Wind Swaths of Notable Hurricanes 1998-2005

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Wind Swaths of Notable Hurricanes 1998-2005

#1 Postby JtSmarts » Sat Oct 08, 2005 1:06 pm

This is some research I did on the sizes of all the hurricanes to hit the United States since 1998.
It shows the storm, the year, and how far hurricane force winds and tropical storm force winds extended from the center of the storm.

All information comes from the archives of the NHC
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastall.shtml?

Wind Swaths of Notable Hurricanes Since 1998

Bonnie 1998: Hurricane Winds 115 Miles/ TS Winds 230 Miles
Georges 1998: (2nd US Landfall) Hurricane Winds 70 Miles/ TS Winds 175 Miles
Earl 1998: Hurricane Winds 115 Miles/ TS Winds 200 Miles

Bret 1999: Hurricane Winds 40 Miles/ TS Winds 125 Miles
Floyd 1999: Hurricane Winds 115 Miles/ TS Winds 260 Miles
Irene 1999: Hurricane Winds 70 Miles/ TS Winds 175 Miles

Lili 2002: Hurricane Winds 70 Miles/ TS Winds 195 Miles

Claudette 2003: Hurricane Winds 30 Miles/ TS Winds 175 Miles
Isabel 2003: Hurricane Winds 115 Miles/ TS Winds 345 Miles

Alex 2004: Hurricane Winds 25 Miles/ TS Winds 105 Miles
Charley 2004: Hurricane Winds 25 Miles/ TS Winds 85 Miles
Frances 2004: Hurricane Winds 85 Miles/ TS Winds 200 Miles
Ivan 2004: Hurricane Winds 105 Miles/ TS Winds 290 Miles
Jeanne 2004: Hurricane Winds 70 Miles/ TS Winds 205 Miles

Dennis 2005: Hurricane Winds 45 Miles/ TS Winds 230 Miles
Katrina 2005: Hurricane Winds 125 Miles/ TS Winds 230 Miles
Rita 2005: Hurricane Winds 85 Miles/ TS Winds 205 Miles
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#2 Postby WindRunner » Sat Oct 08, 2005 5:19 pm

So Katrina appears to have had the largest swath of hurricane-force winds of any of these. Nice research.
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#3 Postby Tampa Bay Hurricane » Sat Oct 08, 2005 5:22 pm

Excellent research :wink:
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#4 Postby Matt-hurricanewatcher » Sat Oct 08, 2005 5:25 pm

Katrina was a very big hurricane!
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#5 Postby f5 » Sat Oct 08, 2005 5:43 pm

Katrina was the Typhoon Tip of the Atlantic
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#6 Postby Recurve » Sat Oct 08, 2005 6:42 pm

JT, to clarify, were those the windfield measurments at landfall?
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#7 Postby JtSmarts » Sat Oct 08, 2005 7:23 pm

Recurve wrote:JT, to clarify, were those the windfield measurments at landfall?


Yes those were the windfields right at, or close to the time of landfall.
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#8 Postby Aslkahuna » Sat Oct 08, 2005 11:13 pm

Carla had a 175 mile hurricane swath and the Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944 had a 200 mile hurricane swath.

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#9 Postby RattleMan » Sat Oct 08, 2005 11:17 pm

How about Super Typhoon Tip's wind swath? :wink:
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