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Despite the storm's severity, it was neither the costliest nor the strongest to affect the northeastern United States. It was weakening as it made its closest approach to land, and the highest tides occurred during the neap tide, which is the time when tide ranges are minimal. [6] The worst of the storm effects stayed offshore.
The fall, sometimes referred to as a "second season", was very quiet. The Andover, Kansas outbreak of April 26, 1991 was famous for its violent tornadoes, incredible video and is the signature event of this tornado season. 1991 saw one F5 tornado touch down in Kansas.
Later that month, the Weather Research Center forecast ten named storms and six hurricanes, of which five would become major hurricanes while three would hit the United States. [6] In early June, Gray released an updated report that predicted the formation of eight tropical storms, four hurricanes, and one major hurricane.
A minimal capping inversion existed across Oklahoma even during the morning hours, [6] and tornado-producing storms first developed across western Oklahoma around sunrise. These storms weakened as they moved northeast into Kansas. [9] Back to the west, the dryline progressed rapidly eastward but began to slow precipitously during the afternoon ...
Hurricane Bob was one of the costliest tropical cyclones in New England history. The second named storm and first hurricane of the 1991 Atlantic hurricane season, Bob developed from an area of low pressure near The Bahamas on August 16. The depression steadily intensified, and became Tropical Storm Bob late on August 16.
Sept. 2, 2016: Hurricane Hermine, one of the worst storms to ever hit Tallahassee and a particularly harrowing one that struck overnight, left 100,000 city and Talquin Electric customers without ...
Tragically, on March 11, 1991, a 73-year-old woman was found dead of exposure in her unheated Portland Avenue home, nine days after the storm hit. Insurance companies paid $75 million in claims ...
Bob killed at least seventeen people along its path and caused extensive damage in New England, totaling $1.5 billion (1991 USD); this made it one of the ten costliest hurricanes on record for the United States at the time. [5] [6] The season's other significant storm was a powerful nor'easter known as the Perfect Storm.