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Hurricane Ophelia was the most intense hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season.The seventeenth tropical cyclone, sixteenth tropical storm, fifth hurricane, and third major hurricane, Ophelia originated in a tropical wave in the central Atlantic, forming approximately midway between the Cape Verde Islands and the Lesser Antilles on September 17.
September was slightly above average, [29] with 5 named storms, 2 hurricanes, and 1 major hurricane and featuring the unnamed tropical storm, Lee, Maria, Nate, Ophelia, and Philippe. Ophelia was the most intense tropical cyclone of the season, peaking as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 140 mph (225 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 940 mbar ...
The 2011 Atlantic hurricane season was an event in the annual hurricane season in the north Atlantic Ocean. It was well above average, with 19 tropical storms forming. [nb 1] Even so, it was the first season on record in which the first eight storms failed to attain hurricane strength.
The latest on three systems in the Atlantic, including Tropical Depression 17.
Radar snapshots of Ophelia on Saturday helped to illustrate the storm's far-reaching effects across the eastern United States. Although the center of circulation was located over eastern N
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Tropical Storm Ophelia (1948) (T4805) Typhoon Ophelia (1953), (T5308) – a Category 3 storm; Typhoon Ophelia (1958) (T5801) – a Category 5 storm; Typhoon Ophelia (1960) (T6027, 53W) – a long-lived Category 4 storm that devastated the atoll of Ulithi; Following its usage in 1960, the name "Ophelia" was retired in the Western Pacific due to ...
Tropical Storm Ophelia has strengthened off the East Coast, Hurricane Hunters data shows, as North Carolina and parts of the mid-Atlantic prepare for a soggy and windy weekend ahead of the storm ...