Storms brought to you by the date July 4th

[jinftl]

Looking back at the last 50 years, there have been 7 tropical systems (and 1 honorable mention with the remnants of TS Alberto in 1994) in the Atlantic that had advisories issued on them by the NHC on the 4th of July. Not the busiest holiday in terms of tracking the tropics. Labor Day….now that is a whole other story!!!


Storms with advisories issued on the 4th of July (from 1961-2011):

1971 – Tropical Storm Arlene (became a tropical depression 120 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras on July 4th and a tropical storm on the 5th. Peaked as a 65 mph storm and became extratropical south of Newfoundland on the 7th.)

1973 – Hurricane Alice (formed into a tropical depression northeast of the Bahamas on July 1st. On July 4, the storm reached its peak intensity with winds of 90 mph as the western portion of the eyewall brushed Bermuda. No major damage was reported and the 4”+ of rain on the island helped to ease a 3-month drought.)

1975 – TD Four (On July 4, a tropical depression formed northeast of the Bahamas. Tracking northeastward, the system did not intensify and was last noted over open waters midday on July 5.)

1991 – Tropical Storm Ana (developed into a tropical depression some 100 mi south of Charleston, SC on July 2. The system accelerated to the northeast and strengthened into a tropical storm late on July 3. It continued eastwards and lost tropical characteristics over the Atlantic on July 5. There were no damage or casualties related to Ana.)

1994 – Tropical Storm Alberto (made landfall as a 65 mph storm on July 3rd near Destin, FL. Became extratropical later that day but the remnant low caused some of the worst flooding on record in parts of AL, GA, and north FL. 33 were killed as a result of the flooding and 18,000 homes were damaged or destroyed. In 2011 adjusted dollars, this storm caused $1.1 billion in damage – mainly as a remnant low).

1997 – Tropical Storm Ana (became a tropical storm offshore the Carolinas on July 1st. Moved harmlessly out to sea and became extratropical early on July 4th).

2005 – Hurricane Cindy (a relatively short-lived tropical cyclone. A post-storm reanalysis indicates Cindy was a category 1 hurricane just offshore and while making landfall along the southeastern coast of Louisiana on July 6th. It was a tropical depression on July 4th).

2008 – Hurricane Bertha (formed into a tropical storm near the Cape Verde islands on July 3rd. Was a tropical storm on the 4th but intensified into an early season category 3 hurricane by July 8th. Brought tropical storm conditions to Bermuda and became the longest-lived Atlantic July tropical cyclone on record.)

[cycloneye]

I like a lot these statistic and history threads. Keep them comming my friend.

[jinftl]

Not to overdose on the stats, but by comparison, there have been advisories issued on 70 systems during the Labor Days from 1961-2010...that's 10 times the number of systems as on the July 4ths for the same period!!!

For the 50 year period, the # of systems with advisories issued on Labor Day (1st Monday of September for each year) were:

no advisories issued - 13 years ('62, '63, '68, '70, '72, '80, '83, '91, '92, '94, '97, '98, '00)
advisories on 1 system - 14 years ('65, '67, '69, '76, '77, '85, '90, '93, '99, '01, '06, '07, '09, '10)
advisories on 2 systems - 14 years ('61, '66, '73, '75, '78, '82, '84, '86, '89, '95 '02, '03, '04, '05)
advisories on 3 systems - 8 years ('64, '71, '79, '81, '87, '88, '96, '08)
advisories on 4 systems - 1 year (1974 - Hurricane Becky, Hurricane Carmen, TD 8, TS Dolly all had advisories issued on 9/2/74)

I like a lot these statistic and history threads. Keep them comming my friend.

[stormreader]

1994 TS Alberto brought over 30 inches or rain to parts of Alabama if my memory serves me.

[senorpepr]

Nice thread

I haven't forgot about the threads I used to post--I'm revamping my database and hope to restart my old threads again.

[docjoe]

i believe the first advisory for dennis was the 1100edt advisory on july 4th as a depression. landfall was actually 6 years ago today....went right over my house

joe

[Ptarmigan]

1994 TS Alberto brought over 30 inches or rain to parts of Alabama if my memory serves me.

Americus, Georgia was hard hit by Alberto with 21 inches in 24 hours.