Hurricane Georges Anniversary

[Category 5]

7 landfalls, incredible.

[HurricaneBill]

Does anyone have that radar animation of Georges crossing Puerto Rico?

[Agua]

Eye went right over my house. Only eye I've ever been through.

[cycloneye]

Does anyone have that radar animation of Georges crossing Puerto Rico?

Here it is.

[weatherwindow]

ZCZC MIATCPAT2 ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM COR
BULLETIN
HURRICANE GEORGES ADVISORY NUMBER 32
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT WED SEP 23 1998

...CORRECTION..HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SOUTH OF BONITA BEACH
SOUTHWARD ON THE WEST COAST...

...HURRICANE CONDITIONS CONTINUE OVER HISPANIOLA...THREATENS
CUBA...THE BAHAMAS AND SOUTH FLORIDA...

AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...
A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH FLORIDA...FROM DEERFIELD
BEACH SOUTHWARD ON THE EAST COAST...AND FROM SOUTH OF BONITA BEACH
SOUTHWARD ON THE WEST COAST...INCLUDING THE FLORIDA KEYS. THIS
INCLUDES MONROE...MIAMI DADE...BROWARD AND COLLIER COUNTIES.

THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE
PROVINCE OF SANCTI SPIRITUS EASTWARD TO CAMAGUAY AND NOW INCLUDES
ALL OF CUBA FROM SANCTI SPIRITUS EASTWARD. A HURRICANE WATCH IS NOW
IN EFFECT FOR THE PROVINCES OF VILLA CLARA...CIENFUEGOS AND
MATANZAS.

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE
CENTRAL BAHAMAS AND A HURRICANE WATCH FOR THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS.
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS
AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.

HURRICANE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND
HAITI.

AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GEORGES WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 19.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 73.3 WEST. THIS POSITION IS
OVER THE WINDWARD PASSAGE ABOUT 120 MILES...195 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST
OF GUANTANAMO BAY CUBA AND ALSO ABOUT 640 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF
KEY WEST FLORIDA.

GEORGES IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH ...24 KM/HR
...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. THIS TRACK WILL
BRING THE CORE OF THE HURRICANE ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN CUBA AND
THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS TODAY. DO NOT FOCUS ON THE PRECISE
LOCATION AND TRACK OF THE CENTER. THE HURRICANES DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
AND RAINS COVER A WIDE SWATH.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS PARTICULARLY OVER HIGH ELEVATIONS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WHILE THE HURRICANE IS OVER
WATER.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES... 95 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 175 MILES...280 KM.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 986 MB...29.12 INCHES.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...LOCALLY 20 INCHES OR MORE OVER
MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN...ARE LIKELY NEAR THE PATH OF GEORGES. THIS
RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 4 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...
ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES ARE EXPECTED
ALONG THE COAST IN THE WARNING AREA.

REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...19.5 N... 73.3 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 986 MB.

AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 8 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM
EDT.

LAWRENCE

STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT2 AND WMO HEADER WTNT72 KNHC.

NNNN

mandatory evacuations of the keys ordered that morning, began serious prep on my place on lower sugarloaf key and the base on boca chica.....rich

[micktooth]

Georges was my first evacuation from NOLA. Totally unorganized. We were stuck in traffic in Baton Rouge for the LSU football game!! The game must go on! NOLA did learn from Georges and the evacs for Ivan and eventually Katrina were much better organized IMO. Eventually I did my last evacuation, and now I'm safe and sound in Colorado.

[MGC]

Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans?......MGC