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Whats the strongest hurricane you've been in

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Tropical Storm
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Cat 5
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Never been in a hurricane
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What is the strongest Hurricane you've been in

#1 Postby Jim Cantore » Fri Jan 27, 2006 8:19 am

Just curious
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#2 Postby x-y-no » Fri Jan 27, 2006 9:27 am

Depends on how you want to count it. Andrew was Cat 5, but I was in an area which according to the reanalysis got upper-end Cat 3 winds. So I chose Cat 3.
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#3 Postby feederband » Fri Jan 27, 2006 10:35 am

Jeanne---CAT 2
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#4 Postby vbhoutex » Fri Jan 27, 2006 10:47 am

Based on actual winds recorded in my area it would be CAT2. Based on the official strength of the storm it would Be CAT5 and CAT3.
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#5 Postby mike815 » Fri Jan 27, 2006 11:27 am

jeanne 3
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#6 Postby Dr. Jonah Rainwater » Fri Jan 27, 2006 12:00 pm

Scrappy leftovers from Floyd and Bertha are all I can claim.
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#7 Postby WindRunner » Fri Jan 27, 2006 12:09 pm

Isabel as a 50mph TS, but still way to the west of me - barely got TS winds here.
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#8 Postby Ixolib » Fri Jan 27, 2006 2:39 pm

Depending on who and/or which agency/orginazation is considering themselves to have the "officlal" word on storm categories, I've been through Camille and Katrina, and all others in between that impacted Biloxi. What was Katrina??? What was Camille???

There's so many options and opinions floating around, it's virtually impossible for me to say exactly.........
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#9 Postby Scorpion » Fri Jan 27, 2006 3:33 pm

mike815 wrote:jeanne 3


You did not get Cat 3 winds from Jeanne, especially in Palm Bay.
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#10 Postby Scorpion » Fri Jan 27, 2006 3:34 pm

I have been in 3 or 4 Category 1 storms(Irene,Frances,Jeanne,Wilma). One of them(Wilma) could have brought Cat 2 conditions close by.
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#11 Postby JonathanBelles » Fri Jan 27, 2006 3:36 pm

i covered all of the landfalls in 2004 and denis so a cat 4 is all i can do
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#12 Postby feederband » Fri Jan 27, 2006 3:55 pm

Scorpion wrote:
mike815 wrote:jeanne 3


You did not get Cat 3 winds from Jeanne, especially in Palm Bay.


I don't know at the airport close to my house in plant city they had winds that reached 108 mph...
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#13 Postby MiamiensisWx » Fri Jan 27, 2006 3:56 pm

For me, the storm in which I have experienced the highest winds (both sustained and gusts) ever so far has been Wilma. I think I experienced predominantly sustained Category One winds, occasional sustained Category Two winds, and gusts up into or near Category Three strength.
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#14 Postby Scorpion » Fri Jan 27, 2006 4:01 pm

feederband wrote:
Scorpion wrote:
mike815 wrote:jeanne 3


You did not get Cat 3 winds from Jeanne, especially in Palm Bay.


I don't know at the airport close to my house in plant city they had winds that reached 108 mph...


In gusts, not sustained.
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#15 Postby feederband » Fri Jan 27, 2006 4:05 pm

True in gust..But still there.. :)
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#16 Postby Opal storm » Fri Jan 27, 2006 4:11 pm

Strongest winds I've experienced in a hurricane was from Dennis.I was in central Santa Rosa county in the NE eyewall.I was getting cat 3 winds for about 10 minutes,it felt a lot like being in a tornado.

I got sustained cat 1 winds from Ivan with cat 2/3 gusts.The damage was far greater than Dennis becuase the winds lasted a longer time.
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#17 Postby Extremeweatherguy » Fri Jan 27, 2006 4:44 pm

feederband wrote:True in gust..But still there.. :)


Yeah but those kind of gusts can occur in cat. 1/2 sustained winds...if it was cat. 3 conditions, then gusts probably would have hit 115-150+mph.
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#18 Postby Extremeweatherguy » Fri Jan 27, 2006 4:46 pm

Ixolib wrote:Depending on who and/or which agency/orginazation is considering themselves to have the "officlal" word on storm categories, I've been through Camille and Katrina, and all others in between that impacted Biloxi. What was Katrina??? What was Camille???

There's so many options and opinions floating around, it's virtually impossible for me to say exactly.........


Officially you saw Cat. 2/3 sustained from Katrina and probably Cat. 3+ sustained from Camille. But unofficially it is hard to know for sure what they were at your exact location.
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#19 Postby jasons2k » Fri Jan 27, 2006 4:54 pm

TS Force winds, 45-50 mph gusts near 60 both times:

TS (Ex-Hurricane) Kate, 1985, Wilmington Island - Savannah, Georgia
Rita, 2005, The Woodlands/Houston
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#20 Postby DESTRUCTION5 » Fri Jan 27, 2006 4:56 pm

Cat 5....Got everything Andrew had to offer in Homestead 1992...No to mention the 3 beatings I took in Martin County the past 2 years.. :D
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