Two hit Cat 5

[aumoore]

I have a question: Have any of the other Cat 5 storms that hit the United States been a two hitter(making landfall two times)? Katrina hit south Florida and now looks to hit New Orleans. Andrew was a Cat 4 right?

thanks in advance

[senorpepr]

I have a question: Have any of the other Cat 5 storms that hit the United States been a two hitter(making landfall two times)? Katrina hit south Florida and now looks to hit New Orleans. Andrew was a Cat 4 right?

thanks in advance

Andrew was a five...

[aumoore]

Ok Andrew was a five when it hit Homestead but I forget where it hit on it's second landfall and at what strength?

[LSU2001]

Fairly strong Cat Three I think It made landfall in the South central Coast of La. Around New Iberia, Winds about 115-130 mph
TIm

[Brent]

Ok Andrew was a five when it hit Homestead but I forget where it hit on it's second landfall and at what strength?

It hit near Morgan City, LA as either a 3 or low-end 4. Can't remember... 125-135 mph. It paralleled the coast for several hours and weakened.

[Astro_man92]

Ok Andrew was a five when it hit Homestead but I forget where it hit on it's second landfall and at what strength?

No, Andrew was a cat 5 when he hit the bahamas. When he hit florida he was a cat 4. then came off the florida coast as a cat 3. Quickley strengthened to a cat 4 then trecked to LA

http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/at199202.asp

oh srry andrew was a cat 3 at first landfall

[WindRunner]

Labor Day:
http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atlantic/1935/2/track.gif
technically yes, but scraped coast entire time.

Camille:
http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atlantic/1969/CAMILLE/track.gif
Hit Cuba as 3, strengthened to 5 west of where Katrina did

Andrew:
http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atlantic/1992/ANDREW/track.gif
Initial landfall at cat5, secondary in W LA as cat4.

[dolebot_Broward_NW]

Astro, your about to get into a LOT of trouble with the Florida people. Heres the scoop.

Up until 2002, it was "believed" that Andrew was a CAT4, with sustained winds "approaching" 155 mph. I believe 155 was the official mark for 10 years. CAT5 is 156 and above. Pretty much every land based meteorological device was destroyed in the storm. Andrew hit in suburbia. There weren't many devices to begin with and an awful lot of people thought the winds were much more powerful. 10 years later the NHC reviewed the storms history, its impact, and based on damage estimates upgraded the storm to a CAT 5. So there you go, on first US landfall it was CAT5. In the Bahamas it was a CAT3.

I didn't go through it as I lived outside Detroit at the time, but there is no doubt in any Floridians mind that Andrew was a category 5 storm. "Unofficial" wind speed estimates go up to 180+mph for him as well. Any storm that takes out a NUCLEAR POWER PLANT is a Category Five...