Hurricane Opal – Fort Walton Beach, FL – October 4, 1995
This is a sample of my Hurricane Opal chase footage. This video was taken during Opal’s landfall in the western Florida panhandle, at Fort Walton Beach, on October 4, 1995. A day prior to landfall, Hurricane Opal had strengthened rapidly to near Category Five intensity, with sustained winds of 150mph and a minimum central pressure of 916mb (27.05in). During the following twelve hours the storm steadily weakened, however, Opal was still a very large and powerful Category Three at landfall, with sustained winds of 125mph and a central pressure of 942mb (27.82in). Hurricane conditions begin at about 3min 30sec into the video and the eyewall occurs from 4min 50sec through 7min 40sec in. Peak winds at my location were sustained between 100-110mph with gusts to 140mph. The highest officially recorded surface wind in Opal was a gust to 144mph at Hurlburt Field, near Mary Esther, Florida, in southwest Okaloosa county, which was three miles west of my location. The highest storm surge at my location was approximately 13ft and with the ground elevation at 8-10ft above sea-level, this resulted in a surge depth of 3-5ft, with higher waves. The peak surge and maximum inundation occurs just prior to the eye/calm at about 9min 40sec into the video. Though the eastern edge of Opal’s eye did pass over my location, winds never fell below 20-30mph, I did record a minimum pressure of 960.3mb (28.36in) during this time.
Duration : 0:12:17
Categories: Hurricanes Tags: 1995, Cyclone, extreme, Florida, Hurricane, Hurricanes, Meteorology, Opal, Severe, storm, surge, Tropical, Typhoon, Weather, Wind
Hurricane Guide: Information For Seniors
Cathleen O’Toole gives some information regarding seniors and hurricanes.
Duration : 0:1:6
Categories: Hurricanes Tags: Florida, for, guide, Hurricane, information, season, seniors, South
Hurricane Wilma and ending chapter
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Hurricane Wilma was the last hurricane to hit the U.S. during the record 2005 hurricane season. This entire selection from our popular Tracking the Hurricanes: 2005 DVD covers the landfall of hurricane Wilma in SW Florida (Naples area). Our team was setting up remotely operated cameras to record the storm surge from Wilma in areas like Marco Island and Everglades City. The video takes you through the waiting process as Wilma was slow to move off of the Yucatan and make its way towards Florida. Then, on October 23 and in to the 24th, Wilma made her move and our project was a success. We managed to capture incredible video of the surge flooding Everglades City with 5 feet of water from two cameras fixed on a utility building in Everglades City. The video ends with a re-cap of the 2005 season and a quick look at the predictions for 2006- which as we know now, did not come to pass. The 2005 DVD is available for purchase at www.hurricanetrack.com
Duration : 0:23:47
Categories: Hurricanes Tags: chaser, Florida, Hurricane, James, lewis, mark, mike, naples, rain, storm, sudduth, surge, watkins, waves, Weather, Wilma, Wind
Hurricane Charley (and TS Bonnie)
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This is the second selection from our 2004 DVD “Tracking the Hurricanes: 2004″ that I have posted on YouTube. This video shows the extraordinary power of a category four hurricane: hurricane Charley. Our team first went down to Panama City Beach, FL for TS Bonnie and were ready a couple of days later for powerful hurricane Charley. The encounter was more than we could have ever expected and we were lucky to have come out with no damage or injuries. The bleeps you hear are exactly what you think they are- there was much cussing going on during the height of this harrowing experience.
Duration : 0:23:51
Categories: Hurricanes Tags: Charley, charlotte, chaser, damage, Florida, Hurricane, mark, orlando, port, storm, sudduth, tracking, Wind
Hurricane Andrew – Southeast Florida – August 24, 1992
This is my Hurricane Andrew chase video. The footage was taken during Andrew’s landfall on the Southeast Florida coast, at Coconut Grove, south of Miami. Though Andrew was extremely small, moving very quickly and made landfall about 15 miles to the south, my location was right at the edge of the hurricane’s northern eyewall. Unfortunately the entire peak of the storm was at night, however, using a portable spotlight, I was able to capture footage throughout the entire event. Even with the challenging video conditions, Andrew’s ferocity is clearly obvious in this footage. The roar of the wind is deafening, punctuated by breaking glass and other debris. Peak winds occur between 13 through 17 minutes into the video, and are sustained near 125-130mph with gusts near 150mph. The anemometer at the National Hurricane Center (about 2 miles west-southwest of my location) failed after recording a gust to 164mph. Based on post-analysis, Andrew is now estimated to have had sustained winds of 165mph with peak gusts near 200mph at landfall in South Florida, making it one of only three Category Five hurricanes ever to strike the United States.
Duration : 0:27:14
Categories: Hurricanes Tags: 1992, Andrew, Category, Cyclone, disaster, extreme, Five, Florida, Hurricane, Hurricanes, Severe, Storms, Tropical, Weather, Wind
Florida Panthers @ Carolina Hurricanes 2/9/10Categories: Hurricanes Tags: action, carolina, combat, extreme, Florida, highlights, hockey, Hurricanes, NHL, panthers, staal, talk, video, vokoun, ward, weiss, winter
Hurricane Katrina Part One
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This segment is from my 2005 DVD entitled “Tracking the Hurricanes: 2005″. Here, in part one, I begin tracking hurricane Katrina with my colleague, Mike Watkins, in south Florida. From there, Mike and I head over to the coast of Mississippi to complete the mission of observing and documenting one of the deadliest hurricanes in U.S. history. However, the story does not end with landfall as we will see in part two.
Duration : 0:22:28
Categories: Hurricanes Tags: chaser, Florida, gulfport, Hurricane, katrina, mark, mike, mississippi, rain, storm, sudduth, surge, watkins, waveland, Wind
Hurricane Wilma – Southern Florida – October 24, 2005
This is a sample of my Hurricane Wilma storm chase video. The footage was taken during the peak of the storm on the Southwest Florida coast in Belle Meade, near Marco Island. Peak winds occur after the lull, associated with the passage of the storm’s eye, and are near 100mph with gusts to 120mph.
Duration : 0:3:19
