The
2019 Atlantic hurricane season officially ends on November the 30th.
The
season produced 18 named storms, including six hurricanes of which
three were “major” meaning a Category three or above.
An
average season has 12 named storms, six hurricanes, and three major
hurricanes.
This
year marks the fourth consecutive above-normal Atlantic hurricane
season.
Also
this year, five tropical cyclones formed in the Gulf of Mexico, which
ties a record with 2003 and 1957 for the most storms to form in the
Gulf.
Of
those, three — Barry, Imelda, and Nestor — made landfall in the
U.S.
Nestor
made landfall near Apalachicola on St. Vincent Island in October with
sustained winds of 45 mph.
Franklin
County suffered little damage from the storm but about
1100 feet of Alligator Point Road was damaged from the high waves.
The
three major hurricanes this season were Dorian, Humberto, and
Lorenzo.
Hurricane
Dorian is tied with three other hurricanes — the 1935 Labor Day
Hurricane, 1988’s Hurricane Gilbert and 2005’s Hurricane Wilma —
as the second strongest hurricane on record in the Atlantic basin in
terms of wind which were clocked at 185 mph.
In
all, four storms made landfall in the U.S. during the 2019 season:
Barry, Dorian, Imelda and Nestor.
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