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- Hurricane Hugo began forming off the coast of Africa on September 9, 1989. As the system moved westward, it gradually intensified reaching the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean as a Category 4 hurricane on September 17.
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Hurricane Hugo was a powerful tropical cyclone that inflicted widespread destruction across the northeastern Caribbean and the Southeastern United States in September 1989.
Jul 9, 1999 · 1989 Track Chart showing track of Hugo (188K GIF) Tropical Cyclone Report for Hurricane Hugo (scanned images) Infrared image : Hugo near peak intensity, September 15, 1989.
The 1989 hurricane season had a total of 11 named tropical cyclones of which 7 attained hurricane strength. Hurricane Hugo, a Category 4 hurricane at landfall, was a classic Cape Verde-type hurricane that devastated the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and South and North Carolina.
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Hurricane Hugo was a Cape Verde hurricane that became a Category 5 (on the Saffir-Simpson Scale) storm in the Atlantic, then raked the northeast Caribbean as a Category 4 storm before turning northwest between an upper-level high pressure system to the north and upper-level low pressure system to the south. Hugo made landfall just north of Charlest...
Most buildings in downtown Charleston sustained significant damage, but the worst destruction occurred closer to the landfall in beach towns north of Charleston such as Sullivan's Island and the Isle of Palms where the majority of homes were rendered uninhabitable. Many old trees were toppled by Hugo's winds, including those at Drayton Hall in West...
Radar The NWS was using a network of WSR-57 and WSR-74 radars in 1989. Today, the NWS utilizes the WSR-88D network of doppler radars, which have the advantage of providing wind speed/direction data in addition to reflectivity data. This information is crucial to hurricane forecasters as storms near land to help them assess the maximum winds. Satell...
Hurricane Hugo began forming off the coast of Africa on September 9, 1989. As the system moved westward, it gradually intensified reaching the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean as a Category 4 hurricane on September 17.
Sep 25, 2019 · Hurricane Hugo was the most devastating hurricane to affect South Carolina in the 20th century. After developing in the far eastern Atlantic and causing major damage in the United States Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, Hurricane Hugo (Category 4) made landfall near Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, at 11 p.m. on Sept. 21, 1989.
Sep 9, 2022 · Twenty-five years ago around midnight on September 22, Hurricane Hugo made landfall just north of Charleston, South Carolina at Sullivan's Island as a Category 4 storm with estimated maximum winds of 135-140 mph and a minimum central pressure of 934 millibars (27.58 inches of Hg).
