Hurricane Ike – Florida Keys – September 8-9, 2008
During the first week of September, 2008 Hurricane Ike tore through the islands of Turks & Caicos and Great Inagua as a category four, with sustained winds of 135mph, before making landfall on the north coast of Cuba as a strong category three, with 120mph winds.
Ike crossed the eastern and central provinces of the Cuban mainland and moved offshore, paralleling the south coast of the island, making another landfall over the western portion of Cuba and emerging into the Gulf of Mexico.
The hurricane continued across the Gulf and made a final landfall near Galveston, Texas as a borderline category two/three, with 110mph winds, during the early morning hours of September 13th.
The hurricane caused extensive wind and storm surge damage in the affected areas, virtually obliterating several coastal communities on the Bolivar peninsula of the upper Texas coast.
With monetary losses over $31 billion (USD), Ike is now ranked as the third costliest hurricane in United States history.
From the afternoon of September 7th through the evening of September 9th, storm chasers Michael Laca, Jim Leonard, Jose Garcia and Max Hagen intercepted numerous outer rainbands, from Hurricane Ike, in the middle and lower Florida Keys, as the storm passed well to the south.
At the time of Ike’s closest point of approach to the Keys, the hurricane was a category one with sustained winds of 80mph and a central pressure of 965mb (28.50in).
Although the center of Ike remained a significant distance (150 miles) to the south, the hurricane had a very large windfield and produced sustained tropical storm conditions (39-73mph), with gusts of near hurricane-force, across most of the Florida Keys, which resulted in some minor wind damage.
These strong winds produced a 2-3ft storm surge in exposed locations on the Atlantic side of the lower Keys. During high-tide, many low-lying areas experienced significant flooding.
Numerous tornadic thunderstorms were also embedded within the outer rain bands of Hurricane Ike and several confirmed reports of tornadoes and tornadic waterspouts have been received from locations throughout the Keys.
Duration : 0:8:30
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Hurricane Charley – Port Charlotte, FL – August 13, 2004
Hurricane Charley strengthened rapidly just before striking the southwestern coast of Florida, over Charlotte Harbor, as a Category Four hurricane. Although extremely small in size, Charley produced sustained winds of 150mph and gusts to near 175mph, causing catastrophic wind damage in the communities of Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda, FL. The Charlotte County Medical Center recorded an unofficial gust of 150kts (173mph) and the Charlotte County Airport recorded 139kts (160mph). Charley’s minimum central pressure at landfall was 942mb (27.82in) and I recorded 950mb (28.05in) at my location near Fawcett Memorial Hospital. Veteran storm chaser Andy Dressler accompanied me on this chase.
Duration : 0:4:31
Categories: Hurricanes Tags: 2004, Charley, Cyclone, disaster, extreme, Florida, Hurricane, Hurricanes, Severe, Storms, Tropical, Typhoon, Weather, Wind
Hurricane Isabel Storm Chase and Richmond VA Damage Survey
Hurricane Isabel caused extensive and unexpected inland damage across Virginia on September 18, 2003. This video shows my storm chase to the North Carolina border to intercept the eye-wall remnants in daylight. The famous tree falling footage is shown (at approx 1 min 30 sec). The video then shows my adventure northward dodging fallen trees on Interstate 95. There is also a damage survey of Richmond, Virginia the following day. For a detailed account of the Isabel chase, tornado footage, other storm chases and licensing/DVD’s for sale, go to:
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This video is almost 10 minutes. Sit back and enjoy chasing hurricanes in Virginia!
Duration : 0:9:47
Categories: Hurricanes Tags: 95, Chase, extreme, Falling, flood, Hurricane, Interstate, Isabel, Richmond, storm, Tree, Tropical, virginia
Hurricane Rita – Key West, Florida – September 20, 2005
This is a sample of my Hurricane Rita storm chase video. The footage was taken as Rita moved westward through the Florida Straits, passing about 40 miles south of Key West. Peak winds, towards the middle of this clip, are near 75mph with gusts near 100mph. By the end of the clip, storm surge has risen to about 2 feet over South Roosevelt Blvd., along the southeastern tip of the island.
Duration : 0:7:8
Categories: Hurricanes Tags: 2005, Cyclone, disaster, extreme, Florida, Hurricane, Hurricanes, Meteorology, Rita, Severe, Storms, Tropical, Typhoon, Weather, Wind
Hurricane Gustav – Morgan City, LA – September 1, 2008
Hurricane Gustav ravaged portions of the Caribbean in late August 2008, resulting in deadly flooding over Haiti and then crossing western Cuba on the 30th as a strong Category Four, with 150 mph winds.
A day after emerging into the southeastern Gulf of Mexico, Gustav leveled off as a Category Three. The hurricane remained at that intensity as it approached the coast of Southern Louisiana, prompting the largest evacuation in the state’s history on fears of another Katrina-type disaster.
Throughout the evening of August 31st, drier air began to work its way into the system and Gustav responded by weakening slightly to Category Two intensity.
Just prior to, and during, landfall Gustav began a trend of increasing organization with intense convection developing within the northwest and western eyewall. The hurricane made landfall near Cocodrie, Louisiana on September 1st at 14:30UTC with sustained winds of 110mph and a central pressure of 955mb.
Storm chasers Michael Laca, Jim Leonard and Max Hagen, as well as filmmaker Chris Terrill, intercepted Hurricane Gustav in Morgan City, Louisiana. Our chase team recorded a minimum pressure of 957.3mb at 17:26UTC and estimated peak winds at our location between 80-100mph. An unofficial observation of 103mph was reported by another chase team in Morgan City. Official wind readings include 86mph at Grand Isle; 82mph at Amerda Pass; 75mph at New Iberia; and 91mph at Baton Rouge.
After intercepting Gustav’s eyewall and eye in Morgan City, our chase team repositioned ourselves to the northwest and intercepted the northwestern eyewall a second time between Franklin and New Iberia. During this second eyewall intercept, we encountered exceptionally heavy rainfall that made driving conditions extremely hazardous.
After Gustav’s eyewall moved on, we once again repositioned ourselves to the northwest in Lafayette, Louisiana and intercepted Gustav’s core a third time. Though weakening, the storm still produced intense winds, driving rains and significant damage well inland.
Duration : 0:8:32
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Hurricane Michelle – Nassau, Bahamas – November 5, 2001
Hurricane Michelle moved over the Northwestern Bahamas on the morning and afternoon of November 5, 2001. After making landfall in Cuba as a Category Four, the weakened storm moved just south of Nassau with maximum sustained winds of 90-95mph and gusts to 110-115mph and a minimum central pressure of 973mb (28.73in).
Duration : 0:6:43
Categories: Hurricanes Tags: 2001, Bahamas, Cyclone, extreme, Hurricane, Hurricanes, Michelle, Nassau, Severe, Storms, Tropical, Typhoon, Weather, Wind
Hurricane Gloria 1985 – Weather Channel – PART #1 of 5 -
PART 1
Hurricane Gloria hit Long Island, New York on September 27th 1985 at approximately 9am. This was the last Hurricane to directly hit our area, it is now 2007 and 22 years since Gloria, we are long overdue for another like this or greater. This i recorded back in 1985 from the Weather Channel not only the Hurricane hitting Long Island, but broadcasts from weeks before when Glori was nothing but a mass of Thundershowers moving off the African Coast, to the Bildup to a Catergory 5 in the Carribean, to Tropical Storm Henri that hit Long Island 2 days prior to Gloria, to The uncertain landfall of Gloria, to the power going out on my VCR as i lost electricity with the Hurricane over Islip.
The total clip is 40 minutes, i had to break this up into 5 parts to fit, this is part #1.. This will show you where a Long Island bound Hurricane can form & the perfect track this Storm took.. Lucky for Long Island, it struck at a dead low tide & skirting the Outer Banks of North Carolina had helped to diminish the punch that it once had. It is amazing to think that this was 22 years ago & even more amazing that there has been nothing since that was direct. Albeit nothing like the “Long Island Express” of 1938, Hurricane Gloria was a borderline Catergory 2 upon landfal in Seaford, Long Island where the eye passed over.
THERE ARE MORE PARTS TO THIS, PLEASE CHECK MY VIDEOS, I HAD TTO BREAK THIS UP INTO 5 PARTS.
Duration : 0:9:1
Categories: Hurricanes Tags: 1938, 1985, Channel, Express, Gloria, Henri, Hurricane, Island, Landfall, long, new, storm, tornado, Tropical, Weather, york
Two Hurricanes Head for Caribbean
Hurricane Danielle is churning across the open Atlantic as it heads toward Bermuda. Farther east in the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Earl has maximum sustained winds near 45 mph. Forecasters expect Earl to become a hurricane by early Saturday. (Aug. 26)
Duration : 0:1:0
Categories: Hurricanes Tags: storm, Tropical, Update
Two Hurricanes Head for Caribbean
Hurricane Danielle is churning across the open Atlantic as it heads toward Bermuda. Farther east in the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Earl has maximum sustained winds near 45 mph. Forecasters expect Earl to become a hurricane by early Saturday. (Aug. 26)
Duration : 0:1:0
Categories: Hurricanes Tags: storm, Tropical
Hurricane Katrina – Miami, Florida – August 25, 2005
This is a sample of my Hurricane Katrina storm chase video. The footage was taken during Katrina’s first landfall on the Southeast Florida coast near Miami. Peak winds occur after the eye and are near 85mph with gusts to 105mph.
Duration : 0:5:16
