Hurricane & Tornado Anniversaries

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[Lake Martin EF4]

OTD 20 years ago: TD 24 (a.k.a. Future Wilma) formed.

 

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[Lake Martin EF4]

Today is also the anniversary of Wilma becoming a hurricane.

 

[Lake Martin EF4]

OTD 20 years ago...

...AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE MEASURED 168 KNOTS AT 700 MB
AND ESTIMATED A MINIMUM PRESSURE OF 884 MB EXTRAPOLATED FROM 700MB.
UNOFFICIALLY...THE METEOROLOGIST ON BOARD THE PLANE RELAYED AN
EXTRAPOLATED 881 MB PRESSURE AND MEASURED 884 MB WITH A DROPSONDE.
THIS IS ALL IN ASSOCIATION WITH A VERY SMALL EYE THAT HAS BEEN
OSCILLATING BETWEEN 2 AND 4 N MI DURING EYE PENETRATIONS. THIS IS
PROBABLY THE LOWEST MINIMUM PRESSURE EVER OBSERVED IN THE ATLANTIC
BASIN AND IS FOLLOWED BY THE 888 MB MINIMUM PRESSURE ASSOCIATED
WITH HURRICANE GILBERT IN 1988.

Attention all posters
It's Hurricane Wilma Day
Yes, the big 882
Is just a few hours away...

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2005/dis/al242005.discus.016.shtml?

Hurricane Wilma - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

2005 Atlantic hurricane season/Wilma

hurricanes.fandom.com

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ghOEKpT-XIU&pp=ygUPaHVycml4YW5lIHdpbG1h
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wL2nUepKfMQ&pp=ygUPaHVycml4YW5lIHdpbG1h

 

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[Lake Martin EF4]

OTD 20 years ago Wilma actually made landfall on the Yucatan.

 

[Lake Martin EF4]

OTD 13 years ago: Sandy! (More specifically, Sandy's naming, but that's not as concise.)

 

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[Lake Martin EF4]

SON OF A-

OTD 10 years ago Patricia absolutely bitchslapped Linda, overpowered Wilma, and probably tumbled into the 860s while peaking at 215 mph - the highest TC winds ever recorded, tied with (officially) an unreliable 1961 typhoon, (unofficially) Haiyan, Rita, Mike, Nora, etc.

Later that day, it made a C4 landfall on Mexico - the strongest EPac landfall on record until Otis did what Patricia and 1959 couldn't and made landfall as a C5.

Media coming soon

 

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[Lake Martin EF4]

OTD 20 years ago, Hurricane Wilma made landfall in Florida as a C3. It would be the last US major hurricane landfall until Harvey in 2017.

Media coming soon

 

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I think there was a Dallas Cowboys home game going on at the same time that particular tornado touched down. Good thing the tornado touched down east of the stadium or that could have been a disaster.