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September 5, 1950– Hurricane Easy moves ashore near Cedar Key and later near Tampa Bay as a major hurricane after looping offshore. The hurricane causes locally heavy damage in a sparsely populated area, totaling $3.3 million (1950 USD, $29.5 million 2008 USD).
October 10 — Hurricane Michael made landfall at 17:30 UTC near Mexico Beach, Florida with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (255 km/h), making it the strongest hurricane on record to strike the Florida panhandle, and the first Category 5 hurricane to hit the United States since Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
The strongest hurricane to hit the state during the time period was Hurricane Andrew, which was one of only four Category 5 hurricanes to strike the United States. Andrew, at the time, was the costliest tropical cyclone in United States history. Additionally, Hurricane Eloise and Hurricane Opal hit the state as major hurricanes.
These hurricanes have each been within 300 miles of Tampa Bay. Max Defender 8 Meteorologist Amanda Holly said that most of the storms were weak — being only tropical storms.
Tampa Bay: 1921 October 25: West central peninsula No Yes No 3 Most severe storm to hit Tampa in 70 years [30] Great Miami: 1926: September 18–20: Miami Pensacola: Yes No Yes 4 Highest wind and lowest pressure sampled till then in U.S. [31] Okeechobee: 1928: September 16–17: Palm Beach–Lake Okeechobee, Florida peninsula Yes No Yes 4 Led ...
The last time Tampa Bay was hit by a major hurricane was 1921, when just a few hundred people lived in sparsely developed backwater towns -- and the community was still devastated.
Map shows the timings that Hurricane and tropical storm-force winds are expected to hit the Southeast (NHC) ... on Wednesday as a Category 3 hurricane near the Tampa Bay area. Hurricane Milton ...
At 12:00 UTC on October 25, the cyclone weakened to a Category 3 hurricane. About 10 hours later, the hurricane made landfall near Tarpon Springs, Florida, with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185 km/h)—the first and most recent major hurricane to hit the Tampa Bay area since 1848. [5]