just letting you know. Here's the link. Go to "A reanalysis of 1926 and 1935".
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/presentations.html


Finally, it's been released to the public ... :D

Got some updating to do ...
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#17 Postby Stormsfury » Wed Oct 13, 2004 4:42 pm

Crap ... I need a power point viewer ...
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#18 Postby vacanechaser » Wed Oct 13, 2004 5:53 pm

c5Camille wrote:Andrew was cat 5 in the atlantic... cat 4 at landfall


Sorry, Andrew was re-classified as a Cat 5 at landfall... The re-classification also talked about Andrew continued to intensify after moving inland.. You most have missed that in 2002..
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#19 Postby Scorpion » Wed Oct 13, 2004 6:27 pm

That Labor Day Hurricane is phenomonal!!! TD to Cat 5 in one day!! Just amazing!! How on earth is this possible? The SST's had to be 90 or above and ZERO shear or dry air. Just amazing. People in the Keys were expecting a weak little TD, instead they get one of the most powerful storms ever. Imagine this happening today!
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#20 Postby Aquawind » Wed Oct 13, 2004 6:44 pm

Stormsfury wrote:Crap ... I need a power point viewer ...


Microsoft Viewer Freebee..

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... layLang=en
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