Does anyone recall Elena in 1985? I was fairly young then but remember her like yesterday. It was my first real hurricane. We had many near misses but Elena was my first experience of hurricane force winds. I recall winds of 80+ gusting to around 100 if I recall. Anyone have a page with a wind map of Elena or any other Elena info? Plus she was really erratic in her track. Thanks to all.
Bill
Hurricane Elena 1985 links anybody?
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Date: 28 AUG-4 SEP 1985
Hurricane ELENA
ADV LAT LON TIME WIND PR STAT
1 19.80 -74.00 08/28/00Z 30 1012 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
2 20.80 -76.00 08/28/06Z 30 1010 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
3 21.80 -78.00 08/28/12Z 30 1008 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
4 22.60 -80.00 08/28/18Z 45 1006 TROPICAL STORM
5 23.20 -81.80 08/29/00Z 50 1004 TROPICAL STORM
6 24.00 -83.50 08/29/06Z 55 1000 TROPICAL STORM
7 25.00 -85.00 08/29/12Z 65 994 HURRICANE-1
8 25.90 -85.80 08/29/18Z 70 990 HURRICANE-1
9 26.60 -86.60 08/30/00Z 75 986 HURRICANE-1
10 27.30 -87.20 08/30/06Z 80 980 HURRICANE-1
11 27.90 -87.30 08/30/12Z 90 974 HURRICANE-2
12 28.30 -86.80 08/30/18Z 90 978 HURRICANE-2
13 28.40 -86.00 08/31/00Z 90 977 HURRICANE-2
14 28.60 -85.30 08/31/06Z 90 976 HURRICANE-2
15 28.80 -84.40 08/31/12Z 90 975 HURRICANE-2
16 28.80 -84.00 08/31/18Z 90 974 HURRICANE-2
17 28.80 -83.80 09/01/00Z 95 971 HURRICANE-2
18 28.60 -83.90 09/01/06Z 100 965 HURRICANE-3
19 28.60 -84.20 09/01/12Z 105 961 HURRICANE-3
20 28.90 -84.80 09/01/18Z 110 954 HURRICANE-3
21 29.40 -85.90 09/02/00Z 110 953 HURRICANE-3
22 29.70 -87.30 09/02/06Z 105 957 HURRICANE-3
23 30.20 -88.80 09/02/12Z 100 959 HURRICANE-3
24 31.00 -90.40 09/02/18Z 60 990 TROPICAL STORM
25 31.90 -91.80 09/03/00Z 45 1000 TROPICAL STORM
26 32.40 -92.80 09/03/06Z 30 1004 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
27 33.20 -93.70 09/03/12Z 25 1006 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
28 34.50 -94.00 09/03/18Z 25 1008 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
29 35.90 -93.90 09/04/00Z 20 1010 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
30 37.00 -93.20 09/04/06Z 20 1010 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
31 38.00 -92.50 09/04/12Z 20 1010 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
32 38.80 -91.40 09/04/18Z 20 1010 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
Date: 28 AUG-4 SEP 1985
Hurricane ELENA
ADV LAT LON TIME WIND PR STAT
1 19.80 -74.00 08/28/00Z 30 1012 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
2 20.80 -76.00 08/28/06Z 30 1010 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
3 21.80 -78.00 08/28/12Z 30 1008 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
4 22.60 -80.00 08/28/18Z 45 1006 TROPICAL STORM
5 23.20 -81.80 08/29/00Z 50 1004 TROPICAL STORM
6 24.00 -83.50 08/29/06Z 55 1000 TROPICAL STORM
7 25.00 -85.00 08/29/12Z 65 994 HURRICANE-1
8 25.90 -85.80 08/29/18Z 70 990 HURRICANE-1
9 26.60 -86.60 08/30/00Z 75 986 HURRICANE-1
10 27.30 -87.20 08/30/06Z 80 980 HURRICANE-1
11 27.90 -87.30 08/30/12Z 90 974 HURRICANE-2
12 28.30 -86.80 08/30/18Z 90 978 HURRICANE-2
13 28.40 -86.00 08/31/00Z 90 977 HURRICANE-2
14 28.60 -85.30 08/31/06Z 90 976 HURRICANE-2
15 28.80 -84.40 08/31/12Z 90 975 HURRICANE-2
16 28.80 -84.00 08/31/18Z 90 974 HURRICANE-2
17 28.80 -83.80 09/01/00Z 95 971 HURRICANE-2
18 28.60 -83.90 09/01/06Z 100 965 HURRICANE-3
19 28.60 -84.20 09/01/12Z 105 961 HURRICANE-3
20 28.90 -84.80 09/01/18Z 110 954 HURRICANE-3
21 29.40 -85.90 09/02/00Z 110 953 HURRICANE-3
22 29.70 -87.30 09/02/06Z 105 957 HURRICANE-3
23 30.20 -88.80 09/02/12Z 100 959 HURRICANE-3
24 31.00 -90.40 09/02/18Z 60 990 TROPICAL STORM
25 31.90 -91.80 09/03/00Z 45 1000 TROPICAL STORM
26 32.40 -92.80 09/03/06Z 30 1004 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
27 33.20 -93.70 09/03/12Z 25 1006 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
28 34.50 -94.00 09/03/18Z 25 1008 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
29 35.90 -93.90 09/04/00Z 20 1010 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
30 37.00 -93.20 09/04/06Z 20 1010 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
31 38.00 -92.50 09/04/12Z 20 1010 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
32 38.80 -91.40 09/04/18Z 20 1010 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
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I remember it. My mom and I had just moved to the Tampa area that summer and we were in our condo watching and waiting for Elena to make up her mind where she was going. Luckily for us it didn't strike Tampa, but it sure seemed like it might for a while there. That was my first experience with a 'cane that I can remember.
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I was 2 year to be born, so no memory!
Figure 11.21. Steering of Hurricane Elena, as shown by 00Z 500-mb charts on Agusut 29-30 and September 1-2, 1985. Elena's position is indicated at these times using the meteorological symbol for a hurricane. The arrows show the subsequent movement of the hurricane.
Figure 11.21. Steering of Hurricane Elena, as shown by 00Z 500-mb charts on Agusut 29-30 and September 1-2, 1985. Elena's position is indicated at these times using the meteorological symbol for a hurricane. The arrows show the subsequent movement of the hurricane.
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Does anyone else remember the little shack/store on Indian Rocks Beach (Gulf Blvd.) that was named "I Survived Elena 85'"?
I think that it is a nick-nack store now, but I remember my dad taking me there after the storm to buy a t-shirt.
My fondest memory of Elena is skimboarding on the lawns in my neighborhood and playing D&D on Intelevision with the kids next door.
I think that it is a nick-nack store now, but I remember my dad taking me there after the storm to buy a t-shirt.
My fondest memory of Elena is skimboarding on the lawns in my neighborhood and playing D&D on Intelevision with the kids next door.
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BOy, do I remember Elena well. It was my first wedding anniversary. Me and my wife had selected a quaint little motel on Tampa Bay to celebrate. Our anniversary was Sept 1. We arrived on the afternoon of August 30. We were aware of Elena lurking in the Gulf...but the hurricane was heading NW at the time and was forecast to hit somewhere on the northern Gulf coast. We went to bed blissfully unaware the storm had turned east.
I awoke at 1am to see the hotel room phone's red light blinking. I called the front desk and was told that an emergency evacuation had been ordered for the entire Tampa area (issued at 1am!!!!!...a nightmare scenario for the officials trying to get the word out to a sleeping population!!)
The front desk clerk told us that we would be fine staying at his motel....just to be safe, they offered to move us to a second floor room in the event of flooding (the motel was located directly on the water). I thought..."great, I stay dry on a second floor room...what about my car sitting in their first floor parking lot!!)
We decided to cancel our trip and evacuate along with the 800,000 local residents that were uprooted in the middle of the night. I lived in the Orlando area, so we hopped on Interstate 4 to head home. This is normally a 90 minute drive....it took us 8 HOURS to get to Orlando in the mass evacuation traffic!!!!
Once home, we went about the ritual of stocking up on hurricane supplies and sat for the next 2 days while Elena looped around just off the Florida west coast, all the while throwing bands of storms across the central peninsula. Many tornadoes struck the central inland areas, with severe damage. A local tv reporter sent a broadcast from the bridge right neext to the motel we had stayed at.....the place was under several FEET of water!! We were very glad that we had decided to leave!
Once Elena finally made up her mind and headed off back to the northwest, we drove back to the coast to see what damage had occured. The damage to coastal homes in the St Petersburg / Indian Rocks / Madeira Beach area was terrible. Many homes had washed into the ocean.
It was definitely one of my most memorable wedding anniversaries!
--Lou
I awoke at 1am to see the hotel room phone's red light blinking. I called the front desk and was told that an emergency evacuation had been ordered for the entire Tampa area (issued at 1am!!!!!...a nightmare scenario for the officials trying to get the word out to a sleeping population!!)
The front desk clerk told us that we would be fine staying at his motel....just to be safe, they offered to move us to a second floor room in the event of flooding (the motel was located directly on the water). I thought..."great, I stay dry on a second floor room...what about my car sitting in their first floor parking lot!!)
We decided to cancel our trip and evacuate along with the 800,000 local residents that were uprooted in the middle of the night. I lived in the Orlando area, so we hopped on Interstate 4 to head home. This is normally a 90 minute drive....it took us 8 HOURS to get to Orlando in the mass evacuation traffic!!!!
Once home, we went about the ritual of stocking up on hurricane supplies and sat for the next 2 days while Elena looped around just off the Florida west coast, all the while throwing bands of storms across the central peninsula. Many tornadoes struck the central inland areas, with severe damage. A local tv reporter sent a broadcast from the bridge right neext to the motel we had stayed at.....the place was under several FEET of water!! We were very glad that we had decided to leave!
Once Elena finally made up her mind and headed off back to the northwest, we drove back to the coast to see what damage had occured. The damage to coastal homes in the St Petersburg / Indian Rocks / Madeira Beach area was terrible. Many homes had washed into the ocean.
It was definitely one of my most memorable wedding anniversaries!
--Lou
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I definitely remember Elena! I was in college. My brother-in-law had just had a heart attack when Elena threatened the Northern Gulf Coast the first time. So, I helped my sister secure their home before helping my parents secure the family home. There was no way we could get to the beach house on Dauphin Island, so it was on its own. Then, Elena took a right turn and headed toward Florida. So, we un-secured the houses. Then, Elena made another turn and headed back our way. Once again, we secured our houses and settled in. We got some rain and wind in town, but Mississippi was the recipient of most of her nastiness. Well, except for a tornado that she spun up toward the Fowl River area in the south part of Mobile County. That tornado destroyed my sister's in-laws' home. It was a terrible mess! And, of course, the Dauphin Island house took a beating. Then Juan added insult to injury a couple months later.
It sounds like Elena left a wide wake of havoc and destruction.
Melhow-- Where was that store located in Indian Rocks? We used to vacation down there every year. Was it in the old Pueblo Village building? Or was it in one of those little shopping centers? I swear I remember seeing it but can't remember where.
It sounds like Elena left a wide wake of havoc and destruction.
Melhow-- Where was that store located in Indian Rocks? We used to vacation down there every year. Was it in the old Pueblo Village building? Or was it in one of those little shopping centers? I swear I remember seeing it but can't remember where.
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I was fortunate to be able to ride Elena out in Ocean Springs. We were in the NE eyewall.
I traveled from Baton Rouge with a friend to help his mom prepare. His mom lives in a subdivision about 15 above sealevel. The back yard drops off into the marsh. We arrived in the afternoon to watch boats traveling up the Bayou to take cover. I awoke the next morning to bright sunlight. She had moved ENE. The boats in the bayou headed back out to. My friend and I even went fishing in the bay. The next day we decided to head to Pensacola Beach. While at the beach the Emergency Broadcast System came on saying "This is not a test, the governor will make a statement in a moment" The governor ordered the immediate evacuation of the panhandle counties as Elena had turned back towards us. We headed back to Ocean Springs to watch boats going back up the bayou.
Around midnight, the first tornado warnings went out for Ft. Walton. About every hour the next county went under a warning until about 5 when we had our first warning. The wind blew and roared. It was an amazing demonstration of the forces. Got to watch the "dry marsh" rise dramatically as the eyewall passed just to our SW. We could see blue skies in the distance, but we stayed in the clouds and wind. Yes she was about as unpredicatable as hurricanes can be.
I traveled from Baton Rouge with a friend to help his mom prepare. His mom lives in a subdivision about 15 above sealevel. The back yard drops off into the marsh. We arrived in the afternoon to watch boats traveling up the Bayou to take cover. I awoke the next morning to bright sunlight. She had moved ENE. The boats in the bayou headed back out to. My friend and I even went fishing in the bay. The next day we decided to head to Pensacola Beach. While at the beach the Emergency Broadcast System came on saying "This is not a test, the governor will make a statement in a moment" The governor ordered the immediate evacuation of the panhandle counties as Elena had turned back towards us. We headed back to Ocean Springs to watch boats going back up the bayou.
Around midnight, the first tornado warnings went out for Ft. Walton. About every hour the next county went under a warning until about 5 when we had our first warning. The wind blew and roared. It was an amazing demonstration of the forces. Got to watch the "dry marsh" rise dramatically as the eyewall passed just to our SW. We could see blue skies in the distance, but we stayed in the clouds and wind. Yes she was about as unpredicatable as hurricanes can be.
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baygirl...
If you take the Sand Key bridge to Gulf Blvd, make a left. Travel appx. 1 1/2 miles, and the shop that used to be the "I survived Elena 85'" shop is on your left. It is a freestanding tiny little building that is closer to the street than the other buildings around it (it sits almost directly on the sidewalk, which is why it probably survived the beach erosion that occured on Indian Rocks beach during Elena)....
I think that now it is a little surf shop, and it is painted green. It used to be orange and white with a big red hurricane warning flag painted on it. It sits pretty close to and across the street from Swampwater Al's, if that helps.
If you take the Sand Key bridge to Gulf Blvd, make a left. Travel appx. 1 1/2 miles, and the shop that used to be the "I survived Elena 85'" shop is on your left. It is a freestanding tiny little building that is closer to the street than the other buildings around it (it sits almost directly on the sidewalk, which is why it probably survived the beach erosion that occured on Indian Rocks beach during Elena)....
I think that now it is a little surf shop, and it is painted green. It used to be orange and white with a big red hurricane warning flag painted on it. It sits pretty close to and across the street from Swampwater Al's, if that helps.
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I was 12 when Elena hit! Stayed the night in a Bank vault on Market st in Pascagoula(Family worked at local bank) Even though we Live only 2 blocks off the beach, I thought the vault Idea was a little over kill 
....the next day I 'm glad I stayed in that vault! Elena is what started my Love of 'canes! She will always be remebered here on the Gulf Coast! Especially by the Mets,forecasters and civil defense officials...
CHECK OUT THE WIND MAP BELOW...Daulphin Island got Hammered!
http://www.hurricanecity.com/images/elena.jpg
....the next day I 'm glad I stayed in that vault! Elena is what started my Love of 'canes! She will always be remebered here on the Gulf Coast! Especially by the Mets,forecasters and civil defense officials...
CHECK OUT THE WIND MAP BELOW...Daulphin Island got Hammered!
http://www.hurricanecity.com/images/elena.jpg
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