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In post-hurricane-season analysis, Charley was determined to have struck southern Cuba with winds of 120 mph (195 km/h) hurricane; the original estimate was revised based on a report of a sustained wind measurement of 118 mph (190 km/h) in Playa Baracoa, meaning Charley was a major hurricane at landfall. [6]
Hurricane Charley was the second hurricane to threaten the East Coast of the United States within a year's timeframe, after Hurricane Gloria of 1985. [1] The third tropical storm and second hurricane of the season, Charley formed as a subtropical low on August 13 along the Florida panhandle. After moving off the coast of South Carolina, the ...
August 13 – Hurricane Charley struck southwestern Florida as a Category 4 hurricane, the strongest landfall in the continental United States since Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Its eye crossed Cayo Costa and later the mainland at Punta Gorda, before crossing the state with much of its intensity retained. A wind gust of 173 mph (278 km/h) was ...
The "mean" hurricane season of 2004 saw four hurricanes make landfall in Florida, Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne. ... in 2004 after Hurricane Frances passed through the area. ... the forecast ...
September 25, 1998 – Hurricane Georges passes over Key West as a Category 2 hurricane, and days later it moves eastward through the Florida Panhandle after hitting Biloxi, Mississippi. In the Florida Keys, the hurricane produced 8.41 inches (214 mm) of rain in Tavernier and wind gusts peaking at 110 mph (175 km/h) in Marathon.
Maps show the areas impacted by storm surge, rainfall levels and more as Helene, once a major hurricane and now a tropical storm, moves inland from Florida's Gulf Coast over Georgia.
Hurricane Charley arrived on Aug. 13, 2004 and at the time it was one of the most powerful storms to hit the United States. Turning back the clock: Photos from when Hurricane Charley slammed ...
Hurricane Charley prior to moving ashore on South Florida on August 13. 12:30 a.m. EDT (0430 UTC) – Hurricane Charley makes its first landfall in Cuba as a Category 3 storm with 120 mph (190 km/h) winds, but weakening back down to Category 2 as it leaves the island just west of Havana. [5]