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140 mph (220 km/h) ... Hurricane Teddy was a large and powerful tropical cyclone that was the fifth-largest Atlantic hurricane by diameter of gale-force winds recorded.
To be classified as a hurricane, a tropical cyclone must have one-minute-average maximum sustained winds at 10 m (33 ft) above the surface of at least 74 mph (64 kn, 119 km/h; Category 1). [1] The highest classification in the scale, Category 5 , consists of storms with sustained winds of at least 157 mph (137 kn, 252 km/h).
When and where did Hurricane Helene make landfall? Helene made landfall at about 11:10 p.m. ET Thursday near Perry, Florida, with 140 mph winds. Tropical Depression Helene tracker
Hele ne was still a hurricane at 4 a.m. Friday over central Georgia, almost six hours after making landfall in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane with 140-mph winds.
A Category 4 hurricane has winds of 113 to 136 kn (130 to 157 mph; 209 to 252 km/h), while a Category 5 hurricane has winds of at least 137 kn (158 mph; 254 km/h). [1] [3] A post tropical cyclone is a system that has weakened, into a remnant low or has dissipated and formal advisories are usually discontinued at this stage. [1]
Helene had sustained winds of abut 140 mph, making it the strongest storm to ever hit Florida's Big Bend, said Phil Klotzbach, a senior research scientist at Colorado State University.
On August 2 and early on August 3, Celia slightly weakened, however, the storm underwent rapid intensification and deepening, and peaked as a Category 4 hurricane at landfall with winds of 140 mph (220 km/h) later on August 3. In Louisiana, tides caused minor coastal flooding. Minor erosion damage was reported along Highway 82 in Cameron Parish
Gusts in Cape Coral reached 140 miles per hour, Carlisle said. ... Punta Gorda sustained wind gust of 155 mph during Hurricane Ian. Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement.