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Hurricane Ivan was a large, long-lived, and devastating tropical cyclone that caused widespread damage in the Caribbean and United States. The ninth named storm the sixth hurricane and the fourth major hurricane of the active 2004 Atlantic hurricane season, Ivan formed in early September, and reached Category 5 strength on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale (SSHS).
The Hurricane Ivan tornado outbreak was a three-day tornado outbreak that was associated with the passage of Hurricane Ivan across the Southern United States starting on September 15, 2004, across the Gulf Coast states of Alabama and Florida as well as southern Georgia before ending in the Middle Atlantic Coast on September 18.
Hurricane Ivan on September 13, as a Category 5 hurricane. Shortly after peaking in intensity, the hurricane again weakened as it underwent an eyewall replacement cycle. [ 18 ] At 1415 UTC on September 12 Ivan passed 25 miles (40 km) south-southwest of George Town, Cayman Islands , where sustained winds of 150 mph (240 km/h) were reported.
Two men walk past a building destroyed by Hurricane Ivan in Orange Beach, Ala., Friday, Sept. 17, 2004. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) On Sept. 2, 2004, a tropical depression formed off the coast of Africa.
The "mean" hurricane season of 2004 saw four hurricanes make landfall in Florida, Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne. Three hurricane landfalls in Florida in one year a rare catastrophe
The Atlantic hurricane season begins on June 1 and runs through Nov. 30 and on average, ... Isabel in 2003 and Ivan in 2004 each soared to Category 5 intensity three separate times in their journeys.
Ivan became the southernmost Category 4 hurricane on record in the Atlantic basin, as well as the first major hurricane in the Atlantic on record to form as low as 10°N latitude. [25] A 91 ft (28 m) wave , possibly the largest ever recorded, was attributed to Ivan; this wave may have been as high as 131 ft (40 m). [ 26 ]
Map of 2004 United States tornado paths. Timespan: January 17 – December 22, 2004: ... it was the second highest but was surpassed by Hurricane Ivan later that month.