Midget hurricanes

[HurricaneBill]

OK, we all know that Andrew and Charley were midget hurricanes.

What other Atlantic hurricanes were midgets?

Here's the ones I know of so far.

1935 Labor Day Hurricane
1950 Hurricane King
1992 Hurricane Andrew
2001 Hurricane Iris
2004 Hurricane Charley

[mobilebay]

hurricane danny in 1997 was VERY small. Hurricane force winds only extended out 10-15 miles from The eye.

[Derek Ortt]

cane winds confined to the eye wall is typical of minimal hurricanes

I wouldnt call Andrew truly a midget hurricane. Maybe a small annular cane since there was no banding to speak of until it moved into the GOM, but the ts winds extended a good distance from the center

[Derek Ortt]

maybe bret from 1999 as its windfield was somewhat smaller than andrew's

[mobilebay]

cane winds confined to the eye wall is typical of minimal hurricanes

I wouldnt call Andrew truly a midget hurricane. Maybe a small annular cane since there was no banding to speak of until it moved into the GOM, but the ts winds extended a good distance from the center

I would agree 100% with Andrew. Danny was a text book copy of a Midgett Hurricane . Look at any Sat. Photo and you will see. At one time the eye was sitting in mobile bay and we had calm winds in Central Mobile county.

[HurricaneBill]

Hey Derek, which was smaller? The 1935 Labor Day Hurricane or Cyclone Tracy?

[weatherwindow]

.....not derek but....according to northern territory library, darwin...tracy: eye diameter-7mi, rad of max winds-13mi, rad of ts force winds-24mi.. according to MWR and tpc archives...labor day hurricane of 1935: eye diameter~8mi, rad of max winds~15mi, rad of ts force winds~50mi. so they are pretty close however tracy's core was a bit more compact and the overall circulation was considerably smaller. ....rich

[HurricaneBill]

:oops: .....not derek but....according to northern territory library, darwin...tracy: eye diameter-7mi, rad of max winds-13mi, rad of ts force winds-24mi.. according to MWR and tpc archives...labor day hurricane of 1935: eye diameter~8mi, rad of max winds~15mi, rad of ts force winds~50mi. so they are pretty close however tracy's core was a bit more compact and the overall circulation was considerably smaller. ....rich

Don't be embarrassed. If you knew which was smaller, go ahead and say so.

Wow, those are tiny hurricanes! I'm surprised they even had room for there to be Category 5 winds!

[Derek Ortt]

Tracy without a doubt was the smallest ever. We joke at the office that Tracy was, in reality, a large tornado

I believe if Danny had intensified, it would have been able to grow in size, which is why I don't classify it as a midget hurricane. Comparable to Danny may be Jerry of 1989

[HurricaneBill]

Tracy without a doubt was the smallest ever. We joke at the office that Tracy was, in reality, a large tornado

I wonder if it was ever nicknamed "Tiny Tracy".

Then again, it was probably nicknamed "Terrible Tracy".

[HURAKAN]

Tracy without a doubt was the smallest ever. We joke at the office that Tracy was, in reality, a large tornado

I wonder if it was ever nicknamed "Tiny Tracy".

Then again, it was probably nicknamed "Terrible Tracy".

In history "tiny" people have done "terrible" things, example, Napoleon Bonaparte.